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Reader question: what do I do when I miss the move?
Dimitar sent a question, and I bet he’s not the only trader who struggles with this: Hi Adam, I am part time private Trader. I read regularly your blog articles and I am coming with a question, that concerns me at the moment and which I haven't
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Roll em! How to calculate futures rolls (and why you care)
This post will be a bit more technical than most, but it’s an important subject to understand. Today, let’s talk about rolling and back-adjusting futures prices: why we did it. How we do it, and what it means when we look at historical charts. Futures pricing First, a
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Chart of the day: longer-term support in EURUSD
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Chart of the day: flags in DIS
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Learning, deeply and well
Let’s face it—we need a lot of skills to get through life. Even the basic day to day requirements can be daunting, and most people have specialized skills in certain field. To make things even more complicated, the world changes, sometimes it seems at an ever-faster pace, and
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Chart of the day: range in ES
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Chart of the day: mapping intraday swings
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Chart of the day: pattern failure in gold
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Chart of the day: volatility
Both the level of vol and the relationship of implieds to realized (historical vol) are important. Low vol environments bring some unique risks, but don't assume that vol "must" go up in any timeframe!
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Chart of the day: higher timeframe in MSFT
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