And also it could lead to tax fraud. There is a mechanism in Switzerland for lending to yourself legally... :) Ninna
Well randomness isn't about perception... You measure it. :) On any time frame, 10 sec to 1 month, when you normalize prices by trading...
Your argument is right, your conclusions are wrong. It is precisely because real people with real emotions interact that prices are (mostly)...
No need for the two accounts. The strategy works but the edge is very small. You need to keep comissions and slippage under control. The...
In my experience it's more about risk than return... Ninna
You can't label a decision 'a mistake' based on the consequences in hindsight. If he takes a decision outside of his investment strategy or...
It sounds sensible to me... He cut the losses short. Ninna
Calculation based on my experience (Switzerland): Consistent performance with reasonable DDs around 20% p.a. is realistic. More isn't....
... No money management strategy can turn a loosing strategy into a winning one. It can at best break even (-> bet $0 i.e. don't play is the...
Well if you're going to bet on auto-correlation you have better ways of capturing the bias. Look at trailing stops for example. I can already...
You are fooling yourself... By skewing the TP/SL ratio you skew your # win/# loss ratio but at the same time also your avg win size/avg loss...
You should go golfing... :) Without an edge your trading has negative expectancy. To you trading will be similar to playing in a casion ->...
The main messages I got from his work was: 1. People in general have poor understanding of probabilities. 2. Too much credit is given to...
Yes, you need to factor in the costs. I assumed the property was an investment (not living in it). I'd be interested in knowing the following:...
You're forgetting the income from rents. People buying property here (Switzerland) usually expect property value to remain more or less the same...
Just treat trading like a business... Hire managers to do the work. Delegate. Leverage (human resources). That way you combine the benefits...
Much better. Fact checking is worth every penny. Ninna
20M? Then you think wrong... And you can drop the religious propaganda. Japan is on a fault zone, earthquakes are expected there. It has...
People in general have very poor perception of risk. This is for a large part because the human mind is very bad at thinking in terms of...
Negative impact of coal on society is much bigger than nuclear power. Risk is too be understood in terms of probabilities. Of course there can...
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