Posts Tagged ‘Systematic Trading’
TuringTrader Review: Portfolios for DIY Investors
Today we are going to review the TuringTrader.com website and share our thoughts after using the platform for the past few months. We’ll cover exactly what TuringTrader is, what types of traders it’s made for, and whether or not it’s the right fit for you. We have a partner relationship with TuringTrader, so if you…
Read MoreWhy do you trade stocks?
When I first got into trading, it was all about making lots of money, with the intent of quitting my job and earning a living from markets. This was pretty naive, since I was under-capitalized, had no trading experience, and zero edge or strategy to speak of. I jumped into the fire and learned how…
Read MoreEvan Medeiros — Season 2 Finale Highlights & Takeaways
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 20 In this solo episode, host Evan Medeiros reflects on his conversations from Season 2 guests and shares his favorite lessons and highlight clips.
Read MoreSamantha LaDuc — Macro-to-micro analysis hunting for major market inflection points
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 17 Our guest today is Samantha LaDuc. Samantha is the Founder of LaDucTrading.com and CIO at LaDuc Capital LLC. Samantha is known for timing major market inflection points in equities, commodities, bonds, currencies, cryptos and especially volatility. In this episode we break down Samantha’s macro-to-micro framework and cover a wide range…
Read MoreThe Importance of Following a Rules-based Trading Framework
We at the Trade Risk are big believers in rules-based investing. Everything we do — from the way we analyze markets; build scans, trading tools, and quantitative systems — are all based on having rules. Throughout this article we’re going to make the case for why that’s so important and why you, too, should be…
Read MoreCesar Alvarez — Building quantitative trading systems to trade the stock market
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 11 Our guest today is Cesar Alvarez. From 2004 to 2013, Cesar was the Director of Trading Strategies at TradingMarkets.com and Connors Research. Cesar has developed strategies for private equity funds, authored multiple books on trading, and was a Software Engineer on the early versions of Microsoft Excel. He is well…
Read MoreTuringTrader’s Felix Bertram — An engineer’s approach to investing in the stock market
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 3 TuringTrader’s Felix Bertram joins us in Episode 3 of Smarter Trading to share his quantitative approach to investing in the stock market. We discuss why he decided to build a backtesting engine from scratch, the importance of tools and rich reports for traders to truly understand how they’re doing, ingredients…
Read MoreAre Intraday or End of Day Stop Losses Better?
About Beyond The Charts Welcome back to the Trade Risk’s educational series, Beyond the Charts. It is designed to give you insights into our research process, which for nearly a decade has helped fine-tune our expertise and products, such as the market-beating Merlin and Lamorak trading systems. We hope the technical tools and code we’ll…
Read More2020 year end wrap up and review
Is it 2021 yet? It’s never a good idea to wish time away or want to speed things forward, but I am ready to make an exception for this year. It’s been an eventful 12 months so what better time to hit pause for a moment and take inventory of the good and bad from…
Read MoreIs Buying Stocks Trading at 52-Week Highs a Profitable Trading Strategy?
About Beyond The Charts Welcome to the Trade Risk’s brand new educational series, Beyond the Charts! It is designed to give you insights into our research process, which for nearly a decade has helped fine-tune our expertise and products, such as the market-beating Merlin trading strategy. We start by asking questions as broad as, “Is…
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