Diversification Or Concentration? “Diversification covers up ignorance?” “Trend following performs strongest when bond & stocks are at their weakest or strongest.” Portfolio Rebalancing Might Be Overrated The Most Powerful Force In The Universe
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Predicting – Thinking you know what will happen next Reacting – If something happens, then you’ll do this Quit predicting, START REACTING! — Rayner Teo (@Rayner_Teo) January 18, 2017 Using fundamentals to trade is like calculating the average rainfall over a decade, to decide whether you need to bring an umbrella out now — Rayner
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted on his site at The Fallacy of Market Prediction and reposted here with permission. Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Spoon boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There
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The following is a guest post by Thiago Ghilardi, founder of Trademetria (https://www.trademetria.com) Would you be happier as a prop trader or retail trader? Understanding the differences between these two could make your trading business more enjoyable and profitable. Along the years, you might need to reconsider your choice depending on several factors like experience level, capital and location. Whether
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To be a profitable trader you must overcome these ten things: You must beat the market benchmark you are competing against or you might was well just buy and hold that index. You must beat your emotions by following a trading plan. You must beat your ego by taking losses early when you are proven
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$SPY has been inside a trading range since December 9th with $224 support and $227 resistance. $SPY remains in a long term uptrend. With VIX at 11.23 we are in a very low volatility market making it difficult to make money swing trading or trend trading. This is a day traders market. Historically volatility can’t get much
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There are no perfect entries: Breakout may be false Pullback may never come “Confirmation” may be late Faster you accept, faster you learn — Rayner Teo (@Rayner_Teo) January 14, 2017 A casino doesn’t make money by predicting. They manage their risk and let their edge play out. And it’s the same for trading. — Rayner
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10 Things You Can’t Learn From a Backtest On adding value through return asymmetry — MUST READ. Asymmetry is a commonality among great investors Market Wizard Ed Seykota showed him what the real “Holy Grail” to Trading is Seems like this is one of the hardest things to do as an investor
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The following is a guest post by Adam Beaty of Bullogic http://www.TheBullogic.com) andThe Option Prophet (http://www.TheOptionProphet.com). Should You Trade As A Business? You may not be in the business of trading but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start a company to make all your trades under. Even as a hobby, there can be a lot
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here Lessons From a Trading Great: Ray Dalio . Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater. Two years ago, Bridgewater surpassed Soros’ Quantum fund for the title of most profitable hedge fund of all time; returning over $46 billion since inception. In your
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