Trader's Workshop
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Trader's Workshop
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...
Recent Episodes
27 episodes
Ep. 2_02 - From the MarketLife Archives: Trading Acts of God--managing trades and risk in market extremes
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
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)
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...)
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 ra...
Ep. 022 - Music and markets
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
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 ab...
Ep. 020 - Q and A: Winning or losing?
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...
Ep. 019 - The Trader's Journey #1 (with Alex)
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 technica...
Ep. 018 - Trading markets under stress (2/2)
Reading price structure and market action and understanding market emotion to help navigate challenging, volatile markets.
Ep. 017 - Trading markets under stress (1/2)
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
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 solut...
Ep. 015 - Pulling the trigger: where, how, and why
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?
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
There are some very important ways in which daytrading and position trading are different. These differences point us to some important elements of tr...
Ep. 012 - Q&A: Desperate to succeed
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 expec...
Ep. 011 - Types of trades: with or countertrend?
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)
Another of those "beginner's episodes" that isn't just for beginners--how to start climbing the mountain of technical analysis
Ep. 008 - Just do it (Adam and Tom)
Those first steps in trading, and the key to getting experience: thoughts for a new trader
Ep. 007 - What kind of trader are you?
Thinking about what we can trade, how we can trade it, and why
Ep. 006 - Conspiracy Theories
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)
A continuation of the previous episode, looking at standards of proof and why what we believe matters.
Ep. 004 - How to think
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 statist...
Ep. 003 - How to get started
In this episode for beginning and struggling traders, I discuss the mindset and mental framework behind successful trading
Ep. 002 - What I got right
Continuation of ep. 1, but all of this is not black and white...
Ep. 001 - What I got wrong
learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading
