27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Quantocracy’s Daily Wrap for 10/27/2017
Quantocracy’s Daily Wrap for 10/27/2017
This is a summary of links featured on Quantocracy on Friday, 10/27/2017. To see our most recent links, visit the Quant Mashup. Read on readers!
27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What are some mathematical misconceptions with regard to trading?
What are some mathematical misconceptions with regard to trading?
Please post some mathematical misconceptions that you have encountered with trading.
I will start with one:
People tend to assume that if they have an equal % gain and loss they will end up even or with their starting capital. However, this is not true. A loss does greater damage to your account than an equal % gain will build up your account. In essence people under estimate the power of losses and overestimate the power of gains. Therefore a system with a much higher probability rate is…
27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Johnny Rock’s comeback
Johnny Rock’s comeback
In an effort to become a better trader i am starting this journal.
Goals:
Forward test an idea that i was able to successfully use with stocks, but adapt it to futures.
Spend the next year paying down personal debt as I test this system.
In 18 months – 2 years go live.
Full disclosure:
I have blown up 3 times. The 1st time was in the summer of 2003. Once in 2007 and once in 2008. I traded for a brief time in 2014, but my idea was flawed. I didn’t blow up; you might say I gave up, until…
27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The New York Post: Mueller probe’s first charges approved by federal grand jury: CNN
The New York Post: Mueller probe’s first charges approved by federal grand jury: CNN
The charges are sealed, the CNN report said, and any individual charged will be taken into custody as soon as Monday.
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27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Playing the Double-Up Strategy With GE
Playing the Double-Up Strategy With GE
The industrial conglomerate has struggled and won’t recover quickly. Here’s a strategy to retain ownership of the stock and get a tax break
27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Better fills
Better fills
I have been getting better closing fills on the exact same position’s at Tradestation then I’m getting at E-Trade. Does anyone know the reason for this?
27 October, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A hidden benefit of reading ET
A hidden benefit of reading ET
Before internet trading was available to me I spent the whole day in the boardroom of the broker’s office for 23 years. Surrounded all day long by a large number of traders talking about their trades, both good and bad, I certainly witnessed, and definitely learned from, every possible mistake under the sun that a trader could ever make, be it tactics, TA, emotional, you name it!!
While many come to ET seeking the ‘how to’s ‘ of trading, I imagine that the mistakes of others…