Taking Control of Your Trading Numbers – that means actually being able to replicate the results that others produce. It’s the only way to be sure that you know what’s going on. Well, many people got back after last week’s article asking about the details of the calculations as well as about some of the […]
SPY 12 Month Momentum Filtered Backtest in Excel
Taking control of your trading numbers is very important. Here is an example of how straight forward it can be to run backtests in Excel. If you want to follow along in the article series, follow the link: Taking Control of Your Trading Numbers
Building Consistently Profitable Trading Systems – Principles of a Successful Trading Approach, Part 1
Would you like to build consistently profitable trading systems from scratch? This article series does exactly that. Here are the steps which we’ll work through: Define the underlying principles of a successful trading approach Determine the assets which obey these principles Determine rule sets for trading these assets Work out a straightforward portfolio construction method […]
Market Timing
Market timing refers to the fact that by judiciously choosing entry and exit methods in a given market you can out-perform buy-and-hold. The first question of course is why you should buy-and-hold in the first place. The idea stems from the equity markets. Historically they have risen. The famous chart of course is the S&P […]
Money Growth: Trade it Like a Hedge Fund
In previous articles I’ve written about the idea of Kelly betting or using leverage to really boost the growth of your returns. I’ve also shown how different fundamental components work together to create an FX Benchmark index. This article is slightly different. I want to keep it KISS: “Keep It Simple Stupid.” I will show […]