Breakout
Trading the Unexpected
A pattern in volatility can sometimes give a directional tilt to the market, but, more importantly, how do we know when a trade is wrong and what do we do about it?
Individual Traders
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The Two Forces
Some ideas and patterns that could lead to good trades or tests for the two forces.
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Toward a Simple Model of Price Behavior
Two simple forces behind all price patterns and price movements.
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The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune
A look at what normal variability in trading results can really mean.
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Reader Question: Intraday Position Sizing?
A reader asks how to quickly calculate position sizes for intraday trades.
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At the End of the Year, a Time for Reflection
A time to ask some questions and consider how you can improve your performance next year.
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Know Your Tools
Make sure you understand everything nuance of every tool you use in your trading
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The Road to Mastery
A look at the stages a trader may go through on the road to mastery.
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Yes, Virginia…
[dc]I[/dc]t's nearly impossible to go a day in December without hearing the phrase "Santa Claus rally." There is an impression that the market tends to rally into the end of the year, and that we can count on that. Many explanations have been
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Quality Matters
[dc]I[/dc]n an earlier post, I wrote of the need for simplicity in trading. I suggested you could probably throw out the vast majority of the tools you use and the things you look at, and your results would likely improve. There is a problem with this plan,
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Simplify, simplify, simplify…
Thoughts on the value of simplicity in trading...
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Some hard questions.
[dc]I[/dc] want to share a few thoughts today on technical trading in general. The points in bold come from the end of the first part of my recent book, The Art & Science of Technical Analysis . I expanded each of those with a little more commentary. These points