Every day, I provide detailed market analysis for MarketLife members, focusing on daily setups. We focus primarily on the daily timeframe, and cover markets in two tranches: US-listed futures (and…
There are many things I love about the markets. Yes, I love the idea of getting paid for solving the puzzle or playing the game. I love learning. I even…
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…
Summertime is here, and, as far as markets are concerned, it's been here a while. One of the characteristics of summertime trading is generally lower volatility and poorer followthrough. Summer…
I firmly believe the best trading lessons come from the market... and the best of the best trading lessons come from your own work and trading. Let me share some…
Here's a rambling, somewhat more personal blog post than most: Tom and I were going through some old trading documents last week when I stumbled across this pdf: the first…
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One of the best setups I've seen in the currency markets was (note: past tense) the EURCHF. After a multi-month uptrend, the currency pulled back into a picture-perfect bull flag.…
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…
I thought it would be interesting to update this post, which was a fairly in-depth look at trading some pullbacks in copper. If you haven’t read it, go read it…
Recent action in copper futures gives us some market lessons. These can be adapted to other markets and timeframes (so if you just trade stocks or currencies, don’t skip over…
Markets move in alternating waves of with-trend strength (or weakness) interspersed with moves against the trend. We call these moves pullbacks or consolidations, and they create some of the most…
We spend a lot of time, as traders, developing skills of precision trading: when to enter trades, where to put stops, when to add, when to take partial profits, when…
