October 18, 2017
We are back to set the foundation for successful trading. During our last meeting, we started to break down the concept of fundamental analysis. This concept being, that we are able to use numbers to discern the value of company A versus company B.
October 15, 2017
Welcome to the third and final installment of our series on backtesting. You selected a strategy and systematized it, and now you want to see how it would have performed.
October 11, 2017
I trust you all have your goals written down and reviewed. I also trust that you have done the work to imprint those goals into your subconscious. If you have done this then you are well on your way to success.
October 9, 2017
Today’s post continues a long line of retrospectives. But unlike its predecessors, this one is bound to bring pain instead of pleasure. And that, friends, is because September was my first losing month of the year. Was it because I was a dum-dum? Or was it simply because market conditions soured for my systems and a loss was inevitable? Read-on and you’ll find out!
October 8, 2017
In the first part of our backtesting series, we explored the what and why of the process. Today we get down to brass tacks and talk about how to go about backtesting.
October 5, 2017
We are back this week to bring to ourselves full circle on the goal-setting process. We have talked about how we measure our progress by setting money goals, or perhaps we could call them milestones.
October 2, 2017
Obituary: Aug 18th, 2017 – Sep 27th, 2017. Salt Lake City, Utah – Mr. October “Heartbreaker” Iron Condor was born on Aug 18th, 2017 amid great fanfare…
October 1, 2017
I have a confession to make – I never used to backtest, ever. Blame it on my ignorance.
September 25, 2017
The tragedy of my story is that auto lending is a legitimate business that produces consistent profits for investors if executed properly. That is the key!
September 22, 2017
“Capitalism”. Definitely the political buzzword of the first decade of the 21st Century.
September 22, 2017
This week’s blog is geared to our kids: how I got my own kids interested in trading and investing in a way they could understand and be engaged.
September 20, 2017
We meet again. This week we are going to move right into goal setting. Goal setting is going to be the foundation on which successful trading is built.
September 11, 2017
The close of each month provides a time for reflection. I scour my trade journal in search of clues, lessons left by winning and losing trades. I’m convinced that there are only so many mistakes you can make.
September 10, 2017
How do options behave and, perhaps more importantly, why do they act so? This will be the topic of today’s missive.
September 7, 2017
For all of you, who just like me, felt insecure about a certain strategy, and how to apply it, I have one thing to tell you: BACKTESTING!
September 3, 2017
Traders born in the equities market are obsessive about one principal question: up or down?
August 23, 2017
VXX is one of the most complicated products on the planet. I’m all for trading it! Trade it every day if you want.
August 16, 2017
Well someone hasn’t been minding the store. Here we are in mid-August and I’ve yet to do my monthly rumination. Just think what lessons I might have lost from July’s trading!
August 9, 2017
If you’ve been lulled to sleep by the summer doldrums then WAKE UP!
August 2, 2017
Keren had a great question on hedging iron condors in the clubhouse so I’m dedicating today’s commentary to that. I’ll post it here in its entirety, then respond with a one-two combo of education and enlightenment.
