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November 23, 2021 By Decoding Markets 5 Comments

How To Make Money Fading Retail Traders

The past couple of years has seen a surge in retail trading which is affecting the market in a real way. People were stuck at home because of the pandemic. Add stimulus checks and volatility and you have the perfect ingredients for an increase in retail trading. Data from Bloomberg Intelligence backs up this theory. […]

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August 23, 2021 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

How To Build Professional Trading Strategies That Actually Make Money

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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 […]

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May 24, 2021 By Joe Marwood 9 Comments

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 […]

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May 11, 2021 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

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 […]

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April 20, 2021 By Joe Marwood 25 Comments

How To Build A Mean Reversion Trading Strategy Ultimate Guide

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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 for US stocks. Introduction To Mean Reversion A mean reversion trading strategy involves betting that prices […]

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April 19, 2021 By Joe Marwood 6 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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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 […]

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August 17, 2020 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments

20 Technical Analysis Patterns You Need To Know

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Technical analysis is a highly debated subject because academics say that markets are too efficient to be predicted by simple patterns or indicators on a chart. For some, the whole concept of technical analysis is a fool’s errand. However, this viewpoint is not completely accurate. The truth is that technical analysis is such a broad […]

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November 19, 2019 By Joe Marwood 9 Comments

How To Automate Your Trading With Amibroker And Alera

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 […]

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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 6 Comments

How To 10x Your Momentum Trading 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 9 Comments

Why Professional Traders Never Use Stop Losses

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Do professional traders use stop losses? On the whole, they do. But there’s a lot of conflicting information circulating that makes this an interesting topic to discuss. 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 […]

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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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