Spectra Markets

Sometimes correlations flip and do the opposite of what you expected them to do.

There are a number of things to consider when trading events.

A discussion of how I generate trade ideas for global macro. This example is about USDJPY.

Flat can be good or bad, depending on who you are as a trader. For me now, flat is good.

Buy rumor/sell fact is a common market phenomenon, especially in crypto. Short ETH here into the merge looks like a good trade.

Microstructure helps you identify how, when, and why your market moves. In this episode we talk about one of the most important pieces of microstructure: time of day.

In this episode we talk about pattern recognition, backtesting, and having a good filter for what you see in the markets.

Horizontal lines are sophisticated and useful because they're simple. They often represent something that's actually going on beneath the surface of the market.

In this episode, Brent discusses the ever-difficult question of varying bet size. Topics include conviction vs. accuracy, the Kelly criterion, and historical data.

In this episode, Brent explains why trading bear markets is hard. And he outlines the best tactics for selling into a bear market rally.