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Chart studies, market notes and Charlie Goodman stories from Michael Duane Archer.
Do some USD currency pairs lead others? Part 1 of the Currency Companion study: triangular arbitrage, cross-correlation tables and a EURUSD vs AUDUSD leader/lagger test.
11 Nov 2024 · 7 min read
Two train stories: J. Paul Getty spots oil from a locomotive, and Charlie Goodman sees empty boxcars in the 1976 Maine potato futures squeeze.
10 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
From 1997 to 2005 Michael Archer and Jim Bickford ran over 100 FX studies. Memories of the Currency Companion books, an 85% anomaly and a friend remembered.
10 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
Bullish consensus above 90% or below 20% favors contrary opinion, but Michael Archer found the in-between readings can signal a wise crowd. See the example.
7 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
After bull, bear, inside and outside bars, what comes next? Michael Archer on Bar Chart Stat Pro, the next-bar statistics it produced, and the 2003 manual.
6 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
An old trading adage on exits: act on your first instinct or sit tight. Michael Archer shares a 2008 story and a simple emotion chart for traders.
6 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Which Goodman Setup points are always higher or lower than others? Michael Archer's bucket-list study of BP/EP relationships in the Goldilocks and Molokai.
6 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Before you go long wheat, find the central argument for going short. Charlie Goodman's Devil's Advocate lesson, from an astrologer at the Peavey trading floor.
6 Nov 2024 · 2 min read
How do you trade a trending and a sideways market at once? Bert's Line splits your stake into three units: Hold Forever, Trade and Parley. A silver story.
6 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Why a perfect Point & Figure chart of Japanese cocoon futures kept losing money: settlement-period stop runs in a thin market. A Honolulu trader story.
27 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Charlie wrote to his students. We do the same: a new plate, a chart worth looking at, a note when a book is finished. No schedule, no sequence, no selling to you every Tuesday. Leave when you like.
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