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May 19, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Can You Predict Cryptocurrencies?

The Nobel price laureate physicist Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” This quote captures the reality in the markets rather accurately. Is Bitcoin breaking through the 50k mark this year? Or even the 100k mark? Will Ethereum outperform Solana between now and the end of the year? […]

Filed Under: Crypto, Strategies/ Systems, Trading Tagged With: crypto, trading systems

June 27, 2021 By Decoding Markets Leave a Comment

3 Simple Things To Improve Your Trading

The best traders follow consistent strategies. Many use the same signals repeatedly to show them when to enter and exit a trade.  In other words, they place orders on a trading system that they have developed through trial-and-error.  In my experience, this is true for all traders. Many old school traders are not even aware […]

Filed Under: Lists, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading Tagged With: list, technical analysis

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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February 11, 2021 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How To Invest With Intelligent Machines – Lessons From Garry Kasparov

I’ve been reading the book Deep Thinking by Garry Kasparov. Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He ranked number one from 1984 until his retirement in 2005, obtaining a peak rating of 2851. Kasparov is also remembered as the first world champion to lose a match against a computer, IBM’s […]

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

November 25, 2020 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

Simple Algo Trading With Alpaca And Streak

Technology is moving fast and there are a number of interesting fintech startups cropping up in recent years. One promising development is Alpaca which was started in 2015 and billed as the first commission-free API stock brokerage.  The interesting thing with Alpaca is that it connects with a host of apps and services that makes […]

Filed Under: Market Reviews, Stocks, Top Posts, Trading Tagged With: Book And Software Reviews, stocks

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

June 25, 2019 By Joe Marwood 5 Comments

How I Messed Up With Bitcoin

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I thought I would write an article about bitcoin because it might be valuable to go over what happened.  I bought some bitcoin in 2017 and made some money with it.  In fact, percentage wise it is the best trade I have made in the past few years. However, I still think I messed up […]

Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Trading Tagged With: bitcoin

May 21, 2019 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments

10 Of My Favourite Trading Websites And Tools

Some of my favourite trading websites and tools

There are thousands of trading websites and tools out there. This list contains some of my favourites. I’ve left out a few of the really popular ones since everyone knows about them already. Hopefully you’ll find a few new websites to add to your bookmarks. Finviz Most people know about Finviz already but I had […]

Filed Under: Lists, Tools For Traders, Trading Tagged With: list, Trading Tools

August 30, 2018 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

10 Tips For Better Trading Systems

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In this post I will be sharing 10 tips that can help you to build better trading strategies and become a better systematic trader. These tips contain little things that are often overlooked or ignored. They’ve helped me and many of the traders I’ve worked with.

Filed Under: Lists, Strategies/ Systems, Trading Tagged With: lists, opinion, trading systems

October 12, 2017 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

10 Things Every Trader Needs To Do

Traders are all different. But to be successful some things are unavoidable. This list of trader essentials can serve as a rite of passage for every aspiring trader. 1. Read These Classic Books There are thousands of trading and investing books out there but if you want to be in the inner circle you absolutely […]

Filed Under: Lists, Tools For Traders, Trading Tagged With: lists, opinion

March 27, 2017 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How To Trade Volatility The Right Way

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My goal is to bring new trading strategies to the table every month. Last month, I brought you details about building a trading robot with Excel and Interactive Brokers and this month I’m back with another excellent strategy from Peter Titus called The Big Volatility Short.

Filed Under: How to, Strategies/ Systems, Trading Tagged With: strategies, trading systems, volatility

November 25, 2015 By Joe Marwood 11 Comments

A Risky Strategy For Shorting Shares

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Short selling is the process of selling a stock that you do not already own. The principle reason why you would want to do this is because you think the company is overvalued and you want to make a bet that it will decline in value in the future. You may also want to short […]

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

October 7, 2015 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

How Do Goldman Sachs Traders Go 63 Days Without A Trading Loss?

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As a trader, there’s an important lesson to learn early on, which is that trading losses are part and parcel of playing the game. They are unavoidable, since no-one can predict the markets all the time and no-one can win on every single trade. In fact, many traders have found success by being right just 30-40% of […]

Filed Under: Interest, Trading Tagged With: goldman sachs, trading

July 24, 2015 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

6 Best Day Trading Books Of All Time

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Filed Under: Market Reviews, Trading Tagged With: Book And Software Reviews, Trading-Books

June 1, 2015 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Don’t Forget To Take Your Trading Profits

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Most commentators tell you to cut your losses short and let your winners run. This is the ‘golden rule’ of trading. If you do this, only this, and nothing else, apparently, you are bound to make money. (So long as your risk settings are also right).

Filed Under: Intraday, Trading, Trading Psychology Tagged With: Psychology For Traders

February 18, 2015 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

How to Trade Cricket Matches With Betfair

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Filed Under: Sports Betting, Strategies/ Systems, Trading Tagged With: cricket, Sports Content, trading

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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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