[ATTACH] I will explain what this chart is about in a minute. Many times I heard that trading has emotional asymmetry. For example on negative...
Backtesting engine. I wrote one myself, and can confidently say - not again. Lookup their AFL language and strategies examples. It should help to...
Too little information on what exactly you are trying to test. In general - look into AmiBroker. It is one of the fastest / flexible backtesting...
Not in any automated sense. There is truly too many things that can work in trading to tap into everything. This is mostly why. Resource...
Reading recommendations: William Eckhardt: A Chapter in "The New Market Wizards" Howard B Bandy: "Mean Reversion Trading System: Practical...
What a week... +8.5%, every day was positive. Even better in $ figures as I added some spare cash from my bank account literally few days prior...
I trade very similar to that. Link to a journal Val
End of month update: [ATTACH] ~4% of this month performance was discretionary trade in BIGC. Not something I normally do, but my algo shorted it...
An aspiring investor - so what is all this investment business about? Old timer - lots of hard work and research An aspiring investor - doesn't...
BIGC upside premiums last week were completely wild. When underlying was at 140$ couple of days ago Sept 18 180$ CALLs were 16$... People think...
While @jharmon is absolutely correct, there is another way to put it. Think of it this way - when you tested your strategy, you set precise...
Glad you started! Hard and smart work does pay off. No one ever knows if their stuff will keep working in the future. Enjoy the ride. Val
2 of my different short systems picked it at different points. One on a day when it peaked (there was not way of knowing of course), second one...
Asymmetric Leverage without a cold blooded assessment of outcomes distribution and the extend to which most of them will payoff has probably as...
Appreciate that. Not sure if I can offer any great ideas here. I started a business in tech few years ago with a few partners and we’ve been...
Btw, this is a great question and I appreciate that you asked. Here is another way to put it - I believe in 2 ways of achieving ambitious...
Alan Watts' talks are amazing and deeply comforting at the time of hardship or stress, though, it does concern somewhat that a person who sounds...
It seems that a developer of the software I am using for backtesting (RealTest), is reading this thread! He have reached out to me after he saw my...
Trading for me is a diversification of how I get to my ultimate wealth goals. My plan has 3 components. Trading is one of them. Making good money...
In my opinion, when trading mechanically there are 2 most important things: Are your models performing well? Meaning - staying within their...
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