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…

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…

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…

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…

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?…

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…

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,…

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…