Highlights from Episodes 1-20 - Better System Trader

This weeks show is going to be a little different to previous episodes.

A couple of weeks ago I went back through all the guests we’ve had on the show so far and realised how very fortunate we’ve been to have so many fantastic guests on the show, sharing their knowledge and experience, some of them with more than 50 years of trading experience!

To be honest, I’d actually forgotten some of the topics we’d covered so far and going back through them was an excellent reminder of all the valuable information the guests had shared, so for Episode 30 I thought it might be a good idea to revisit some of the highlights from the earlier episodes so that those that haven’t heard them will go and listen to them, and those who have already listened may get some value out of hearing the highlights again.

I know when I went back through them it reminded me of some things that I wanted to test or investigate further, and I really found it a valuable exercise so I hope you do too.

This episode will cover some of the highlights from episodes 1 to 20; some of my favourites and some of yours.

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Topics discussed

How to find new trading ideas every day
Using optimisation to understand market behaviour, not to find the optimal parameters
How the level of market noise can indicate the type of strategy to trade
Tips to creating robust models
Avoiding over-optimised trading strategies
Combining multiple conditions or strategies into an ensemble system
Why simple systems are better than complex ones
How market timing can improve strategy performance
The concept of conditional trading and why you need to consider market context
Testing the effectiveness of entry and exit rules
The type of strategies that should have stops and when stops don’t make sense
Factors to consider when choosing a position sizing strategy
How dual momentum can produce profits and protect in a downturn
Trading the equity curve to protect capital
Why traders should focus on process and not outcome