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July 29, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

13 Reasons You Should Learn The Amibroker CBT

This week we published another new course to Marwood Research called Amibroker CBT Intensive which teaches you how to use the Amibroker custom backtester (CBT). The Amibroker CBT can be difficult to grasp at first but it offers the ability to take complete control of the backtesting process, creating your very own backtesting environment. This […]

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July 22, 2020 By Joe Marwood 11 Comments

Should You Buy 52-Week Highs Or 52-Week Lows?

Whatever your investing style it’s useful to have a way to whittle down the thousands of available stocks to a more manageable number.  Over the years, I’ve listened to many investors explain how they do it. Often, the first step is to look at the Wall Street Journal for stocks making new 52-week highs or […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: stocks, trading systems

May 25, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

5 Things You Learn From Backtesting Trading Strategies

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When people talk about backtesting their minds often turn to formulas and equity curves. Some may even be drawn to data mining or curve fitting, things that can go wrong. But backtesting is not just a way to test the profitability of a trading signal. In fact, backtesting has taught me many important lessons about […]

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May 15, 2020 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Should You Invest In Dividend Aristocrats?

Dividend Aristocrats are stocks from the S&P 500 that have managed to increase their dividends for 25 consecutive years or more. They are typically large, blue-chip companies with a market cap of at least $3 billion. One example of a Dividend Aristocrat is Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) which has 57 years of consecutive dividend increases. […]

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May 8, 2020 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

The Problem With PE Ratios

One of the biggest mistakes I see new investors make is their use of the PE ratio. The ubiquitous P/E ratio is typically the first metric investors learn on their journey towards financial freedom. But the P/E ratio has some significant drawbacks that you should be aware of. 1. Price is not a good measure […]

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April 25, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Q1 Portfolio Update For ZTM

In February of last year I started a project called Zero To One Million. The goal was to show that anyone can go from zero to one million dollars by investing a regular amount into one or two quality stocks each month. It was also to prove that stock picking is possible and you don’t […]

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April 19, 2020 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Testing Turnaround Tuesday

After a big move on a Monday you will often hear traders talk about turnaround Tuesday. The concept is very simple. When markets start the week in a big way, they will often settle down on Tuesday and put in a decent reversal. Looking at the data, we find that there is a small edge […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: amibroker, trading systems

April 13, 2020 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Will The S&P 500 Retest Its Low?

March 2020 saw one of the quickest bear markets in history as coronavirus shook the world and the S&P 500 dropped 34% in about five weeks. Since then, the market has reversed and rallied about 24% from its low meaning it’s now down only 19% from the February peak. The market is now trading at […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Trading Tagged With: options, stocks

March 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 9 Comments

When To Buy The Coronavirus Sell-Off

When to buy the coronavirus sell off

The fallout from the coronavirus has been rapid. The last few weeks have seen huge levels of volatility and the S&P 500 has dropped around 29% from it’s February peak.  If you have read any of my previous updates you will know that I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for some time.  […]

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February 19, 2020 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Performance Of Our Trading Systems In 2019

One of the main reasons why I started Marwood Research is so I have a place to store all of my trading systems. Uploading them online means I can now look back and see how they have performed since they were published.  Being able to evaluate the systems on new, unseen data is really important […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Top Posts Tagged With: performance, trading systems

February 13, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

January 2020 Review

january 2020 investing review

Regular readers know that I started a project last year called Zero To A Million. The goal of this project is to prove that anyone can become a millionaire by investing a small amount into the stock market each month. It’s also to prove that you can invest in individual stocks and you don’t have to […]

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January 23, 2020 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

10 Trading Strategies For A Bear Market

Interest rates are low, taxes are low and the stock market is firing on all cylinders.  The current bull market is already the longest in history and just a few percent away from being the largest in history.  But bull markets cannot last forever. Some time in the not too distant future a bear market […]

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January 10, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Five Lessons For Investors In 2020

5 lessons for investors in 2020

It has been already been an interesting start to 2020 with the flaring up of hostilities in Iran. I never imagined the S&P 500 could hold up so well with this kind of news but it just goes to show how strong this bull market is (and also how complacent investors are becoming). As we […]

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January 6, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

December Review – Starbucks And Chewy

December portfolio review zero to one million

Regular readers will know that I started a new project last year called Zero To A Million.  The goal of this project is to prove that anyone can become a millionaire by investing a small amount into the stock market each month.  It’s also to prove that there are viable alternatives to index funds and […]

Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Zero To One Million Tagged With: investing, stocks

December 19, 2019 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Try This Profitable Trade Setup

In this article we will look at a simple trade setup that has been backtested on US stocks and shown to be profitable over nearly 20 years of historical data.  We will then consider the benefits and risks of this setup and whether it might be possible to improve the setup with additional analysis. An […]

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

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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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