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Chart of the day: what is NFLX price action telling us?
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Chart of the day: Business as usual in the Nasdaq Composite?
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The power of vulnerability
* "I'm looking for a portfolio that will make about 20% a year but I don't want any down years." * "Can you give me a hedging strategy with options that will protect me from all downside without limiting my upside and at zero cost?
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Dealing with no followthrough
One of the frustrating things about current market action is that very few setups have good followthrough. We can follow a market faithfully for weeks, wait for the best possible entry point, put on the position, put in the stop, and then... nothing. The market goes nowhere, chopping around our
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MarketLife Ep 40 - What's Wrong with Tips?
Just a quick podcast here to share some thoughts and ideas about tips--what's wrong with stock tips? Why is it a bad idea to take trading tips from social media? What can you better? How can you take ideas and give yourself the best chance of success? The
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MarketLife Ep 39 - What's Luck Got to Do with It?
I received a great question from Jason: Mr Grimes, I need to ask you something. I have been watching your videos and I'm a little confused about one thing. On one of your examples, you showed a diagram of a collection of people making I believe 250 trades
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Chart of the day: upside vs downside followthrough in SPY
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Chart of the day: entering on a bear flag in SLB
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Chart of the day: Minor climax in crude oil
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MarketLife Ep 38: Using stock screens
In this podcast, I look at some ideas for using stock screens well and successfully. We start by considering all of the possibilities and screens that are available, narrowing them down to the types that might truly help your trading. Going through a few points, we use the screens to
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