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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

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

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 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.  […]

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

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 […]

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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 […]

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