Everything changes—the only constant in life and markets. When we think we have it figured out, it changes. This is true in markets, life, and everywhere else. Over the past few months, I’ve been getting a lot of solid work done on the coding front. I’ve launched
Here we are in the dog days of summer. For many traders, this time of the year is usually difficult. Lower trading activity, volume, and generally lower volatility conspire to keep a lid on many opportunities. This is a time of year when I get a lot of thinking done,
TL;DR: AI is transforming everything, but not in the way most people think. The real threat isn’t conscious machines—it’s the flood of low-quality, low-effort content. At MarketLife, we use AI as a tool, not a creator. I still write all long-form content myself. We use AI
What’s the right way to read chart structure? That’s the wrong question. This post explains why context and utility matter more than correctness in trading charts.
Content creation is a strange business. On one hand, we’re swamped with content. I could sit in one place for an entire day and not come close to even touching the surface of all the pieces of content on any one of my social media feeds. And, honestly, most
As we step into 2025, I want to take a moment to greet you and wish you good health, wholeness, and success in the coming year. Instead of adding to the end-of-year noise, I waited until now to share this message—along with a few reflections and nuggets that might
I received an email from a reader named Doug, about my recent blog post: “…I'm definitely a skeptic with the psychology portion of trading - but as a futures day-trader, it may be even more important for me. I'm finally at the point where I have
Every day, I provide detailed market analysis for MarketLife members, focusing on daily setups. We focus primarily on the daily timeframe, and cover markets in two tranches: US-listed futures (and currency futures), and US stocks. We focus on directional trades that are drawn from my work, which you can find
In my previous blog post, I explored how our desires shape trading outcomes—everyone gets what they want from the market. The problem is that wants are not simple—on some level, some people want to lose. Some people want escape; they want to feel that they are superior when
Financial markets are vast, and the ways we can interact with them are almost limitless. However, a few things are clear: there are far more losers than winners in the market. The ways to lose, especially as active traders, are much easier to find than the ways to win. One
There are many things I love about the markets. Yes, I love the idea of getting paid for solving the puzzle or playing the game. I love learning. I even love being proven wrong when it points me to new growing edges and new areas to explore. But maybe most
“Okay, so think about it like this, what if you were a competitive farmer?” It was an early Saturday and I was working with a trader (let’s call him Sam) in a private coaching session. I do my best work as a coach when I’m following my sometimes
General Comments
Due to a recent uptick of impersonators and scam accounts, I want to clarify a few critical points regarding my communication and services. My contact policy * I will never contact anyone with any special opportunities, investment schemes, or other opportunities not available to the public. I will not reach out
Anti
Were you caught off guard last week? Did you expect the market to do something it didn’t do? One of the most reliable, recurring market patterns is the concept that sharp impulse moves followed by a quiet period usually lead to another move in the same direction. Recent action
Quantitative analysis
Did you catch what happened in the market last week? Stressed out about the future? Worried about your positions or retirement account? Are you hearing people talk about the ominous weekly candlestick pattern? If so, let me show you how to think about the market. Last week, which ended on
Individual Traders
In trading, perhaps more than most other fields, there’s a big gap between knowledge and results. Success can be elusive, and the path to that success, for both discretionary and systematic traders, is not clearly marked. Essential knowledge Many people are drawn to markets as a way to make
Pullback
Pullbacks are a great way to trade. But, with any trade, the problem is that some trades work and some don’t. There are ways to tell which pullbacks are more likely to lead to winning trades, and one of the best ways is to put the setup in context.
Market Math
Good tools can help us sort through the mass of market data each day to focus on what matters. Of course, there are many things we might want to filter for, and that’s one of the first questions to consider. For my work, one important category of markets are
music
This is a follow-up to this post, where I discussed a bit about my journey that started with music, took me far away, and brought me back. As I’ve composed new music in recent years, I’ve repeatedly encountered requests from people who weren’t sure how to think
General Comments
This is a follow-up to this post in which I laid out the conceptual background that supports my trading. In today’s post, I’ll get into specific ideas and structures I look for when trading. Charts Charts are my primary tool for trading. I use both candlestick charts and
General Comments
Word Count: 1506 Estimated Reading Time: 7-8 minutes While I’ve written extensively on trading approaches and market movements, I still get many questions like, “How do you trade?” and “What tools do you use?” In this post, I’ll share the frame work that makes it all work for
General Comments
Estimated time to read: < 5 minutes As many of you know, in addition to my work as a trader in financial markets, I’m also a classically-trained musician. Recently, I’ve shared some of my musical compositions in a few forums, and I’ve had several people say things
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
The Book
We are a little behind on these write-ups, but I want to share an outline and playback from Hudson Session 5, which was held on 24 June 2023. The Hudson Sessions are a series of in-depth talks, each on a chapter of my first book, The Art & Science of