Posts Tagged ‘trading’
A Best Practice in Trading Using Trade-Ideas
My goodness we have a lot to share with you this week (including new feature announcements, Expo updates, articles, etc.) and we are already behind – it being Tuesday! Let’s start with a big thank you for the informative article Dr. Brett Steenbarger wrote on Saturday, Stock Screening for Index Traders: A Best Practice in…
Read MoreEveryone Ought to Know Its the Death of Scalping – Part One
Today we start a 3-part series that draws the trendline on the art of trading itself. Specifically we’ll share why scalping as the veterans know it is over and how the rebirth of day trading leverages technology and accessible information to put the individual trader on the same footing as any hedge fund manager. The…
Read MoreWho Wants to Listen In on a Great Traders’ Conversation?
Can’t make it to New York for the Traders Expo in February? Take advantage of being there online for the following FREE Webcast Event Featuring: Dan Mirkin, Senior Managing Partner, Trade Ideas LLCLIVE from The Traders Expo New York “When Trading Styles Collide: Technicians and Fundamentalists Go Head-To-Head“ Monday, February 19, 2007, 8:00 am-9:30 am…
Read MoreAnswer to the Most Frequently Asked Question
Are the conditions in Trade-Ideas combined with an “and” or an “or”?Different parts of the alert window are combined in different ways? Each alert type is combined with an or. If you select multiple alert types, you will see stocks matching the criteria of any one or more of the alert types. For example, if…
Read More15 Seconds to Grab Your Inner Trader’s Attention
Any faster and you’ll miss it. In the spirit of this weekend’s Super Bowl featuring football, food, and especially better than average commercials, we share with you the debut of Trade-Ideas in its tightly integrated form with Scottrade ELITE, the active trading platform of our partners, Scottrade, Inc. “Opportunities Hide, We Seek – Scottrade Trade-Ideas“…
Read More2 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…
Read MoreOdds Maker versus TradeStation, Wealthlab, CyberTrader and Other
Since we launched the Odds Maker beta in September many have asked the question. Why are you guys so excited about back-testing? It has been around for a long time and other software products like TradeStation, Wealthlab, Metastock, and CyberTrader all have their own back-testing modules. What is the big deal? Here are the real…
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