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I teach people to make money in financial markets.

Using highs and lows

Using highs and lows

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/09/2019
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Support / Resistance
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How do we know how that market is doing on any day? If we turn on the news, we will hear something like “the Dow Jones is up 40 points…”,…

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What we learned about price levels

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/24/2019
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Quantitative analysis / Support / Resistance
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This is part 2 of a two part blog. Read the first part here. Quick summary: to test the validity of price levels in markets, we created a test in…

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When is a human better than a machine? Using human discretion in quantitative testing.

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/22/2019
  • Post category:Quantitative analysis / Support / Resistance
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First, thank you to each of you who participated in the experiment/quiz. We have stopped collecting data, but you can re-take the quiz and see which answers were right or…

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Daytrading the S&P 500: Intraday trend structure and setup

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/21/2019
  • Post category:Intraday Trading
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Thinking in checklists is useful, especially for shorter-term traders. Every market situation is full of rich and complex nuance. Every moment in the market (or in life) is unique because…

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S&P 500 futures activity by time of day

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:11/14/2018
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Trading tools / Volatility
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Most people know that stock markets tend to be much more active on the open and close, and are often "dead" in the middle of the day. This is important…

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Chartschool: The importance of the previous day’s high / low

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/26/2018
  • Post category:Support / Resistance / Trading tools
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https://youtu.be/cx1Sbk8aGDo

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Chartschool: daytrading setups and context

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/11/2018
  • Post category:General Comments
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMmphbbC4ew&feature=youtu.be

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Choosing the best pullbacks

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:08/04/2017
  • Post category:Pullback
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Trading is a game of choices. Over time, we hope to make more good choices than bad. Sometimes, the choices are obvious: control your risk, take disciplined trades, be mindful…

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Finding trend days in index futures

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/16/2015
  • Post category:Breakout / Volatility
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I've written on this topic before, but we just had a good example in the market, so it's a great time to revisit. Many intraday traders find that most of…

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Catching the wave: ideas for finding trend days

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/30/2015
  • Post category:Trader Development / Trading tools
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I received a question from Alex, which appears to be a simple question. Digging deeper, it actually drives straight to the essence of intraday trading: If I am wanting to…

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Chart of the day: Short term setup in S&P 500 (6/5/15)

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/05/2015
  • Post category:Chart of the Day
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Yesterday’s moderately strong downtrend came within higher timeframe consolidation. This is still a market primed for a stronger trend move. Do not fade a break above or below key levels…

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Chart of the day: S&P 500 short term setup (6/4/15)

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/04/2015
  • Post category:Chart of the Day
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This is still a market seeking a catalyst, though bullish factors continue to accumulate. Look for a strong rally above the 2121-2124 level; do not fade a breakout that holds…

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It’s all in a day’s work

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/03/2015
  • Post category:Intraday Trading
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I want to share a few observations on trading activity during the trading day. I will focus on the S&P 500 futures here, but may extend this (if there's interest)…

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Chart of the Day: S&P 500 short term setup (

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/03/2015
  • Post category:Chart of the Day
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Little motion and no new tactical information [yesterday]. Market is still consolidating and still in breakout mode: expect sharp continuation once the consolidation is decisively broken. The edge is still…

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Short term trading strategies that work

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/02/2015
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Technical Patterns
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Over the past week or so, I've written a bit about short term trading strategies on my blog, and I've also done two podcasts (here and here.) Starting tomorrow, I'm…

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Chart of the day: S&P 500 short-term setup (6/1/15)

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/01/2015
  • Post category:Chart of the Day
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Overall context is a broad consolidation, with volatility contraction visible on intraday charts as a triangle. Within this area (and expect wide, “messy” definitions of the confines of the pattern—not…

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