What is the best swing trading strategy? Is swing trading still profitable with positive returns? We have summarized 10 free swing trading strategies that might help you start your trading career. The internet is flooded with anecdotal evidence about how to swing trade and how to make money. Unfortunately, almost all articles consist of unproven…
Italy is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and it certainly has one of the best foods. However, they have struggled to grow their economy and, accordingly, their stock market. The Italian stock market is currently trading in the same spot it was in 1998. This is more than 25 years of…
In previous articles, we highlighted that simple adaptations to a strategy can have a huge impact on the performance of the strategy, its expected rate of return, and risk profile. We’ve seen that entering and exiting the trade on the same day’s close rather than the next day’s open can boost the strategy’s performance while…
The advent of Artificial Intelligence is here, and is forecast to combine with and revolutionize many industries in the years to come. One such combined industry is ‘Robotics and AI’, and traders are increasingly seeking ways to position themselves to make use of this trend as adoption rates of robotics and AI increase. What can…
Instrument/asset S&P 500 (SPY) Trading rules The trading rules of the edge read like this (please also backtest yourself – you might find a way to improve it): It’s the first trading day of the month; and The close sets a new 5-day high. Results Trading performance if we exit after N-days since SPY’s…
Can we make a profitable MACD trading strategy with the help of the MACD indicator and the MACD histogram? This article looks at creating a MACD trading strategy with the MACD indicator. We look at what it is, and how you can use it. Does the MACD indicator work? In which markets does it work…
For those who follow social media, you might be aware of the following ratio that is frequently discussed: Nasdaq100 & Treasury Bond Bond relationship. What is it, and is it profitable? In this article, we explain the ratio and we backtest it. The backtested result looks like this: QQQ/TLT This is the ticker code…
Instrument/asset S&P 500 (SPY) Trading rules The trading rules of the edge read like this (please also backtest yourself – you might find a way to improve it): Today is the second last trading day of the month. Results Trading performance if exit after N-days: Improved Trading edge Performance gets better if we add an…
Instrument/asset S&P 500 (SPY) Trading rules The trading rules of the edge read like this (please also backtest yourself – you might find a way to improve it): The highest volume over the last 10 days; and The close is above yesterday’s high. Results Trading performance if exit after N-days (100 000 and compounding since…
There are many factors that quants and algorithmic traders use when they develop trading strategies. Some of them are value, quality, size and, the one we will be backtesting today, momentum. Momentum is an investing factor that aims to benefit from the ongoing trend of a stock or asset. A stock that has been rising…
