As all countries expand their money supplies for the short-term advantage of their governments, more global nominal wealth is created, all looking...
I worked out a spreadsheet that computes (and charts) my Internal Rate of Return. I update it monthly. The trick was accounting for additions to...
My stop losses are the average of three common ways people calculate stop losses. I use an average because I see no advantage of one over another...
This thread has helped me firm up some of my system rules. The "by feel" zone is smaller. Also, reading "The Way of The Turtle" by Curtis Faith...
Lots of good comments. Yes, my system still has discretionary components so I can't mechanize it yet. Most important is that it scores potential...
I don't exceed certain position sizing rules I've come across in the literature but I haven't settled upon a mathematical way to determine the...
I've been trading this system discretionarily for a year and have done well. (So has the IRS, unfortunately.) I'm willing to invest in it. In this...
My wife is an unemployed code developer, busy with our kids but willing to help. Unfortunately she knows nothing about trading. She may be part of...
My system for the past year is unusual and complicated. It is a big spreadsheet with columns deriving from various aspects of the equity price...
Having watched it I still can't tell to what extent the inequity the IEX tries to fix affects me. I probably can't do anything about it anyway.
If you say so.
Here is something I haven't come across in the literature I've read. The question is, how to define global wealth, what determines global wealth,...
I'm working less hard now. My foundation has solidified. I am just following my method, tuning in to it, polishing it here and there, improving my...
I had a bad September (worst year of the year for stocks), good Oct., bad Nov.
Considering stop orders forces you to conceptualize the "market maker." I view it a black box consisting of many computers with many smart people...
The common measure for a stock's or ETF's volatility is its trailing 3-year standard deviation. For smoothness you want a low number.
The stock exchanges of Russia, Brazil, and Poland; European financials; producers of coal, natural gas, copper, steel, uranium, and nickel; silver...
I am an American and I hold ERUS, an ETF that mimics the overall Russian stock exchange. I like it because 1) the Russian market is at a very low...
I've never run out of good long trades. I want to add shorts to my repertoire, though.
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