Posts Tagged ‘OddsMaker’
Here’s How to Trade Long on % Down Stocks: Traders’ Tips
TRADERS’ TIPS: TAS&C May Issue “He was utterly fearless but never reckless. He could, and did, turn on a twinkling if he found he was wrong.” — Jessie Livermore, American author, investor In this month’s issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities in the Traders’ Tips section, Sylvain Vervoort offers an analysis of trailing stop…
Read MoreHow to Evaluate Backtesting Programs
I came across this request for information on my Twitter tube: “Evaluating backtesting programs: MetaStock, Traders Studio, Ami Broker, Strata Searc, Ninja Trader, Trade Ideas. Any thoughts?”, @milktrader Source: http://twitter.com/milktrader/status/1456777201 Each of these applications and even others not on this list, like WealthLab Pro or DIY Excel, will have advantages over the other. Some major, some…
Read MoreZag vs Zig on Relative Strength & This Stock Pattern Strategy Will Reward You
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released April issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS April Issue “Your emotions are often a reverse indicator of what you ought to be doing.” John F. Hindelong For this month’s Traders’ Tips, we offer a stock trading strategy based, in…
Read MoreGet Experimental. Trade-Ideas Releases Beta of its Latest Version
“It’s the book to end all books. Until I write another one” – Stephen Colbert on the publication of his book , I Am America, And So Can You. We’d say it alternatively, “It’s the upgrade to end all upgrades. Until we release another one“. Exactly. Announcing v2.3.5 in beta release. Here is the link to…
Read MoreFollowing This Bear Swing Set-Up Netted a 84% Win Rate
Improved OddsMaker Models Swing Trades Noticed anything? We changed The OddsMaker by expanding the range of the backtest and introducing longer hold times with which to model trading rules. The details of the enhancements are in the User’s Guide. This post demonstrates via an example strategy how the changes improve the universe of possible trading…
Read MoreTry This Swing Strategy: Reversed MACD Crossover System
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS March Issue “I measure what’s going on, and I adopt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.”…
Read MoreTry the Market’s Lunch Special: SHORT – Lunch Time Fade Strategy
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS February Issue “There is always plenty of capital for those who can create practical plans for using it.” Napoleon Hill (Author, Think and Grow Rich, 1883 – 1970) For this month’s Traders’ Tips,…
Read MoreDirections to Automated Trading Success Same as Those to Carnegie Hall
Heard this one? [Tourist and New Yorker approach each other at the street corner] Tourist: “What’s the best way to get to Carnegie Hall?“ New Yorker: “Practice! Practice! Practice!“ The videos of Trade-Ideas’ automation on our YouTube Channel offer views of our practice sessions in the market using real capital and real market situations. Viewers…
Read MoreStrategy Session: Over Extended Up Move – TAS&C November Article
Traders’ Tips November Issue “With globalization, the big [countries] don’t eat the small; the fast eat the slow.” Thomas L. Friedman (Op-ed columnist, New York Times) Mr. Friedman’s observation easily applies to traders. For this month’s Traders’ Tips, we’ve provided a strategy that uses speed to uncover a backtested and winning advantage in this volatile…
Read MoreInstitutional Brokers Teeter, Retail Brokers Innovate
It’s tough to get anything else out about the markets or its players on this solemn day but … … a bright spot exists among the retail brokers (who seem to be in better shape than the institutional ones) with a second broker rolling out event-based backtesting powered by Trade-Ideas. On Friday Scottrade announced a…
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