Goodman FireStarter Technique, Part 1: Short-Term Strategy
With FX and futures open 24x5, Goodman traders developed the FireStarter, a short-term cut-to-the-chase technique. Part 1 sets the stage.
28 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Silver Futures: A Molokai Setup and How to Trade the Line
A silver chart shows a Molokai Setup that isn't pretty, and that's fine. How Goodman traders enter and trade the Line with part of a position.
14 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
Silver Update: Goodman Under Count Objective Met
Silver has reached its Goodman Under Count objective. Michael Archer says what Goodman traders do next: stop to Break Even and Trade the Line on the last lot.
21 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
Seeing Goodman Setups: OHLC Bars vs. Line Charts
Goodman 1-2-3s are hard to see in Time Hash. Michael Archer compares a 1-Hour Silver OHLC chart with a line chart to show a Molokai setup and Weak…
17 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Goodman Molokai Setup: Choosing the Right Time Frame
A GBPUSD Molokai that looks different on the 5h, 30m and 15m charts. Michael Archer shows how time frame changes risk/reward and the two ledgers of a trade.
16 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
The Goodman Micro-Nest: A Setup at the End of the Nest
A Micro-Nest is a Goodman setup that forms at the end of a nest. Michael Archer explains the four nests, multi-time-frame search and a EURNOK Molokai example.
15 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
The Wall: A Goodman Bottom Formation for a Clean Slate
The Wall is a rare bottom formation Charlie Goodman identified after a steep decline. Learn to spot it and trade it as a Jumbo Swing.
11 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
The Goodman Wave Theory Paradigm in a Nutshell
Goodman Wave Theory in six principles: everything is a 1-2-3, what a Jumbo Swing is, what makes a Setup, and why more 'next swings' make a better trade.
7 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
The Goodman Smoothie: A Mini-Lesson on the Goodman Method
Why is it called the Goodman Smoothie? A mini-lesson on how the Goodman Method moves from the general to the specific, qualified by overlays, down to a trade.
29 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Time Hash: A Goodman Method of Trading Mini-Lesson
Price between A and B after a Jumbo and 1-2 is Time Hash: ignore it. A Goodman Method of Trading mini-lesson on patience and 'What do I see…
29 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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