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Joe Marwood

April 19, 2021 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How Trading Put Me In Hospital

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I’ve always liked a bet. After school I would go to the bookmakers to place bets on the football. I used to place accumulators that give you the chance to win big sums. When I was at University I got heavily into poker. Heads-up was my game. It was fast paced and I became quite […]

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April 10, 2021 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments

Which Trailing Stop Is The Best?

A trailing stop is a stop loss order that moves with the stock price. As the stock price rises, the stop moves higher too, locking in profit and reducing the risk of a loss. For example, suppose you buy Apple at $100 and enter a $20 trailing stop. When Apple moves to $120, your stop […]

Filed Under: Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis, Top Posts Tagged With: stocks, strategies

April 7, 2021 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Semrush Looks Like A Winner

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Semrush (SEMR) is a SaaS business directed at online marketers which IPO’d on March 25th 2021. The company boasts annual recurring revenues of $144 million with 76% gross margins and a 50% revenue growth rate measured between December 2016 to December 2020.  The Semrush IPO was not particularly well received as underwriters hoped for a […]

Filed Under: Ideas, Investing, Stocks Tagged With: investing, stocks

March 22, 2021 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Do Growth Stocks Make More Money?

I came across the following statement on social media that is attributed to the British economist John Kay: It’s a myth that profits are higher in fast growing industries.  – John Kay This is quite an interesting comment. The past decade or so has seen a shift from value stocks into growth. I would argue […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks Tagged With: analysis, investing, stocks

March 12, 2021 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

Genius Sports Looks Like A Good Bet (DMYD Stock)

Ever since I started this website I’ve been focused on systematic trading. I’ve talked about how to build and backtest quantitative trading strategies and its advantages. I’ve also said that I like to combine quantitative analysis with fundamentals and I have had some success doing so. Going forward, I’d love to do more deeper research […]

Filed Under: Ideas, Investing, Stocks Tagged With: due diligence, stocks

March 8, 2021 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Sentiment Analysis For Trading – Does It Work?

The last few months we have seen a surge in traders looking at forums such as Wall Street Bets trying to identify meme stocks and the next GameStop. This type of trading could be classed as sentiment analysis trading. Investors attempt to make money in stocks by assessing what other investors are talking about. Sentiment […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systems

February 28, 2021 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Analysis Of Entry Signals

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I have just published a new class called Analysis Of Entry Signals. This is a 1-hour class where I take 40 different trading signals and analyse their profit potential on US stocks over different time horizons, spanning 2-days to two years. The idea behind this class is to analyse a large amount of historical data […]

Filed Under: Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: stocks, technical analysis

February 11, 2021 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How To Invest With Intelligent Machines – Lessons From Garry Kasparov

I’ve been reading the book Deep Thinking by Garry Kasparov. Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He ranked number one from 1984 until his retirement in 2005, obtaining a peak rating of 2851. Kasparov is also remembered as the first world champion to lose a match against a computer, IBM’s […]

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December 20, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

Trend Following With ETFs and Large Cap Stocks

I was browsing Quantpedia and came across an investment strategy called Asset Class Trend Following, originally credited to Meb Faber. The strategy is very simple so I decided to run a couple of quick backtests and see if I could find anything interesting.  Asset Class Trend Following Rules The rules are straightforward… “Using an investment […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systems

December 9, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

Should You Trade This Earnings Pullback Strategy?

I’ve written a few articles lately that look at the use of valuation metrics on investing strategies.  Those articles prompted a reader to ask if I could test a strategy called the EV/EBITDA pullback.  The idea behind this strategy is to buy a stock when the EV/EBITDA ratio deviates 30% or more below the historical […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systems

November 25, 2020 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

Simple Algo Trading With Alpaca And Streak

Technology is moving fast and there are a number of interesting fintech startups cropping up in recent years. One promising development is Alpaca which was started in 2015 and billed as the first commission-free API stock brokerage.  The interesting thing with Alpaca is that it connects with a host of apps and services that makes […]

Filed Under: Market Reviews, Stocks, Trading Tagged With: Book And Software Reviews, stocks

November 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Is Value Investing Dead? Warren Buffett Doesn’t Think So

I don’t know about you but I keep hearing the same story across financial media. Apparently, value investing is no longer relevant. Both the Economist and Washington Post had articles out this week proclaiming that value investing was on its last legs. So is value investing dead or is it simply in hibernation? To the […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: stocks, value investing

November 6, 2020 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

How To Screen For Stocks With Norgate Data

Long time readers know that I use Norgate Data for most of my backtesting. The data is clean, reliable and links easily with my backtesting software Amibroker.  Norgate Data also carries a long list of fundamental data points. The data is not historical but it can be used to set up some very powerful stock screens. […]

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November 2, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Do Stocks Have A Floor?

Coronavirus and election concerns have really spooked the market lately with the S&P 500 down -6% on the week. There are more than a couple of reasons for this weakness. Cases of coronavirus are ramping up and there appears to be little cohesion or plan to tackle the escalating number of cases. The US election […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: opinion, stocks

October 20, 2020 By Joe Marwood 10 Comments

What Trading Signals Work Best For Long-Term Investors?

Simple technical analysis is of limited use to long-term investors. Momentum can last for a long time but it doesn’t have much predictive ability on a five or ten year time horizon. Likewise, indicators like moving averages or RSI are best suited for shorter-term trading. With that said, you don’t know until you test. So in […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, stocks, technical analysis

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Joe Marwood is an independent trader and investor specialising in financial market analysis and trading systems. He worked as a professional futures trader for a trading firm in London and has a passion for building mechanical trading strategies. He has been in the market since 2008 and working with Amibroker since 2011.

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