The snip below is of last night’s trading in the US along with a headline. As you can see there is a little bit of handwringing going on. The onset of September has caused a variation of the following graph of monthly returns on the S&P500 to appear on various platforms. It shows that contrary…
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In trading, there is always friction, and each incidence drags on your returns. The friction may come from simple things such as the fees you pay for your trading not being justified by your results. Alternatively, it can be that you take suboptimal trades instead of taking trades that reflect your rules. This one is…
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All too often traders assume that noise is data this was precisely the case last week when it seemed to all that the world was ending. In fact, we got something that wasn’t that far from the ordinary. <center.
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Once again we find financial pundits proclaiming the end of the world. As with most things, the true picture is much more nuanced. <
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Drawdown is inevitable for traders – some idiots believe it is possible to trade without a period of drawdown. But they live in a different world to the rest of us grown ups. What is foremost is your response to drawdown and your ability to analyse what has happened and to keep going. There is…
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Hardly a week goes by without me receiving some piece of fluff extolling the virtues of ETFs. Sadly for the average investor or traders the people pumping ETFs have no idea of what ETF actually does whether it is suitable for the investor or what the consequences of getting it wrong are.
Traders go through a series of evolutionary landmarks. These landmarks range from getting stuck in the land of magic indicators and system optimisation to the quest for the perfect exit. Along the way, they often take a detour into the domain of hedging. Part of the attraction of hedging is a misunderstanding of what its…
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Once again the world seems a slightly more chaotic place with the Middle East being the current flashpoint for stupidity. And once again markets do something interesting.
There is no doubt that trading is a difficult business – there is the illusion presented by the internet and then there is the reality of managing a business day after day. And as with all business progress is not linear – it has ebbs and flows. Unlike the majority of other businesses in trading…
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