The Small Steps of Giant Leaps – Compounding small actions and choices in investing and trading

Last Updated on May 8, 2023 This article presents a stock trading system that only trades stocks. It has beaten buy&hold and (10.4% vs 7.5%) with a much lower drawdown. This is the equity curve and the complete trading rules are presented further down in the article: Read the rest of the article: Premium Access…

Last Updated on May 18, 2023 We are strong believers in seasonal trading strategies, and one of the best seasonalities is specific trading days of the month. Most articles about seasonal trading refer to calendar days, but a much more accurate trading term is the trading day. The calendar and trading days can be completely…

Last Updated on May 29, 2023 A few months back we published an article about seasonality in the retail sector: Our article was based on research done by Jay Kaeppel. Mr. Kaeppel did a follow up some few months later, but this time he included two slightly different retail funds by fidelity: Read the rest…

Last Updated on May 17, 2023 Market timing is not easy, and if you get it wrong, it might lead to poor compounding (in the long run). We did a backtest to show what happens when you: Read the rest of the article: Members Only)

Last Updated on May 12, 2023 Would you like to know what the worst-performing group of stocks is? One certain type of stock has not made any money since JFK was president. That is 60 years. Yes, you read it right. 60 years! Any long-term mindset won’t help you if you invest in this type…

Last Updated on May 8, 2023 Mean reversion has worked very well on most Western stock indices for about three decades. It has worked even better during the bull market after the financial crisis in 2008/09. One of the most popular mean reverting strategies is what we can label as “overnight trading”. If you are…