Reader question: what’s wrong with Fibonacci?
Matt asked a question that I sat on for quite a while. I wasn't sure how to write a reasonably concise answer to a good question, but I'll try today.…
Resources for learning Python
I received a good question in response to my previous post on starting to learn Python for finance. Here's Mark's question: Thanks again for all your work and all that…
First steps in Python for traders
I've written a bit on the difference between high and low level programming languages, and on why I think Python is the right choice for many traders today. In this…
Getting your hands dirty: tools for understanding the market
Continuing on the theme of my last post, I want to take some time to dig into the options you have when you think about doing your own testing and…
The early bird… gets stopped out a lot
One of the themes I've written on recently is that we need to be careful how we think about trend change and end of trend patterns. I think too much…
The discipline rule
You have to be disciplined to trade successfully; we all know that, and it's one of the few pieces of trading advice that might apply universally. No matter what your…
Getting that elusive market feel
This week, I'm writing a series of short posts on very practical, applied things that you can add to your trading toolkit. I'm trying to select these so that they…
Adding to positions: a simple rule
I want to share a simple rule that has worked well for me over the years. I'll explain the how and why, and then wrap up with some thoughts about…
The practice of conscious gratitude
As we head into the US holiday of Thanksgiving, I want to share a practice that has made a real difference for me--for me as a trader, and also for…
Don’t be this guy
Take a look at this picture which I took a few years ago, on a Friday afternoon, on a New York / New Jersey ferry. After a long and stressful…
Marketlife Ep 33 – Trade management: decisions and tradeoffs
So much emphasis is placed on where to get into a trade, entry signals, entry patterns... but the decisions we make after we are in the trade are at least…
NR7: an old friend
Just a quick post to remind you of a technical tool you probably already know about. Like so many things that work, it's not exciting or sexy on the surface.…
Basic backtesting in Excel: How to keep learning
My goal was to put simple, but powerful, tools into your hands so you can start doing the work to understand how the market moves. In this, the last, post…
Basic backtesting in Excel: Doing statistical tests
So this is what we've been waiting for. We finally have the tools to ask simple market questions and to ask some critical questions. If you are new to backtesting,…
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…
Basic backtesting in Excel: Conditions, logic, and stats
Pat yourself on the back if you've come this far in the little backtesting mini-course. After many posts, we've basically gotten data into a spreadsheet and calculated some moving averages.…
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