Context in Pullbacks: What Should Happen?
Pullbacks are a great way to trade. But, with any trade, the problem is that some trades work and some don’t. There are ways to tell which pullbacks are more…
Did you miss a trade?
What happens if you miss a trade? Newer traders will often make a frustrated FOMO trade, and add a loss to what should have been a non-event. More experienced traders…
A trade I usually skip. Time to rethink?
Today, I want to share some thoughts I’m having on a pattern I usually skip in my own trading. I’m wondering if maybe these are trades I should be taking……
Different markets are… different
What is different and what stays the same? This is one of the key questions traders who trade on different timeframes or in different markets face. We often hear the…
Reader question: how can it be random?
I received a good question from Gareth this morning: "Your book is one of my top sources in trading literature, though there are some ideas that I find it difficult…
What’s going on? Thinking conceptually about patterns.
When I started trading, like many people, I was drawn to traditional technical analysis. I spent hours and hours studying different variations of patterns, often after creating the charts myself…
We don’t know as much as we think we do
We, all of us, tend to be overconfident and make too many assumptions. Consider this case: a few years ago, it seemed the TA landscape was swept with the idea…
The Two Forces
Some ideas and patterns that could lead to good trades or tests for the two forces.