Actually I've been part of Tribe since 2002 but when I began I was concerned about what personal issues were preventing me from doing the work of...
I started trading equities in 1997. I started trading futures and have only traded futures since 2003. Although I have had years where I traded...
Two concepts: 1. Knowing what you are doing 2. Doing it without fail The second is by far the more challenging. Over the last 20 years I have...
I agree. All of my large drawdowns have had nothing to do with the markets and 100% to do with me. Thank you for the feedback and for pointing...
I'm definitely not convinced that posting here is a good use of time which is why I have posted so infrequently since 2002. Backtesting and...
TLDR: Before I backtested I had really terrible market feel. I think it boils down to having a way to get a feel for what's working now, what's...
I agree with the above segments of what you have said. My 8 step process is: ------------------------ 1 Look at charts/place trades 2 Come up...
Which part? I consider testing ideas part of the cost of doing business.
My objective for this thread is to contribute ideas for people to consider and check out if they like, to think out loud and receive feedback....
I do not know. I do have interest in receiving your feedback if you would like to tell me which lines jumped out. Thank you, Alex
Yes. Odds are stacked against everyone including those that are successful. That said, someone will win. People with bags of money and the...
In the mean time here is the kind of things I document and trade: LEAD LAG I look for correlated markets that seem to be in sync . I try to...
Ok, back again. In keeping with the feedback, I'll keep it short (er). - After an initial shock that my plan was crap and that I was not going...
MrScalper - Yep. Thank you for the feedback regarding being long winded. The short take away for me on backtesting is that whatever I assume about...
TLDR: Overestimating/underestimating fills, commissions, slippage can result in trading results that don't match the back test or system generated...
I remember wanting to own a copy of Perry Kaufman's Trading Systems and Methods that was essentially behind the help desk at the UWS Barnes &...
^ This! In a recent podcast interview on Chat With Traders, the guest implied that Tudor Jones had a group of traders that worked for him...
Yes. It was crazy but consciously so. The win rates on a few of the methods I used were higher and the aggregate of all approaches was what you...
Obscene risk: In my case was excessive position size and open drawdown relative to account size and eventually as you point out, smaller and...
No kidding! I was an inexperienced kid in 1997 and got all kinds of assurances that the simulated fills were accurate... Until fairly recently...
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