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Ever built an angelic trading strategy that performed heavenly in a backtest, only to find it’s a devil in live trading? Well… there are some very specific “sins” traders make when building trading strategies that destine them (the strategies that is) to a miserable life of soul-sucking … [Read more...]
On this episode of BST Live, Doc Ahrens from Trendline Dynamics joined us to discuss “Effective techniques to identify trends”, including: The Macro-trend Analyzer indicator and 3 ways to use moving averages for macro trend analysis,Why it's important to have simple trading solutions and what … [Read more...]
The verdict is in… Afrotechmods said: “I think this is the most informative guest you have ever had! Thank you both.” SWL China said: “Thank you for sharing.” And even my own mum got in on the action saying: “Pretty good job Andrew, but why don’t you brush your hair before you switch the camera … [Read more...]
Ever wondered how to turn $10k into $100k (or more) in just 2 years (or less)? Many traders have, especially early in their careers… But how do professional traders achieve superior returns while also protecting capital. On this week’s episode of BST Live, Laurent Bernut from Alpha Secure … [Read more...]
If you’re a curious trader interested in getting started with trend following… Or you have trend trading experience and are looking to enhance your existing performance and risk management… Or perhaps you prefer other styles of trading, but recognize the value in studying the work of other … [Read more...]
Well, that was a fun ride! With 2020 coming to a close, we’ve now got a great opportunity to stop for a breather (phew!), look at some of the craziness that has happened this year and identify how we can use those insights to improve our trading even more in the future. On this episode of BST Live … [Read more...]
“Randomness has the greatest negative impact on single entry trading strategies.” – Brian Miller (Optimized Trading). In this new episode of BST Live, Brian Miller from Optimized Trading joins us to discuss “3 under-utilized techniques to build dramatically better trading strategies”. Brian … [Read more...]
“There are literally hundreds of statistically valid patterns in every market.” – Scott Andrews (Investiquant). So, where are they hiding out, how can we find them and how can we determine the patterns are actually valid and not just random noise in the market? In this new episode of BST Live, … [Read more...]
No doubt you've heard the saying "the trend is your friend". It’s been around for so long I heard Moses was considering it as one of the 10 commandments. But, if the trend really IS your friend, why can trend trading be so frustratingly difficult sometimes? The underlying concept is dead … [Read more...]
I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to come up with a witty intro for this episode about momentum, but I just couldn't seem to get it going, so... ? In this episode of BST Live, quant trader Alan Clement from Helix Trader discusses momentum trading & strategies, including: Why momentum … [Read more...]
With the US elections just days away, traders are thinking about how the markets may react to whatever news the elections may bring. Will we see a big selloff, wild swings in price and huge spikes in volatility? Or do the markets typically deliver something else around election time? In this … [Read more...]
Ever had a strategy that looked like it was broken and wondered if you should stop trading it or not? Strategy failure (or periods of poor performance) are just a part of trading, but how you deal with it can have a HA-YUGE impact on your overall results… so how do you detect when a strategy is … [Read more...]
