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A full scholarship
After paying tuition for a time, I entered the next phase of my trading: utter chaos. First, a picture: I was starting to have some good ideas, but had no rhythm or discipline in my trading. I was all...
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Stressful success can feel a lot like failure
I switched to Tradestation near the end of my second year of trading. After a couple months of learning the interface and trying out some ideas, my intuition kicked in. A vague idea was forming, but I...
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The present tense(less)
I think this post wraps up my brief history of trading and moves us into the present tense. Thankfully, the present is less tense. Picking up the story from where I left off, I began working on an...
View ArticleTrade like Sgt. Schultz
The worst trade of my “career” came in the midst of solid success. I entered a trade and promptly watched it go nuts. It peaked up about 22%. On its way up, I realized it was showing all indications...
View ArticleTools of the trade(r): Stockfetcher
One of the many tools I rely on as a trader is Stockfetcher, which I’ve used on a daily basis for several years now. It is a wonderful stock screener, the likes of which I’ve not found elsewhere though...
View ArticleTools of the trade(r): Amibroker
If you are designing a trading system, it is crucial that you adequately test your ideas. Now, backtesting trading systems is fraught with danger. Curve fitting, systems that can’t actually be traded...
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Tarzan v1.0
A little over a year ago, I began using Collective2 as one of the tools in my toolbox to develop a trading system. It took some time, but I gradually developed a solid track record and was ultimately...
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Tarzan update 1
This is fun. My new system on Collective2 is off to a fast start. As I said before, swing trade systems don’t come naturally to me, so this was very challenging. The system holds 7 positions at a time...
View ArticleQ&A on trading
Rusty, a good friend from my college days (and a bit beyond), has been asking some interesting questions in one of my posts below on trading. Here’s his latest comment: Hi Jay - The Vanguard funds have...
View ArticleOn Backtesting
How does one create a mechanical trading system? However one comes up with ideas for entry and exit signals, testing those ideas is essential. In trading, one generally tests ideas on historic data,...
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