Combining Long And Short Strategy Bundles (29% in 2022)
Let’s look at what happens when you combine long and short strategies. For example, we’ll look at our Strategy Bundle 1 and the Short Strategies Bundle and see what happens when we combine them. Bundle 1 trades SPY (you can also use @ES), while the Short Bundle trades SPY, XLP, and SMH. We make a…
Do You Like Backtesting And Know How To Write?
We are looking for people that know how to backtest strategies and how to write. The former is more important than the latter! If you believe this is something for you, please send us a sample/example where you explain a random edge (the edge is not important, but how you present it). We agree on…
New Strategy Bundle: Trading The Holidays In The Stock Market
We have covered the holiday seasons in many articles. In the stock market, these offer great trading opportunities. We have compiled a package that trades around all US holidays (the strategies are based on S&P 500 and the backtests below are done on SPY): Martin Luther King day in January (included in Monthly Trading Edges)…
Strategy Bundle 1 Updated With Charts And Metrics: +18% In 2022
On our single strategy page (which is also updated recently), we offer three strategy bundles. Bundle 1, three strategies in SPY/ES, has been updated with data until mid-January 2023. The price for the bundle is an inexpensive 299 USD. Performance in 2023 was pretty good: +18%, while SPY dropped 19.5%. Below you will find the…
We Are Looking For Writers, Social Media Experts, And Coders!
Can you help us grow and manage our social media accounts? Contact us! (TW, YT, TT & IG) We are looking for people who can write about trading, and preferably also can do backtesting. We mutually agree on pay. (Please provide examples of any piece you have written earlier – online or not.) We would…
Tradestation Code For All Candlestick Patterns
Our final addition to our product portfolio is Tradestation/Easy Language code for all 75 candlestick patterns that exist. For 399 USD you get access to our candlestick research plus you get the Tradestation/Easy Language for ALL 75 patterns. Module 1, which contains a summary and conclusions of our research, costs 149 USD. Please click here…
Amibroker Course – Reduced Price
We decided to lower the price of the Amibroker course. Module 1, which covers the basics, is reduced from 199 to 99 USD. Module 2, which includes live trading with Interactive Brokers, is reduced from 549 to 399 USD. You can read more about our different modules here.
These Are The Worst Sectors To Invest In (How You Can Benefit From It)
Sector trading and investing is a type of strategy where an investor focuses on buying or investing (and later selling) securities within a specific sector of the economy. For example, an investor may focus on buying and selling stocks within the technology sector, or stocks within the energy sector. Sector trading is a form of…
Thinking Of Borrowing To Trade? Here’s What To Know
The strategy of using other people’s money to trade is by no means recent. In fact, leverage is popularly used in stock and forex trading, particularly in a bullish market. Leverage can come in various forms, such as taking out direct loans or borrowing from the broker. Regardless of its form, the appeal of using…
New Weekly Strategy Report!
In October, we decided to start a weekly report sent out on Sundays (or Mondays) before the US market opening*. This is a “low-cost service” meant to lower the bar to getting access to some of our research and backtests. It costs only 99 USD per year. However, we won’t be as specific as we…
George Washington Day/President’s Day Holiday Effect In Trading (Backtest And Strategy)
George Washington’s Day/Presidents’ Day is one of the federal holidays in the US. But does it affect the US stock market? The US financial markets do not open on George Washington’s Day or Presidents’ Day. Trading does not take place on any of the U.S. stock exchanges. Backtests determine that trading around this holiday is…
Options Trading in TQQQ: 19 Things You Should Know
Option Trading in TQQQ: A Comprehensive Guide The ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the Nasdaq-100 index. This ETF provides investors with an easy way to access the equity markets and take advantage of the potential for higher returns in the technology sector. Option trading in TQQQ can be an…
Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick Pattern (Backtest)
The candlestick chart is very popular among traders because it is easy to visualize and makes technical analysis a lot better. Candlesticks can form shapes and patterns that can give traders a clue about how the price might move in the future. One such pattern is the Dark Cloud Cover pattern The Dark Cloud Cover…
Bullish Stick Sandwich Candlestick Pattern (Backtest)
The candlestick chart has been around since the 18th-century Japanese rice trading market. They can easily be used to visualize price changes, and a group of candlesticks can form patterns, which are very useful in finding reversals and continuation patterns on charts. One such pattern is the Bullish Stick Sandwich. What is it? The Bullish…
Bullish Side By Side Candlestick Pattern (Backtest)
The Japanese candlestick chart is not only easy to visualize but also makes technical analysis better, as the candlesticks can form shapes and patterns that can give a clue about how the price might move in the future. One such pattern is the bullish side-by-side pattern. What is it? The bullish side-by-side pattern is a…
Anchored VWAP trading strategy — AVWAP Levels (Backtest – How To Trade It)
While there are many different indicators used in technical analysis, only a few are deeply rooted in how price action is formed and how institutions, smart money, algorithms, and retail traders combined can give us a hint of how the price might react in certain situations. A popular example of such indicators is the Anchored…
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Deflation Trading Strategy (Backtest And Example)
Deflation is considered bad news for any country’s economy, and it’s generally not good for the financial markets, as prices of goods and services fall and companies’ profitability decline. However, periods of deflation may actually present an excellent opportunity for savvy traders and investors to snap the best investments. What is your deflation trading strategy?…
Which Timeframe is Best for Day Trading?
Are you tired of the endless debate about which timeframe is the best for day trading? Do the seemingly endless options leave you overwhelmed and unsure of where to start? Well, fear not! In this article, we’ll dive deep into the world of day trading timeframes and help you determine which one is right for…
Swiss Franc Futures Strategy (Backtest And Example)
The Swiss Franc (CHF), created by Swiss cantons in 1798, became the official currency of Switzerland and Lichtenstein in 1859 after currency issuance was restricted to the federal government. The Swiss franc futures market is extremely popular among forex traders, being the 6th most actively traded currency. It is well-known for its low volatility and…
Is Whisky A Good Investment? Returns, Risk, And Performance
Are whisky bottles and casks a good investment? Is it worth buying a cask of whisky? Is it worth buying bottles of whisky? Alcohol has for thousands of years been a vital part of human culture (whether you like it or not). Whisky though, a result of distillation, was discovered by monks as late as…
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Futures Strategy (Backtest And Example)
Launched in 1991, the $&P 400 index is a benchmark index of 400 mid-sized companies in the US market published by Standard & Poor’s (S&P). The futures contract, E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Futures, is one of the leading index futures traders use to hedge their exposure in the US stock market or speculate in the…
Dow Jones Futures Strategy (Backtest)
Individual stock investments can provide a lot of profit, but the downside risk is significant as well. As a result, investors go for equity indexes, which spread their risks across many stocks, and one easy way to trade indexes is via futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) — a benchmark that measures the performance…
Coffee Futures Strategy (Backtest)
Trading commodity futures is one way to diversify your portfolio and explore investment avenues beyond traditional securities, and coffee futures are among the most actively traded soft commodities on the commodity exchanges. To trade coffee futures successfully, you need to have in-depth knowledge of the commodity, as well as a thoroughly researched trading strategy. So,…
Outside Day Trading Strategy (Backtest)
While trading price bar patterns may not be a robust trading approach, within the right chart context, it is possible to create robust signals. This is true for the outside day price pattern, which is quite popular among price action traders. Wondering what is the outside day trading strategy? An outside bar strategy is a…
Single Stock Trading Strategy (Backtest)
Many people view stocks as a way to make money, and certainly, stock trading has become one of the most popular types of trading since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic and meme stocks. Even before then, its popularity among retail investors grew with the emergence of commission-free stock trading platforms, such as Robinhood. But…
Profitable Trading Strategy (Backtest And Example)
To succeed in trading, a lot depends on having a profitable trading strategy and implementing it well. Of course, this seems like a no-brainer, but what exactly does a profitable trading strategy mean? A profitable trading strategy is one that consistently makes money over a reasonable period of time. It is not just enough for…
Over-The-Counter Trading Strategy – What Is It? (Backtest)
Not all securities trade on standard exchanges. In fact, not even all stocks trade on a standard exchange. Some trade on over-the-counter marketplaces. Wondering what an over-the-counter marketplace is, and how over-the-counter trading works? Over-the-counter (OTC) trading refers to trading that is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange. This type…
Option Trading In QQQ: 15 Things You Should Know
Options trading is popular, and especially retail traders enter the options market at market bottoms and tops. We frequently receive questions about how to trade options, in both QQQ and SPY. We have previously covered options trading in SPY, and today we do the same for QQQ options trading. Below is a short summary of…
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This website is written and managed by Oddmund Groette and Hakan (Sammy) Samuelsson. Mr. Groette is a native Norwegian but resides in the former USSR. Mr. Samuelsson lives in Sweden, where he trades, invests, and manages one of Sweden’s most popular financial websites: Samuelssonsrapport. He also founded The Robust Trader. We have been independent full-time…