The success story of the innovative Terra ecosystem with stablecoin Terra USD (UST) and Terra LUNA coin came to an end recently. As of the time of writing, the Terra blockchain has been halted. The LUNA currency was worth over $100 in April 2022. The price collapsed to below $0.0002 in a matter of hours. The stablecoin […]
Can You Predict Cryptocurrencies?
The Nobel price laureate physicist Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” This quote captures the reality in the markets rather accurately. Is Bitcoin breaking through the 50k mark this year? Or even the 100k mark? Will Ethereum outperform Solana between now and the end of the year? […]
Do Sell-Side Analysts Know Better?
Stock research reports play a significant role in many investors’ stock selection process. Some use them to get trading ideas, while others, including professional asset managers, include or exclude stocks according to buy/hold/sell ratings. Professional equity research is useful because you can only analyze so many stocks yourself. Condensed information in the form of equity […]
Using Fundamental Data To Improve Momentum Investing Strategies
If you are reading this blog you most likely already know about momentum investing strategies. In a nutshell, momentum traders buys past winners, often of the past 12 months, in the hope that these stocks continue to go up. There are several explanations to why momentum investing works. One is that investors buy past winners because […]
5 Economic Indicators That Matter To Investors
Recently, I grabbed a book from my library that had been standing there for the past 10 years. It’s called Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter. It’s one of the few books that describe concrete trading strategies that are still relevant. It’s also a great read to brush up on knowledge about economic […]
How To Make Money In REITs
REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. That’s a company that owns or operates income-generating real estate. REITs are exchange traded, so they can be bought and sold like other financial instruments such as stocks. An investor in a REIT can expect a regular dividend and exposure to the real estate market. In comparison to other […]
Follow The Leader To Make Money In Stocks
There’s a reason that international traders, whether they’re in Tokyo, Singapore, or London, follow the US markets. The US is the hub of global finance. It’s on Wall Street where everything is happening. Watching the reaction of European markets to the opening of US markets demonstrates this. When the US market bell rings, there’s a […]
Can You Make Money From Short Seller Reports?
We collected 70 short-selling reports (since 2015) by two well-known short-sellers, Hindenburg Research and Muddy Waters Research. As our analysis shows, roughly 67 percent of the short recommendations actually traded lower a year later, and the short bets can make you money. What Is Short Selling? Going short a stock is selling it now, without really owning it, […]
Should You Invest During An International Crisis?
In the 18th-century, Baron Rothschild allegedly said “buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”. Most investors understand the idea of buying low and selling high, yet in reality, most do the opposite. How many bought the lows of the financial crisis 2008/09, at the time when Lehman Brothers […]
How To Copy The Best Hedge Funds
Recently we evaluated the reported holdings of institutional investors using data from Sharadar. (As a reminder, institutional investors in control of over $100 million are required to report their holdings to the SEC every quarter. This information is made public normally 45 days later in what are called 13F filings). Simple trading strategies that buy the most […]
Are We in a Stock Market Bubble? 5 Key Charts
As humans, we have an amazing ability to suspend disbelief. Imagine how many personal mistakes could be avoided if we took a step back and asked, “What is really happening here?” Right now, there’s a strong case to be made that the stock market is in bubble territory. Everyone knows it, but many choose to bury […]
3 Simple Ways To Improve Your Trading Strategy
The worst traders are those that have no system. A trader I knew would make $40K in a month, then give it all back the next month. He was one hell of a trader but he had no method. He would have transformed his fortunes if he had simply stopped trading when his equity was […]
How To Build Professional Trading Strategies That Actually Make Money
I became interested in quantitative trading after discovering Perry Kaufmann’s book Trading Systems and Methods. As a day trader, I struggled to control my emotions and needed a way to trade more intelligently. Kaufmann’s introductory book opened up my eyes to the prospect of turning my trading ideas into concrete rules. Rather than trading by […]
What Trading Strategies Are Working In 2021?
2021 has been a rollercoaster of a year so far. It was only in January that rioters stormed the US capitol and Donald Trump found himself banned from Facebook and Twitter. Joe Biden was inaugurated on the 20th then we had the whole Gamestop saga. Gamestop rallied from under $20 to over $450 and Robinhood […]
How To Build A Trend Following Trading Strategy
What Is Trend Following? If you look at a selection of charts, it becomes obvious that prices tend to move in particular directions – either up or down – for extended periods of time. Often, there’s no obvious reason why this is occurring but it is. These are trends, and successful traders generate significant profits […]
Easy Amibroker Tutorial – Learn Amibroker In Under An Hour
In this article the aim is to learn Amibroker in under a hour. This is not a complete Amibroker tutorial but it covers all the features I find most important for trading. If you want to learn how to use Amibroker then this is for you. If you’ve never head of it, Amibroker is a […]
