Momentum trading is the opposite of buying low and selling high: momentum is about buying strength. Can we make a successful momentum strategy for S&P 500? Yes, a momentum strategy for the S&P 500 works. We use monthly bars and a simple moving average strategy crossover system. Let’s show you why a momentum strategy works:…
Golden Cross Trading Strategy is famous and a cited phenomenon in the media. In this article, we look at the performance of the Golden Cross in the S&P 500. A Golden Cross involves two moving averages – one short and one long. We use the 50 and 200-day moving averages. A Golden Cross happens when…
Have you ever wondered how to trade in financial markets using trading signals and an automated trading system? Without being influenced by emotions and biases, you can rely on metatrader and algorithmic trading software. Autotrading is the solution you’ve been searching for. With forex robots and the Metatrader (MT4) platform, you can use automated systems…
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest and most prestigious stock exchanges in the world. It provides a platform for investors to buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other securities. Understanding NYSE trading strategies and the various strategies used by traders can help individuals make informed trading decisions and maximize their…
Jim Simons recently stepped back as the chairman of Renaissance Technologies, the asset management group that manages the most profitable fund ever: The Medallion Fund. What are the secrets and trading lessons of the Medallion Fund’s trading strategies? How has Jim Simons gotten a whopping 66% return on average for over 30 years? What kind…
Let’s look at what happens when you combine long and short strategies. For example, we’ll look at our Strategy Bundle 1 and the Short Strategies Bundle and see what happens when we combine them. Bundle 1 trades SPY (you can also use @ES), while the Short Bundle trades SPY, XLP, and SMH. We make a…
We have put together a “strategy pack” (bundle) of 3 strategies in S&P 500 (SPY or ES). The bundle consists of three strategies that we believe complement each other (charts and data updated per January 2023). The bundle comes with trading rules in plain English and code for Amibroker and TradeStation/EasyLanguage (we also have it in…
Ray Dalio’s All Weather Portfolio is a pretty well-known portfolio, and for good reasons, in our opinion. Ray Dalio and his team at Bridgewater Associates constructed the All Weather Portfolio to withstand every economic environment (and shocks) possible. What exactly is the All-Weather Portfolio? Which assets are included? How has it performed? What was the…
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a world-known statistician, mathematician, philosopher, trader, and investor, and his primary interests evolve around randomness, uncertainty, and probabilities. Taleb came into the limelight after his book called Black Swan became a best seller, but in our opinion Fooled By Randomness from 2001 is his best and most interesting book, at least…
Mean Reversion Trading Strategies and Backtest. How do you create or build a trading strategy that is based on reverting to the mean? What are the pros and cons of mean reversion trading strategies? Do mean reversion strategies work? This article gives you some input and advice on how to develop a mean reversion trading…
