The Pareto Trading Pit
Portfolio Manager and Nerd for Rule-based Trading Strategies.
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Mistake #5: I Built a “Better” Portfolio That Was Actually Worse (opens the original)
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Most trading content gives you winning strategies. This series is the opposite: 10 Mistakes I made during my systematic trading journey, so you do not have to documents my mistakes, failures, almost-misses, and blind spots from running my own systematic process.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<for
Mistake #4: Assuming There Is Only One Path (opens the original)
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Most trading content gives you winning strategies. This series is the opposite: 10 Mistakes I made during my systematic trading journey, so you do not have to documents my mistakes, failures, almost-misses, and blind spots from running my own systematic process.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<for
Mistake #3 Falling for High-Win-Rate Strategies (opens the original)
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Most trading content gives you winning strategies. This series is the opposite: 10 Mistakes I made during my systematic trading journey, so you do not have to documents my mistakes, failures, almost-misses, and blind spots from running my own systematic process.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<for
Weekly Open: Warsh Just Turned Hawkish, But BTC Barely Flinched. (opens the original)
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In today’s edition of Weekly Open:Equities mixed beneath the surface: SPY and QQQ slightly positive, but software and cybersecurity led while chip names lagged.BTC holds firm: significant relative strength vs. Gold; hidden bearish divergence and volatility signals point to consolidation before continuation.Warsh turns hawkish at Jackson Hole: yield curve bear flattens, USD strengthens, 10-year yields entering the 4.7–5% danger zone. At what point will a rally be challenged by higher discount rat
Mistake #2: Measuring Performance of instead of everything that actually matters (opens the original)
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Most trading content gives you winning strategies. This series is the opposite: 10 Mistakes I made during my systematic trading journey, so you do not have to documents my mistakes, failures, almost-misses, and blind spots from running my own systematic process.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<for
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