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Comparing Your Trading Strategy Performance to Benchmarks: A Guide for Unexperienced Traders
As an unexperienced trader, it can be difficult to assess the performance of your trading strategy. You may ask yourself questions like, “Is a 10% annual gain good?” or “What are reasonable expectations for live trading?” The answer to these questions is not straightforward, but one solution is to compare the performance of your strategy...
An Introduction to Rotational Trading Strategies for Beginners
Introduction Rotational trading strategies offer a simple yet effective approach to building a robust stock portfolio. These strategies are ideal for beginners looking to venture into systematic trading. In this article from Your first systematic portfolio series, we’ll dive into the key concepts of rotational trading strategies, their pros and cons, and provide an example...
Mastering Shorting Stocks: Solutions for Dealing with Changing Initial Margin
Shorting stocks can be a profitable strategy for experienced traders, but it can also be challenging for inexperienced traders to execute. In this article, we will explore the difficulties of shorting stocks and provide solutions for dealing with changing initial margin. Why is Shorting Stocks Challenging? Shorting stocks is challenging for a number of reasons....
The Power of Quantified Trading Portfolios: A Guide for Beginners
As a beginner trader, you may have heard that only a small percentage of traders can make consistent profits in the long term. The truth is, finding one perfect trading strategy is almost impossible. However, there is a solution: trading portfolios consisting of multiple quantified trading strategies Why Building a Portfolio is Crucial Most beginners...
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Petr Lebedinsky
Full time software developer from Czech Republic with passion for automated stocks and futures trading, mountains, running, travelling and crossfit.
