Comments on: Trading Bias – Do You Do Better Long or Short? http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/ Information and resources for those looking to learn about trading and the markets Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:17:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Link Love Friday | A Trade A Day http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11243 Link Love Friday | A Trade A Day Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:07:39 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11243 [...] Do you have a trading bias? [...] [...] Do you have a trading bias? [...]

]]> By: John http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11221 John Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11221 Bill - I totally agree if you're speaking in terms of stocks, but I also trade forex and other markets which just as readily go down as up. Even in those cases I believe I have more frequently been long my position trades than short them. Since I did come up through equities, no doubt that rubbed off and is part of my bias in that regard. I do enjoy playing the short side in the market, though. Things happen very quickly! :-) Bill – I totally agree if you’re speaking in terms of stocks, but I also trade forex and other markets which just as readily go down as up. Even in those cases I believe I have more frequently been long my position trades than short them. Since I did come up through equities, no doubt that rubbed off and is part of my bias in that regard.

I do enjoy playing the short side in the market, though. Things happen very quickly! :-)

]]> By: Bill aka NO DooDahs! http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11214 Bill aka NO DooDahs! Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:24:10 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2008/02/14/trading-bias-do-you-do-better-long-or-short/#comment-11214 I expect this should be both timeframe and market dependent. In markets that have a pronounced upward bias over time, the longer the timeframe of the trader, the more sense it makes for them to have a pronounced long bias in their methodology. It's a tough row to how, being a short-biased trader, if your holding times are measured in months. Very few of those boys outperform buy+hold strategies over a period of years. I expect this should be both timeframe and market dependent. In markets that have a pronounced upward bias over time, the longer the timeframe of the trader, the more sense it makes for them to have a pronounced long bias in their methodology. It’s a tough row to how, being a short-biased trader, if your holding times are measured in months. Very few of those boys outperform buy+hold strategies over a period of years.

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