You’re Probably Backtesting Wrong
I’ve worked with a lot of traders over the years, many of whom are quite smart and able…
Reader Question: How to Stop Getting Into Trades Too Early?
Fellow list member Thomas S. wrote in with the following trading problem (shared with permission): I am a…
How to Handle Outliers in Your Backtest
Outliers are a tricky problem with backtesting. It’s not uncommon to see a backtest consisting of nice, consistent…
SPY and Rising/Falling 200 Day Moving Average
After Brian Shannon’s tweet the other day about new lows in markets below the 200-day moving average, I thought I’d…
How to Think about Trading Halts
The other day I noticed that one of the symbols on my daily watchlist had halted in the middle of…
Is the Market Really More Likely to Continue as Gap is Bigger?
If you don’t follow Steve Burns on Twitter, you should. He tweets all sorts of interesting market-related stuff. This…
My Take on Improving the Equity Curve
We’re making excellent progress on Brokerage+ and I wanted to highlight a particular feature that I came up…
All Gaps Are Not Created Equally
To trade intraday, you need to find stocks with the potential for movement. Gaps are one of the best…
TASC #5 — Most Traders Expect Too Much or Too Little From Candle Patterns
This is the fourth in a series of articles summarizing the monthly trading strategy article in the Technical Analysis of…
TASC #4 — Should You “Trade” Your Equity Curve?
This is the fourth in a series of articles summarizing the monthly trading strategy article in the Technical Analysis of…