IBIT Trading Strategy IBIT is an acronym for iShares Bitcoin Trust, a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that was launched on January 11, 2024, by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. IBIT seeks to track the price of Bitcoin by holding a basket of spot bitcoins. The fund’s ticker symbol is IBIT and it trades…
Because backtesting is the cornerstone of this website, we occasionally make a poll among our Twitter readers. Choosing the right asset class for trading plays a significant role in shaping trading strategies, risk, and profits. To get better insight into the preferences of traders on social media, we ran a recent poll. We asked: Which…
The moving averages are one of the most used technical indicators in the market. However, there are many types of moving averages. Today we are going to be looking at the exponential moving average: 20 EMA trading strategy. The exponential moving average is a type of moving average (MA) that places a greater weight and…
The utility sector has taken a major hit over the last couple of weeks. Below is XLU, the ETF that tracks the sector: But as you can see, it’s not the first time it has “collapsed”, but it has caught the headlines. However, it was even worse in October 2022. Let’s look at what happens…
While you might not have known it by its name, you would have fallen victim to the bear trap, especially if you love “calling the top” of a reversal trade. Have you ever tried entering a short trade thinking the bullish trend is losing momentum and the price of the security you’re trading is about…
Bullish percent index The Bullish Percent Index (BPI) is a tool used by investors to gauge market sentiment and potential shifts in market trends. In this article, we’ll look at what it is, how you can calculate BPI, find out if you can backtest it, and if it works. This technical indicator, part of the…
The end of month/early month strategy is well-documented in the stock market. This is called the turn-of-the-month strategy. This effect exists in most “risky” assets. Also in crypto. Let’s backtest the following trading rules: Trading Rules [am4show have=’p2;p3;p58;p59;p130;p138;’ user_error=’Premium Post Access’ guest_error=’Premium Posts’] This has returned the following equity curve for Bitcoin: The 109 trades…
Earnings season and Earnings Trading Strategies can be a great time to get insight into different stocks, as well as take advantage of the short-term volatility that follows the release of earnings reports. Experienced traders look forward to the earnings season, as the increased volatility can present outsized opportunities for making good profits. But what…
Pinterest is a visual social media platform where users can discover and share ideas. It’s a great place to find inspiration for all sorts of things, including trading strategies. At Quantified Strategies Pinterest account, we share a variety of trading strategies for different skill levels and time frames. We also share tips and advice on…
In May 2015, Micheal A. Gayed published a paper called Lumber: Worth Its Weight in Gold Offense and Defense in Active Portfolio Management (free download at SSRN). We used that paper to make a profitable lumber/gold ratio trading strategy for stocks and bonds. Let’s explain the strategy’s reasoning, trading rules, backtest, performance, and results. Related…
