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October 14, 2020 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Is The Biden Trade Priced In?

It’s not long to go until the US election and Joe Biden is leading the polls. The prominent 538 blog puts Biden’s chances at around 85%, The Economist has Biden at 90% and betting odds suggest a figure around 68%.  As we move closer to the election, and with some votes already been cast, it does […]

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

October 13, 2020 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

How To Use Stop Losses And Profit Targets

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I started writing this post last week.  The idea was to run a large-scale optimization to see which profit targets and stop losses work best when trading US stocks (similar to the article I wrote on trailing stops). I wanted to find out if it’s better to use a tight profit target or a loose […]

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

September 22, 2020 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

How To Trade Oversold Stocks (Waterfall Pattern)

In order to make a profit in stocks you need to sell at a higher price than you purchased.  Because of this, many traders look for stocks that have dropped to extremely oversold levels in the hope that they will bounce back from their low levels.  One such pattern traders look for is known as […]

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

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

Should You Buy Low Priced Stocks?

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Some investors believe that lower price stocks produce better investment returns than higher priced stocks. It’s always tempting to look at stocks trading under $10 in the hope of finding a ten or twenty bagger. In some ways this makes sense. Higher priced stocks are often larger and more mature businesses that grow more slowly. Low […]

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

August 25, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How Do Stocks Perform After Stock Splits?

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There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the impact of stock splits. With two of the biggest names (Apple and Tesla) announcing splits you might be wondering about their significance. Especially since both stocks have already run up a huge amount since March.  In theory, a stock split does nothing to change the […]

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

August 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments

20 Technical Analysis Patterns You Need To Know

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Technical analysis is a method used to predict financial markets that relies on analyzing price charts and patterns. This is contrary to fundamental analysis which relies on economic and business information like interest rates or earnings. Technical analysis is a highly debated subject because academics say that markets are too efficient to be predicted by […]

Filed Under: How to, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Top Posts Tagged With: stocks, technical analysis

August 4, 2020 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

Q2 Portfolio Update For ZTM

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Let’s do a quick update for the ZTM portfolio. If you’ll remember, this is a portfolio I started back in February 2019 to show that anyone can go from zero to a million dollars in the stock market. The idea is to invest a small amount each month into one or two quality stocks. I […]

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

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. This class 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. In other words, you can create […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Strategies/ Systems, Update Tagged With: amibroker, courses

July 22, 2020 By Joe Marwood 11 Comments

Should You Buy 52-Week Low Stocks?

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 near 52-week lows or 52-week […]

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 […]

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

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. […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Investing, Update, Zero To One Million Tagged With: stocks, zero to one million

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

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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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