Two core principles behind my stock market approach Based on years of research, two of my main mantras in the market are: Hold the strongest stocks in an uptrend – mathematically the best way to compound wealth. Cut back risk in bear markets – mathematically the best way to protect long-term compounding. It doesn’t need […]
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Tune out the noise
I went through a meditation course and took notes of my progress for several weeks in 2019, which taught me to look at myself, my actions and feelings from aside as a separate person. It made me aware of so many emotional states I was experiencing while making trading decisions or placing orders. When I […]
The past is not a good guide to make predictions about the future because the future will be different. One should take as little as possible but as much as necessary from a backtest. A backtest shows how an idea would have worked out in the past if one followed a specific set of rules. […]
I’ve been following Rob’s work for quite some time. He is a systematic trend-following trader, who trades different futures markets. He is also very mathematical in his quantitative approach. I decided to read his book about systematic trading to better understand his thought process. It was published in 2015. Introduction to the topic Rob has […]
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The house edge
In a casino you want to be the house not the gambler. Think of the house edge. The more people come to play, the more a casino can take advantage of its statistical positive expectancy. I hadn’t put much thought to it until couple of years ago a backtest clicked to me. A smaller edge […]