Trading Order Out of Chaos
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In Part 1 we used simple Python to Improve our Backtesting times. Starting out with DataFrames we took a simple RSI strategy over a period of 7000 days and reduced from 7.3 seconds (which is a complete joke; sorry Pandas!) down to 0.003 seconds by converting everything to lists. But if you recall the comparison […]
Intro Backtesting is every systematic trader’s basic tool. And Python is becoming the lingua franca of programming. So putting Python into Backtesting to get fast results should be possible! Yes and no! In this article, we’ll cover how to really improve your Python backtesting and boost your speeds by several orders of magnitude! First a […]
In the previous article we set out to cover a new asset class: Bond investments. We saw how by including bonds together with stocks we could improve on our portfolio performance. Is this mixture still good given that we are now shifting in the interest rate cycle to a Bond Bear Market? In this article we […]
Of all things on this planet?! Aren’t they boring? Not explosive enough? Isn’t this stuff what old people invest in? Also, aren’t they supposed to start to sell-off? And how do you get your hands on these over the counter instruments. In the first article of this series on Creating Profitable Trading Strategies we started […]
Mean Reversion trading works for equities; and currencies. We saw in the last article how combining two simple ideas for equities produced a stable system over the last 30 years. Can we repeat a similar analysis for currencies? Yes! However, be warned. Currency trading is a different magnitude of difficulty to equity trading. Currency traders […]
Very clear, engaging and insightful.
Quick thank you for the suggestion to look at shorting the CHFJPY. Just closed at 122 pips profit. With only 9 pips Max loss. Nice. Michele Russell
Great teaching style. Very engaging. Material was presented in interesting manner and focused more on real life than theory.
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