Market Math
I'm always looking at new ways to look at market data, and specifically new ways to present the data visually. Much of this finds its way into my work at MarketLife and Talon Advisors. A year or so ago, we started presenting correlation tables in the reports. Correlations
Psychology
Trading can be emotional. The market often has volatile moves and it seems new highs or the end of the world are just around the corner. In this environment, it’s natural for traders to be emotional. Of all the emotions traders deal with, regret is probably the most common.
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?
General Comments
I want to share some things Tom and I have been working on over the past year, and tell you about some exciting things that will be coming this year. First, we’ve evolved MarketLife to the next stage in a pretty big way. The first thing you’ll notice
Support / Resistance
Support and resistance is a controversial topic. Traders’ cognitive bias and random price motion conspire to play tricks on the mind. Many technical analysis books and gurus parrot conventional wisdom that has no basis in fact. Yes, despite all the reasons we should be suspicious, this is one of the
General Comments
I started this blog post on the day with the longest night of the year, and it’s taken a bit longer to get finished than I expected! So, here’s a late happy New Year post. Yes, New Year’s Resolutions are absurd, but there’s something else going
Intraday Trading
How do we know how that market is doing on any day? If we turn on the news, we will hear something like “the Dow Jones is up 40 points…”, but this doesn’t really tell us what we need to know. It would (obviously) be better if this information
macro
I want to share something pretty cool with you: the quarterly macro piece I publish for my institutional advisory clients at Talon Advisors. This report grew out of work I had been doing for years, but hadn't really shared with anyone. I do focus very heavily on technical
Pullback
This morning, Tom says to me "Cryptos are looking like good shorts." He's right. Take a look at the daily chart of Bitcoin Cash: * Recently broke below a channel with a clear support level. * That breakdown was on good momentum. How do we measure that momentum?
fundamental analysis
As I said in my recent post, I’ll be focusing a bit more on fundamental and macroeconomic factors over the next few months. Every week, we hear some (or many!) news stories about some economic indicator or number. My goal is to help you understand what it all means.
General Comments
As we slowly move out of summer and into the end of the year, you’ve probably noticed my blog has picked up in activity. I want to share some things we’ve been working on behind the scenes, and tell you what you can expect over the coming year.
Readers Questions
Here’s a good question from a reader, Said: “I know this is a very basic question, but what is momentum? I see people use it and I am not sure what they mean.” Basic questions are often good questions. In trading, people use terms in different ways (and sometimes