Thanks for all the replies. The concept is a hybrid: I select the stocks manually, using a screener, and intend to let this robot enter and...
There are other dimensions to this idea that I didn't mention, but the 1%/day was based on about 5 stocks over this past week. Don't laugh - it...
Thanks. This is the kind of feedback I was hoping for. -new system trader
It's just a slope of a slope of a slope calculation using 1, 2, or 4 bar lengths. Rise over run.
Here are a couple from Edwards and Magee, or Pring, whichever tech analysis book you prefer: Channel breakout retracement dow theory buy /...
++ Not having to live my life surrounded by people I don't like, being able to work on my dreams, not somebody else's - that is rich to me....
100 view no replies. I've been paper trading it this week on other stocks and it's pulling in about 1% a day. To anyone who thinks you can't...
Thanks for that. Perhaps I should have said "variable position sizing".... i.e expanding a position size in a profitable trade, 'pyramiding in'...
Not profitable for 5 years but I'm finally out of the sea of red, after a year of manual walk-forward optimization. 1. Swing, long options...
Thanks for that..... I'm going to spend some time trying to understand it. It's true, there is a lag in using numerical methods to get the...
Short the next major pop, if you trust Dow Theory.
Here is a little trend following algo I overlaid on the latest down trending whipsaw disaster (F). You like?
Position sizing influences whether or not a positive expectancy is possible.......
Notwithstanding the difference between common and preferred shares, Buffet's position is showing a significant unrealized loss that would get a...
If you've got a system that can trade long options, they are just like extra-mini futures contracts (huge leverage). Because of this, you can...
I'm not sure if anyone else was curious about this: Quote from bwolinsky: "The holy grail is the third derivative over various ma period...
Why not keep a stop under it at all times?
Risk management and emotional control are also part of the edge. When everyone is freaking out, saying focused on the process, rather than the...
The key to many old strategies (which is not so widely known) is money management rules. To profit from a 35% win rate, you need to make your...
I've been trading long options for about a year. Talk about having the odds stacked against you! But you gain a great sense of anticipating...
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