BBacktesting Using Excel to Improve Your Trading StrategyMarch 6, 2024 One of the most valuable things I do with traders I coach is give them simple rules to…
BBacktesting The Biggest Time Saver in Developing Trading StrategiesFebruary 25, 2024 First, a story about my history as a coder. When I began writing code in the late 90s,…
BBacktesting I Threw Away My First Profitable Strategy – Here’s WhyFebruary 19, 2024 The first strategy I traded was a gap strategy and a continuation play. Gap up? Look to get…
BBacktesting Why I Started BacktestingFebruary 14, 2024 I began serious trading in 2005. My first strategy was purely manual and an imitation of what a…
TTrading Your Stop Loss Is Too TightFebruary 7, 2024 Here’s a note from a fellow reader replying to my post on backtesting without stops. (I always get…
EExecution Want To Trade With Less Emotion? Here’s How…January 31, 2024 One of the common themes among traders who come to me for help is a desire to eliminate…
BBacktesting Why I Backtest Without StopsJanuary 24, 2024 First, look at these two charts each with a trade plotted on each: Both of these trades were…
CCoaching The Important Step Most Traders Are MissingJanuary 17, 2024 I work with more and more traders on creating their own “upward spiral” – a process unique to…
TTrading Strategies You Don’t Need a Perfect Idea – You Need a ProcessJanuary 10, 2024 First, a quote: “It is amateurs who have one big bright beautiful idea that they can never abandon.…
TTrading Strategies Case Study: Helping a Trader Improve Their StrategyJanuary 3, 2024 One of the most common questions I get from traders is something along the lines of: “Can you…