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Adam H Grimes, of Talon Advisors and MarketLifeTrading, is a best-selling trading author, blogger, musician, wandering chef, and all-around trouble-seeker. In this podcast, he shares his thoughts on trading and investing. Whether you trade stocks, currencies, or commodity futures, are a daytrader or…

Adam H Grimes

  • Mar 18, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 35m AVG DURATION
  • 27 EPISODES


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Ep. 2_02 - From the MarketLife Archives: Trading Acts of God--managing trades and risk in market extremes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 41:00


learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading

Ep. 2_00 - What I've been up to and new market volatility

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 22:21


learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading

Ep. 024 - Why you need to get a frog (and more Q&A)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 34:32


Adam answers reader's questions on risk, losses, event risk, money management... and you'll find out why you need to get a frog.

Ep. 023 - Q and A (and Adam rambles...)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 40:52


Reader's questions on trade review, trading goals, best intraday setups, and focusing on a few markets vs. trying to trade everything. Oh, and Adam rambles a bit about a bunch of other topics (like in most podcasts)

Ep. 022 - Music and markets

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 54:09


A look at the connections that might (or might not) exist between music and financial markets, and thoughts on developing skills in both.

Ep. 021 - Learning to trade: Digging in

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 45:30


In the second episode with Alex, we talk about some more of the doubts a new trader might have, and the answers point us to some sobering realities about probabilities, risk management, and the limits of our knowledge.

Ep. 020 - Q and A: Winning or losing?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 32:33


Adam shares some thoughts from a recent coaching session in which a winning trader feel like a losing trader! The answers and ideas drive to elements of performance, trading psychology, and maintaining the edge.

Ep. 019 - The Trader's Journey #1 (with Alex)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 58:11


The first of a new mini-series in which Tom and I teach a new trader from the very beginning. In this episode, we discuss the tension between technical and fundamental approaches and how Alex should get started learning.

Ep. 018 - Trading markets under stress (2/2)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 34:56


Reading price structure and market action and understanding market emotion to help navigate challenging, volatile markets.

Ep. 017 - Trading markets under stress (1/2)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 27:20


Understanding volatility and how price moves can give us some insights into what we should be doing when volatility hits markets.

Ep. 016 - Randomness: why it matters and how to understand it

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 36:24


It's hard to fully embrace randomness. Understanding why this is true (because our brains aren't wired to accept it) points us to the source and solution of many of our trading problems.

Ep. 015 - Pulling the trigger: where, how, and why

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 32:01


Setups and analysis are interesting, but it all comes down to where we actually get in and out of trades. Here's how to do it.

Ep. 014 - What's luck got to do with it?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 30:50


Some thoughts about luck and the very real impact it has on our trading results.

Ep. 013 - Daytrading to swing trading: what I had to re-learn

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 28:06


There are some very important ways in which daytrading and position trading are different. These differences point us to some important elements of trader psychology and key points in trader development

Ep. 012 - Q&A: Desperate to succeed

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 34:37


A developing trader asks how to build on his success and how to nail down his edge. The answer touches on psychology, need, and the realities of expected returns

Ep. 011 - Types of trades: with or countertrend?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 34:16


Thoughts on simplifying types of trades into two categories, and how this can shape the trader's mindset and approach.

Ep. 010 - First steps in learning technical analysis (Tom and Adam)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 34:19


Another of those "beginner's episodes" that isn't just for beginners--how to start climbing the mountain of technical analysis

Ep. 009 - Market intuition

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 34:26


Developing and evaluating your market sense and intuition

Ep. 008 - Just do it (Adam and Tom)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 41:05


Those first steps in trading, and the key to getting experience: thoughts for a new trader

Ep. 007 - What kind of trader are you?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 46:45


Thinking about what we can trade, how we can trade it, and why

Ep. 006 - Conspiracy Theories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 31:01


How and why people believe some crazy things, and how you can guard against errors in your own thinking.

Ep. 005 - How to think (part 2)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 41:25


A continuation of the previous episode, looking at standards of proof and why what we believe matters.

Ep. 004 - How to think

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 28:31


Though the title is a bit tongue in cheek, the content is important: how to think about trading problems in the framework of probabilities and statistics. Answering the question: "Does it work?"

Ep. 003 - How to get started

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 36:09


In this episode for beginning and struggling traders, I discuss the mindset and mental framework behind successful trading

Ep. 002 - What I got right

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2018 27:02


Continuation of ep. 1, but all of this is not black and white...

Ep. 001 - What I got wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 31:18


learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading

Ep. 000 - Pilot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 8:18


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