Building A Trading System Inspired by Blog Posts

Our friend and favorite Internet Entrepreneur Howard Lindzon wrote a great post on his blog, Momentum Friday…Fashology, Mobile Payments and Biotech. The post was great because it’s short and sweet and gives the reader some really good names to watch in four industry groups. I want to expand on Howard’s post and show you how you…

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The Moneyball of Trading is Here

Use number crunching to put the “Win” in Swing Trading.   The market moves faster than and beyond your eyes. Patterns that appeal to you on a chart visually are more often than not misleading. Set-ups seen at trade shows or on websites are sales tricks. There is no simple and easy. Most traders have…

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Introducing Trade-Ideas Pro 3.1

Trade-Ideas is on the leading edge of stock scanning and event backtesting technology. Maintaining the role of market leader requires a mantra of “constant and never-ending improvement” regarding our technology, partnerships, and personnel. I’m happy announce that I’ve joined the Trade-Ideas team during an exciting growth period for the company. Allow me to briefly introduce…

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On the Verge… Introducing Barreleye

Think of the calm before the storm. Think of the change that suddenly makes the way things were previously done seem quaint – like a rotary phone or a phone booth. Here comes something we know will have a similar effect on financial market participation. Let me put it into historical context: A tale of two…

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Make the Market Work for You

Counter Trend Trading: Inviting Your Ego to Trade Today while trading and discussing trading on Stocktwits, I came across a very interesting article written by Dr. Brett Steenbarger. This article discusses the compulsion some traders have to counter trend trade. Traders who counter trend trade are sometimes called contrarians. The reason I wanted to blog…

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Institutional 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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Know Your Enemy

“Know your enemy. You’re at war. They outgun you. In head-on combat, odds are against you. You must redefine the rules of engagement. Go into the shadows, yours. Never play by their rules, on their battlefield. Fight an asymmetrical war with the insurgent’s tactics. Play your game, by your rules. You must decide. Fight your…

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Summer Camp Automation at Trade-Ideas Will Yield an Even Hotter Winter

Between beach trips, the San Diego Traders Expo (you’re coming right?), and cookouts, development on automated algorithmic trading continues. The results (like all our tools) will bring new leveraged abilities to individual traders to level the playing field against anyone in the market. Early “alpha” testing of automating trades begins with strategy development in Trade-Ideas,…

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2 Trader Takeaways from February’s Market Drop

The market gapped down and fell more than 400 points on February 27, 2007 marking the largest drop since the September 2001 attacks. While the press and pundits analyzed the fall from many angles, there’s been a paucity of comments regarding lessons learned from a traders’ perspective. Here’s our take that combines risk management technology…

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2 Elements of Good Backtesting Results

We’re not the only ones on the subject of backtesting in the new year. Today Price Headley points to the benefits on a trader’s psychology and confidence of backtesting and helps frame how a trader should evaluate the system to which s/he is about to commit capital (thanks TraderMike): How will your system react to…

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