These answers seem good though contradictory. Perhaps I understand as well as I need to.
Is an ETF's share price driven by supply and demand for the ETF shares themselves or by the total value of the ETF's holdings? In other words, is...
What does a study such as you describe say is the contribution of shorting to a trend-following system?
Trend Following In Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Backtest, PHILOSOPHICAL ECONOMICS, January 2, 2016 and Trend Following in Focus, QR Capital...
Since there is no .com by that name you imply that this web site isn't for long only?
Let my stops execute and wait.
I am an intermediate-term trend follower. Some call it position trading. I don’t short-sell because studies show that shorting adds approximately...
If it were calculated that you were in the top 1% globally, which is likely given how the Abyssinians through Zimbabweans of the world drag the...
I made a mint in commodity-related stocks in 2020 too, but my stop orders executed a couple weeks ago and I have, unfortunately, hesitated to get...
Thank you for a straight answer. Half of me says you are right, half says we need theories to guide our science.
Would you want your savings stolen? "Do unto others . . ."
I think of the broad indices as leaders and the commodity producers (COPX etc.) as followers. Granted, the producers had been driven into the...
How is "a big chunk of US debt out of the play"? Don't understand you.
When the Fed does something that promotes price inflation, that inflationary effect is lessened to the (very large) extent that non-Americans hold...
I believe I read you saying once that you will sometimes cut short a stop order, so I was wondering if you would chime in. I am happy with how I...
Nobody who uses stop orders to exit from their trades would say you should ever relax that discipline by cancelling an order or lowering the stop...
For ten years I held global index funds, and that served me well. Now I trade too frequently to be called an investor and too infrequently to to...
One reason it takes so long to know you can beat the market is that chance and randomness dominate earnings (or losses) for a long time before...
Last week I posted a theory as to why most investors or traders under-perform the market, and how the Wisdom of Crowds plays a role. I was full of...
"Net of transaction costs/fees, the average fully invested market participant will exactly match their benchmark, if it is the perfect benchmark...
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