by AdamHGrimes | May 10, 2018 | Trading tools
I change slowly. The last major change I made to my trading was in 2005, and the smaller changes I’ve made since then are tiny, incremental changes. Often, they’re just time-saving tools that have grown out of my coding work. I also am very consistent: I...
by AdamHGrimes | May 7, 2018 | Trading tools
I received a good question from J last week: As you know, I’ve recently switched to using Stop Limit orders for entries after experiencing a lot of slippage last month on one trade. Today I had the other problem: I missed an entry entirely because my Stop Limit order...
by AdamHGrimes | Apr 16, 2018 | Climax, Trading tools
A quick lesson on trendlines and what they can tell us about market dynamics. Take a look at a fairly long-term chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (below) with trendlines doing back to the low in early 2016. First, notice the light little trendline that ends in...
by AdamHGrimes | Aug 9, 2017 | Trading tools
I’ve shared these screens for a while, and they will eventually be part of the new MarketLife project. Until we’re live there, I’ll keep sharing them here. Here is a link to today’s screens: ML_Screens081017 And here is a “how to...
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 23, 2017 | Trading tools, Volatility
I’ve looked deeply into ratios, levels, and their application to market data. I won’t rehash all of that work here, but, after literally years of research, the bottom line is that I cannot find a shred of evidence that any of the common ratios or levels (Fibonacci,...
