General Comments
AdamHGrimes
Readers Questions
The right mindset: perspective from a newbie
In our Facebook group, Paul made this post: Just read an excellent post on Adam's blog called "Trading for a living: real talk". This post talks about the reality of trading for a living and one section really resonated with me. It's sub titled
Podcast
Where to find the new podcast (and how it's different from the old podcast)
As we head toward the two week anniversary of the launch of the Trader's Workshop podcast, I am seeing a few of the same questions over and over, so i thought it might be a good idea just to answer them here! With a new project, I can
General Comments
Chartschool: real life trading in crude oil
Trading tools
Reading the chart of Ethereum with sigma spikes: cryptocurrencies aren't so cryptic after all...
One of the tools I’ve come to rely on over the last 10 years is an indicator I call Sigma Spikes. (Read about it and how to calculate here.) This is a volatility-adjusted measure of closes, meaning that it tells us if any single move on a chart is
Climax
A short trade in silver: dealing with oversold levels in trends
A few lessons from a simple short trade in silver. First, a little bit of history. I’ve been trading gold fairly actively this year, and have published five trades in my published research. These trades were in gold, but, in every case, I considered whether silver was a more
Podcast
Trader's Workshop: my new podcast
This past week, I’ve finally re-launched my podcast series. You can find the podcast, Trader’s Workshop, on all the major podcast outlets. Here’s a link to the podcast on iTunes. I’m excited about returning to podcasting. I took about a year off while Tom and I
Pullback
How and why we were short GGAL, a major Argentinian bank
I have a confession to make: I’m trying to learn to do better marketing. I’m not the kind of person to brag about success—one of the reasons for that is probably a “gentle superstition” borne out long experience which tells me that any kind of hubris is
Readers Questions
Reader question: How do I measure liquidity?
A reader, Mohammad asks: I see you mentioning liquidity or a market being too thin to trade. I’m not sure what this means or how to measure liquidity. Please help. Ok, this is one of those basic questions that deserves good attention. First of all, the term “liquidity” is
Pullback
Trade management lessons from a nasty reversal
I want to share a trade with you that I recent published in my Talon research report. There are a few lessons here: first, the enduring lesson of trading pullbacks in ongoing trends. Second, dealing with the concept of “maybe oversold”. And third, the importance of targets and stops for
Breakout
Chartschool: FOMO and breakouts in the USDCHF
Trader Development
The dirty dozen: my beliefs about the market and trading
I thought it might be interesting to put together a list that summarizes my experiences, successes, failures, and the beliefs that grew out of that work. It's not a simple list, as some of the bullet points contain more than one thought. I had fun doing this, and