Market Math
Yesterday, I saw someone on Facebook recommending a buy based on a moving average cross. (We already know that moving average signals are not reliable trading signals.) This person was also suggesting that we should be treating Bitcoin “like a savings account, having some cash flow go into it.” While
Trader Development
“Learn from the market. Let the market be your teacher.” This sounds like the path to true trading wisdom (and it is), but there’s an obvious question: how do we learn from the market? Everything in trading reduces down to patterns and statistics. If you find that statement challenging,
Market Math
So, you’ve seen the headlines and, if you somehow missed it when it happened, you know that last week was a period of historically high volatility in the stock indexes. It seems every finance twitter posted something along those lines, but one important thing is missing: what comes next?
Technical Patterns
In this video, I show you how to use an Excel spreadsheet and, in just a few minutes, get some basic answers about market tendencies and market stats.
Market Math
Reader Jas asked a question about backtesting: I was wondering if you'd be able to advise me on how to back test a strategy on some custom indicators. I'm aware of back testing software in the market but not sure if it will do the job
Podcast
This episode of MarketLife looks at trading, investing, and gambling, and how people try to put the odds in their favor. Everything we do in financial markets is a bet. Hopefully an educated bet, hopefully a smart bet, but it’s all only a bet on the odds. * We are
Market Math
It is easy to calculate statistics, and it seems like, more and more, we are bombarded with market statistics from every side. The problem is that many of those statistics are false or misleading and making market decisions based on those statistics can be hazardous to your financial health. Truly,
Market Math
One of the recurring themes in my work is that most of the technical tools most people use do not show an actual edge in the market--in other words, as hard is it may be to say, most things most people do simply do not work. In particular, there are
Readers Questions
Nathan asks: Does volume play any role in your analysis? Do you look at increased volatility in conjunction with increased volume? Also, since the spot FX market does not have any volume, does the volume in the futures FX carry any significance? Good question, Nathan. Short answer is no, I