Current market overview: weekly webinar
This is an important time in global markets. Equities are at a potentially important inflection, and short term noise may be misleading many players. Currencies have had some fantastic moves,…
Reader question: why do patterns work?
A really interesting discussion developed in the comments to this post on pullbacks. Since you're capable of clicking the link and reading the comments, I won't copy the whole discussion…
The pullback: a trade that works
I've written quite a bit lately on things that don't work, and tried to point out some errors in common practical technical analysis. Yes, I'll do more of that in…
Tracking intraday risk and opportunity
I spend a lot of time writing about volatility and even more time thinking about volatility, correlations, and the implications for risk. I want to share a quick look at…
Beware of markets bearing gifts… but take them!
Today's topic might appear to be a fun one, but, for the unprepared trader, there is actually serious danger here. What do we do when a trade results in a…
A crystal ball?
Over the years, I've had my fair share of being on both the right and wrong side of world events. However, on balance, I've noticed an unusual number of times…
Bobbing for Apple?
Since my other post today led you down a long trail of something that did not work, let me leave you this weekend with a pattern to watch over the…
The sweet taste of… failure?
I'm always doing research. Sometimes these are large, multi-month projects, but other times they are just a quick look to see "what the data says", and I share some of…
The problem with reversals
One of the curious elements of human psychology is the tendency to fade moves or to try to pick turning points in trends. When I started trading, this was how…
Midweek reading and links
...the words “leverage” and “derivative” have become so mushy and ill-used that they have lost almost all meaning except as a weapon, as a tool to cast doubt on someone’s…
Screening for stock trading candidates (2/2)
(Continued from this post.) I left you yesterday having discussed filtering for volume and activity and volatility. Today, let's dig a bit deeper and, first, look at filtering for certain…
Screening for stock trading candidates (1/2)
[dc]A[/dc]ttention is a precious resource. None of us, whether individuals or institutions, have an unlimited supply of attention. Part of the process of trading successfully is figuring out where to…
Developing intution in trading
[dc]I[/dc] want to write a few words today on intuition. This is a slightly thorny subject, because it is not easy to say what is right and what is wrong;…
Reader question: Falling asleep in trance sessions?
I'll paraphrase a question I received from a reader on the trance portion of my trading course: When I do the trance recordings I get so relaxed that I sometimes…
Continuing the discussion on the art of pattern recognition
...the video blog I posted last night has some good information on subjective pattern recognition and trade management, along with some specific comments on the art aspect of trading. It…
Video blog: trade review and the art of trading management
Continuing from yesterday's post, I thought it might be interesting to review some trade setups I posted here this month (here and here, but also this post on the euro…
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