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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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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

August 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments

Technical Analysis For Stocks Essential Guide

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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

November 19, 2019 By Joe Marwood 9 Comments

How To Automate Your Trading With Amibroker 

Long time users of Amibroker will know that it’s an excellent software for backtesting, scanning and many other tasks. However, automation of trading strategies is not one of it’s strengths. Fortunately there’s a new and simple solution which I discovered in a new class called Trading And Investing Automation For Amibroker.  This solution involves linking […]

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

March 19, 2019 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

Top Slicing And Letting Your Winners Run

Watching a trade move swiftly into profit then reverse back can be a painful experience. Psychologically, these are the moments that can cause you to go on ‘tilt’ and abandon your trading plan altogether. When I first started trading I remember jumping on board fast trends in the FTSE only to see them wiped out […]

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December 19, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

5 Questions You Must Ask Before You Start Trading

Before you start trading it’s important to be prepared for a long road ahead. Even if you’re born with a natural talent you will still face a number of obstacles that you will need to overcome to be successful.  1. Do You Have Enough Capital? Unfortunately the most passionate new traders are often the least […]

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November 30, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

How To 10x Your Momentum Returns

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The backbone of personal finance is to save more than you spend and invest the proceeds. The most common advice is to put your money into cheap index funds each month with a simple allocation split. But what if you want to try something more adventurous? Index investing may only provide returns of six or […]

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November 21, 2018 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Why Professional Traders Don’t Use Stops

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There’s a lot of conflicting information on the web when it comes to stop losses. Recently I saw a YouTube video explaining that professional traders don’t use stop losses because doing so alerts market makers and algorithms to where their orders are. This is mostly nonsense especially in liquid markets with thick order books. The […]

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November 6, 2018 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

How To Stalk The Best Trades

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As a trader you only need one or two good trades to pay for the whole month, sometimes the whole year. You could be treading water for weeks then you catch one big move that pays for all your losses. Because of this, trading books recommend you stay disciplined and wait patiently for only the […]

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October 30, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

How To Get Data From Quandl With Python Or Excel

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For systematic traders, your choice of data source is important. There is no shortage of options ranging from free end of day data to subscription only real time feeds. System timeframes, markets and budget all play an important role in choosing providers. In this post we are going to take a look at a relatively […]

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October 22, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

Beware YouTube Trading Videos

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I rarely watch trading content on YouTube but last week I clicked on a forex video that caught my attention. Soon enough, I had fallen down a rabbit hole. My feed was taken over by trading videos and in between were advertisements for signal services and chat rooms promising quick and easy profits. YouTube has […]

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August 15, 2018 By Joe Marwood 63 Comments

How To Scrape Stock Data From Finviz And Google Finance

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If you want to backtest trading strategies it’s important to have good quality data. I use Norgate Data for my end of day price quotes and am very happy with the quality and service. However, there are times when I want to scrape stock data from the web. For example, if I want to extract […]

Filed Under: How to, Stocks, Tools Tagged With: finviz, stocks

April 20, 2018 By Joe Marwood 21 Comments

How To Build A Mean Reversion Trading Strategy

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This post contains a detailed guide for creating a mean reversion trading strategy. You will learn what mean reversion is, how to trade it, 10 steps for building a system and a complete example of a mean reversion system. Let’s get going! Introduction The two most popular types of trading strategies are momentum and mean […]

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March 15, 2018 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

Semi Automated Trading With Amibroker And End Of Day Data

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Amibroker is an excellent tool for back testing and can also be set up for automated trading with Interactive Brokers. The basic infrastructure is to connect Amibroker to the Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation software using the Amibroker IBController plugin as a buffer.

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

November 23, 2017 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

20 Traps All Traders And Investors Must Avoid

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Because financial matters are rarely covered during high school, many people don’t understand the stock market or how to invest their money properly. This means that they are more vulnerable to investment scams. With the growth of the internet, and the current frothy state of global markets, these investment scams are unfortunately all too common. […]

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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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