Dave offers advice and feedback to Michael, who is learning to use Amibroker for the first time.
He's coming from RealTest, so we go over the similarities and differences between the two platforms.
We discuss:
Much more...
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We discuss the actual nuts and bolts of what running your trading like a franchise means:
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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
As traders gain experience, the problem shifts from not having enough ideas to having too many ideas competing for limited time and mental energy. Without a system, this abundance quickly becomes overwhelming and leads to paralysis or procrastination.
We discuss the ICE method - a simple scoring method to determine which ideas to work on first.
Spreadsheet Link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iWG87jZ7KiANQzH9O8KwgtRRl5Wcd60Q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112987133391354450813&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we take on a topic submitted by Isaac, a trader I work with.
We discuss:
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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
We butt heads in this episode, arguing about the value of portfolio-level backtesting, one of the key feature differences between RealTest and Amibroker.
Is portfolio-level testing essential, or simply premature optimization?
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I hope to see you there!
We discuss:
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I hope to see you there!
We discuss:
This is a great example of the platitudes you often hear from people who are good at talking about trading, but don't actually trade.
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If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
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You didn't get a fill on your original entry. The trade would have been profitable for a bit, then it comes back to your original entry price. Do you take the trade? We go in-depth, answering this common dilemma.
Here's the original article Dave wrote on this topic.
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Before you go!
If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
Michael and Dave discuss NASDAQ's initiative to tokenize all securities and the implications for traders. They discuss:
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Before you go!
If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
We've got news for you - there's nobody who cares enough about your stops to go "hunting for them."
And getting stopped out by a penny is frustrating, but it's actually a good sign.
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Before you go!
If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
In this episode, we tackle this popular question. Dave polled several traders he coaches and got some surprising answers.
What's your take?
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If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
In this episode, we discuss the best way to use alternative data in your backtest.
Other episodes mentioned: Using News in Your Trading Strategy
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I hope to see you there!
In this episode, Dave discusses a conversation he had with John M. from SMB Trading and his unique approach to taking a strategy live.
We discuss:
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Before you go!
If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
Follow-up discussion on quant and discretionary trader collaboration.
We discuss:
Related episode:
Mike Bellafiore and Nick Coutrakon from SMB Capital on Trading Teams
Creating a Trusted Trading Group
Books mentioned:
Give and Take by Adam Grant|
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
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Before you go!
If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
Mike Bellafiore and Nick Coutrakon join the podcast to continue a discussion Mike had with Dave on the makeup of trading teams at SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in NYC.
What's the best way to include a quantitative trader in a discretionary trading team?
Are you a profitable trader but hesitant to automate your trades?
In this episode, we discuss multiple steps to take towards having a computer make trades without fully automating.
We discuss 4 different variations of a strategy that Dave is deciding between and the thought process for doing so.
Lessons learned from buying a new trading computer.