Lots of vendors out there sell complex systems where they have a possible adjustment for all kinds of different market movements. They'll...
I totally agree. And to take it one step further, I'd say this is the sort of thing you should decide before entering the trade in the first...
Tremendous line right there.
I know little about this, but if you have trading experience then what about starting your own IA or CTA?
In my experience, it's incredibly difficult to find other people who are serious about attending trading Meetups and willing to commit time (and...
In my world that's just semantics, but I won't argue with you.
While not directly tradeable, I think they can provide useful information. /VX converges to spot VIX at expiration and those futures are tradeable.
I was referring to things like failing to account for transaction fees, data mining, future leaks, overfitting, and small sample sizes.
I think you should expect degradation over time, but that doesn't mean the system can't make money. If you find that backtested, profitable...
In another response, you said: "this is why an individual can make 25 to 30% return selling premium because they are not blindly selling at a...
Very interesting thread! I agree it would have caused a drawdown... and the drawdown would probably have been much larger than the index itself...
Great graphic... where did you get that from, Ironchef?
Stocks (SEC), options (SEC and CFTC), and futures (CFTC) are regulated. Is forex?
Sounds like their general suggestion is to find a number of decent strategies in noncorrelated markets such that when traded together, a...
Is there a way to ignore a thread such that when new items are posted in that thread, it doesn't show up in bold (or at all) on my screen? I just...
I'm not implying anything about trend trading, but didn't Livermore end up committing suicide?
I've seen Cottle give a handful of free marketing webinars and when he speaks he sounds just like a lot of others out there who give free...
Does anyone know what happened to Weissman Signals, Inc. (Richard Weissman)?
I think a lot of "complex hedged trades" are deceptive. People love to place "Band Aids" all over the place to make an ugly risk graph look...
This is possibly why I was advised not to sign. I still feel this is what margin rates are all about. If they agreed to stress PM at 10% then...
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