What is I'm having in grammar terms? Is it something near the present, the near future? As in I'm having a party tomorrow?
Example (not about the near future),
I'm having trouble coming up with a reliable method of comparing sets of data.
Couldn't it be the following simpler version without any change in meaning?
I have trouble coming up with a reliable method of comparing sets of data.
Best Answer
I am having trouble is written using the present continuous tense (also called present progressive tense).
The progressive tenses are used to put emphasis on the described event being in progress; the progressive also indicates habitual actions (I am walking a lot more now).
The interpretation that I would give to the sentences you wrote is
There is a difference between I have trouble and I had trouble, as the latter one means that you found a way to compare sets of data in a reliable way (and your trouble is done).