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Category Archives: Trading How-tos
A whole year, two hundred and six posts later
Recent lack of actions in the market has given me opportunities to focus less on the day-to-day market action and more on my own trading development. Besides working on my quantitative research, one of the tasks that I like to do is to review what I have thought previously in a similar time. This takes [...]
JForex Example: Automatic position sizing
Proper position sizing is an integral part of risk management. It can be one of the easiest thing to do too. For example, I typically size my trading position based on the following factors: Amount of capital willing to put at risk. Stop price level. Volatility of the instrument. The following JForex code calculates a [...]
JForex Example: Not letting profit turn to losses with a breakeven stop
While the dual-timeframe trading setup and much of the algorithm in my contest strategy are for competition only (read: not for use with real money) as I’ve warned numerous times, some of the risk management techniques used there are really what I use in real life. This being one of them. There’s a saying in [...]
JForex Example: Dual-Timeframe Moving Averages Setup
This post describes the setup for my Dukascopy JForex automated trading strategy in July. Note that this strategy is built for competing in a contest and not for real trading (i.e., it’s purely a no cost gamble). Here is the step by step process of the setup for a long position:
June and Second Quarter 2010 Trading Review
Market volatility continues in June. I took a more aggressive approach this month and executed more trades in my RRSP trading account. The monthly return is excellent but I noticed a few issues with my trading. These will be the main topic of this post. Let’s go over some performance data. Seeing that it is [...]
My name is Paul and I am a full-time engineer, part-time trader. Back in 2000, I deposited my $5000 interest-free student loan with an online broker. Since then, my interest in trading has become an obsession.
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