Friday, February 19, 2010
I have been trading futures for about 18 years, and many of the early years were consumed with searching for the “perfect” trading system.  One of the approaches I found that seemed to make sense was scale trading.  It is an interesting concept that “wins” most of the time, but is really [...]

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I recently received an e-mail from a relatively new trader.  He was trading a system he purchased, based on its alleged stellar performance. “I’ve been using this system for a few weeks, and sometimes I just KNOW the signals it gives will be wrong. What do you think if I’d take the [...]

Monday, January 25, 2010

by: Kevin J. Davey
We all have the need to be right. Think about when you were in school – you did your best to be right, and you were graded on your efforts. You took standardized tests to measure how right you were. All your life, you have tried to pick the [...]

11.18.09
If you look in any commodity or forex publication you will see advertisements for mechanical trading systems. This is an area in which commodity traders as well as forex traders seek to find their holy grail. Well in reality this will not happen with any mechanical trading system on the market. However mechanical trading systems [...]

10-29-09
There are countless criteria used by commodity, stock and forex traders. A discretionary commodity trader might seek out markets that in his or her mind that look like they are starting to move ( trend). A SP trader might short the SP 500 when the moon is full or some astrological incident ( Yes I [...]

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by Andrew Gibbs
In part 1 we utilized the volatility breakout system for entering the market as it starts to rally above the stock or futures opening price for the day. This method allow us to get momentum working in our favour prior to entering a new position. Given that the method has a [...]

With the advent of the internet, many traders have turned to their on their own online.  With the declining markets, and the realization that brokers and advisers have exposure to the same barrage of news, traders quickly realized that so called “professionals” might not always have an edge.  So traders and investors have turned to [...]

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Systems Trading (part 9) By: Jake Bernstein www.trade-futures.com
A Rational Approach to System Development
I favor a rational approach to system development.  My rule of thumb is simple: your trading system should have no more than four to six variables.  You should search for the best combination of entry and exit variables as well as a reasonable [...]