The most important question you need to ask
I spent an hour a week ago talking with a very experienced stock trader. This guy has made a lot of money, but he's made it while fighting a strongly…
Video blog: using the daily market stats
An in-depth look at the intraday market stats page on this blog, with some ideas for using these stats to enter and manage trades. This is not just a tool…
A look at global relative strength
Where do we start? It's easy to get overwhelmed with the number of assets and markets in the global marketplace. Are you looking at everything you need to? Do you…
The S&P 500 setup heading into the Fed meeting
[This post was originally published on SeeItMarket.com, here. I have added some comments at the end of the post to update following yesterday's action. Despite the fact the market rallied…
A new tool to measure trend strength: the Grimes Efficiency Ratio
Is a market trending or not? Even this simple question, which is at the heart of most of our thinking about markets, is not easy to answer. Definitions of trend…
Visualizing USD trend strength
The US Dollar is in a trend of historic proportions; the strength and rapidity of its advance has shocked many other currencies as they scramble to adapt to the new…
A look at the meditation experience
Sixteen days ago, I started publishing a series of short daily podcasts on meditation. So many people are writing about meditation and its benefits, but there's also a lot of…
Understanding the uncertainty of our market predictions
Most of us who write about financial markets look to the future. Yes, there is a place for theory, and any theory lies on a firm foundation of what has…
To buy or not to buy…?
We can simplify many of the problems of technical or tactical trading to one question: assume that a market just made a large move. Do we want to fade (go…
Trading a long complicated pullback in the Dollar
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…
What to do with quiet markets?
Just a high level perspective on what we have going on in a few major markets this week. In general, most markets are in some kind of volatility compression. Volatility…
Experience meditation, starting today, starting now
The twenty two day guided meditation experience is now live. I will not be posting regular updates here, but follow me on twitter (@AdamHGrimes) or bookmark this page for daily…
Five questions to ask before each trade
Successful trading and investing is largely about asking the right questions. Many of the most serious mistakes we make come from blindly accepting our ideas and perceptions at face value.…
Lessons from pattern failures in gold
I thought it might be useful to take a look at one of the most common trading patterns, the flag, and, more importantly, to see what happens when it doesn't…
February update: meditation, support and resistance, and coding
I want to share an email I sent to my blog subscribers last week. If you don't get these updates, please sign up in the sidebar. There will be more…
Video blog: time to buy crude oil?
http://youtu.be/wCUW_KIwxEk A look at current conditions in crude oil, and some general comments on how to fade a trend.