HeyJaredLine Your Own Pockets
A weekly show for systematic traders who want to make more money from their trading strategies.
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Backtesting a Swing Trading Strategy (opens the original)
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In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, Michael and I have a heated discussion on swing trading versus day trading. It starts innocently enough with a question about how to backtest a swing trading strategy with a "trail forever" component. But then it quickly turns into a swing trading versus day trading cage match. We do finally end up agreeing on the fundamental approach to backtesting a swing trading strategy - barely. Topics discussed: The differences between backtesting a day trad
Common Mistakes Advanced Traders Make (opens the original)
Common Mistakes Beginning Traders Make (opens the original)
How To Use Candle Patterns In Your Strategy (opens the original)
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In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we explain how to use candle patterns in your trading strategy. Topics covered: Candle patterns aren't magical signals, but that doesn't mean they have no value Instead of "when does pattern A work?", ask yourself "when does pattern A help my strategy?" Don't get stuck on the exact definition of a pattern (e.g., a hammer) - it's arbitrary The MabeKit Dojiness column as a good example of a continuous versus binary variable in a backtest And much mo
How Strong Should Your Signal Be? (opens the original)
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In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss a question submitted by long-time list member, Matt H., about signal strength. How strong should your signal be when creating a trading strategy? It depends... Topics include: Stronger signals make strategy development easier A weaker signal can be viable, but in this case the filters do more of the work The more filters contribute towards the edge, the more curve-fitting risk My favorite strategies are those where the signal is "hiding
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