Tag Archives: trading system

If a system works why share it with the world?

A member of the BabyPips forum asked the other day “If a system works why share it …

Forex broker arbitrage

There’s been a new “automatic profits” systems launched recently (and I think you know how I feel …

The new trader system loop

A poster at Trade2win started a discussion recently which I think is very worth addressing here. It …

Drawbacks to packaged trading systems

Here are some of the major issues with purchasing a trading system from someone else.

Testing Trading Exits vs. Reversals

I’ve been reading a book of late that I will shortly be reviewing. There was a comment …

Seasonals Trading System Performance Q1 2011

As promised, here’s a look at the performance of the trading system I’ve been running based on …

Using Daily or Weekly Trading Goals

Day traders usually talk about their daily and weekly goals. Someone told me that this is typical …

Comparing Your Trading to the Alternatives

I wrote the original version of this for the Currensee blog, but it has a broad based focus, …

Positive Points, Negative Profits

A subject of conversation in the blogosphere in recent weeks has been the idea that you can …

Looking at Random Trading

Every once in a while, the topic of random trading comes up. Normally, it’s part of a …

BDH

Book Review: Buy Don’t Hold

A practical text focused on the application of asset allocation looking at the market trend status

Five Observations from Successful Traders

Tim Bourquin has an article at TradingMarkets in which he discusses what he calls 5 Uncommon Rules of Wealthy Traders. …

Do you know a good end of day strategy?

Here’s a question which came in by email from a trader named Adam. Do you know about …

Why You Shouldn’t Fixate on Winning Percentage in Your Trading

I’ve been reading Curtis Faith’s new book Trading From Your Gut, a review of which will follow …

The best forex trading technique or trading system

I got the following email over the weekend. Let me know what your immediate response is. I …

I don’t use stops. What do you think?

I got the question in the title of this post from a “fan” of The Essentials of …

System Back-Testing and Indicative Forex Data

Frequent emailer and commenter Rod sent me another good question yesterday, on the subject of trading system …

Trading System Testing and Risk Management with Multiple Securities

A reader of my book sent me a question that combines system design and testing issues with …

Whenever I trade the market goes against me.

Here’s an email I recieved from a clearly frustrated new forex trader. My problem is most of …

Scalping Individual Stocks

What is the best way to approach trading only 1 stock over and over during the trading …

Fighting the Ignorance of Traders Who Claim They Know

It’s ranting time! There’s a certain blogger out there who’s only purpose for posting (seemingly) is to …

On Technical Indicators and Trading Methods

Indicators are always a favor subject among traders, especially new ones still trying to find their niche …

An Emailer Struggling to Trade for a Living

I received the following email from a trader struggling with trading for a living. Ho John, If …

Minimum Stop Loss

A question came up on Trade2Win that I thought probably was of interest to readers here as …

Adding to Your Winning Trades

At some point just about every trader starts pondering the question of if, when, and how to …

Only for Advanced Traders?

I had an email over the weekend that came in concerning my price distribution trading methodology course. …

Exploring Automated Trading Systems

Fully automated trading through the use of so-called “robots” or “expert advisors” (EAs) at the retail (meaning …

Technical/Fundamental analysis a child’s game

A reader named nikesh posted a comment to yesterday’s Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With …

Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With Oscillators

This question came in over the weekend from a gentleman working on improving his trend trading system. …

Can a Shared Trading Edge Still be Profitable?

Yesterday I wrote Conspiracies, Regulations, and Trader Paranoia in which I tried to clear up some of …

Stop Getting Hung Up On Stops, Targets, and Risk/Reward

“Is 30 pips a good stop?” “Should I use 50 pips as my target?” “Your risk/reward ratio should be …

What is your take on this trading software?

Here’s another recent trader inquiry that came in via email. I have done some research on the Fap …

Thoughts on CANSLIM

Last week I received an inquiry from a fellow member at Trade2Win. I have your book and …

Different types of stops

Stops are always a favorite topic for discussion in trading circles. Here’s a recent question that came …

Insider Trading Secrets and Conspiracy

Under the category of “Don’t Get Sucked In By This” I offer part of the contents of …

A Trader’s Educational Path

I received the following in an email from a member of my mailing list. Because I think …

Software for Backtesting and Order Generation

I get quite a few questions about trading resources. Since I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of …

Trading Simply and Using the Right Trading Tools

The other day Brett Steenbarger referenced a post by Trader X in which he talks about simplifying …

Trading With Pivot Points, MAs and Oscillators

The other day a trader named Sam put the following question to me: I day trade via …

Can I optimize position sizing during development?

Here’s a second trader question on the subject of evaluating trading system performance test results. Is there a …

Trading system equity performance

A member of my mailing list asked me this question about trading system performance: For the systems …

How do you set position sizing in Metastock system testing?

Developing and testing trading systems is about more than just entry and exit points. It also has …

Am I using the right indicators for my trading strategy?

The other day I received the following question from a trader named Paul. I have inherited an illness …

Is This a Good Day Trading System?

Here’s another question I received from a trader, in this case about day trading the mini S&P …

Trading Systems Defined

In my previous two posts I outlined my thoughts on some topics related to trading systems, especially …