Glad you could join us today for a discussion on what is probably one of the most popular topics in trading, and that is entries and exits.Traders love talking about entries, but the truth is, when you dig deeper and test them out, you might just discover lots of entry and exits techniques … [Read more...]
128 – How to find ‘phenomenal’ trade setups
As you probably know, we’re currently focusing on Mean Reversion trading strategies.In episode 127, Cesar Alvarez shared a number of techniques to measuring Mean Reversion and identifying setups.There was probably close to 10, maybe 12 different ideas Cesar shared with us, so there are lots … [Read more...]
127 – Building Mean Reversion trading strategies with Cesar Alvarez – Part 1
We’ve got something special organised for you here...This is the 1st episode in a special 2-part series on building Mean Reversion trading strategies.And to discuss Mean Reversion we have a special guest, someone who has been on the podcast a couple of times already - Cesar Alvarez from … [Read more...]
116 – Building entries without curvefitting
You may have noticed over the past few weeks of 'Thursday Trading Thoughts' that we’ve been following a theme.In episode 113 we heard about a test Kevin Davey calls the ‘Monkey test’, which can be used to measure the effectiveness of entries and exits.Then in episode 114 we reviewed a … [Read more...]
113 – How good are your entries and exits…really?
Today we’re going to have a quick chat about the effectiveness of entries, and a simple technique you can use to determine how good an entry or exit really is.I’ve been working on some breakout strategies lately and I’ve noticed in some of them that the entry really isn’t that important at … [Read more...]
081 – Trading the Mean Reversion Curve
One of the challenges of Mean Reversion trading is deciding when to get into a trade.How far from the mean should we actually wait before we consider getting into a trade?In a trending environment where the dips are shallow, getting in closer to the mean can bring lots of trading … [Read more...]