Blog - BeyondBacktesting

Oct 06

Sticky: Quantitative Collaborative- Building Futures Strategies for Today!

I have keyed on two critical concepts for trading: 1. Environment is paramount to success. Trading requires sustained effort.2. A real, quantitative, edge helps with preservation of psychological capital and helps refine, focus, and scale. Toward that, I am offering the Quantitative Collaborative workspace where I share my actual strategies, source code, graybox strategies, and […]

Jun 06

Sticky: A Better Recipe for Discretionary Traders

Graybox Trading , Trader's Mindset

I wanted to share how I am structuring my discretionary futures trading going forward. In a nutshell, I am shutting down or rather restructuring all of my discretionary futures trading into BeyondBots: Instead of day trading markets in real-time, instead day trade them in the simulator or very low risk micros. However, the core focus […]

May 23

Sticky: BeyondBot: Automated Discretionary Trading Solution

Graybox Trading , System Trading

A central question on my mind has been, how can I improve my discretionary trading with quantitative advantage while still retaining my discretionary advantage in reading the market? System trading can benefit from iterative improvement, can execute with greater consistency, benefits from execution speed, and is more efficient and can wait for the optimal setup, […]

Jan 02

Sticky: Beware the confidence illusion

Trader's Mindset

Good trading performance and past performance in general is overrated. A long time system vendor and big time promoter has offered several systems for subscription over the years. Every single system I have ever seen this vendor offer has crashed and burned badly. Now, this vendor has won trading competitions and even verified his real […]

Jan 01

Sticky: Get Healthy & Feel Great

Trader's Mindset

While not directly related to trading, I know that staying healthy is very important and that trading and other sedentary activities on the computer can lead to imbalance and poor health. While previously only sharing my favorite product purchases with family and friends, I recognized I could create value by sharing some of the very […]

Dec 01

Value of Market Replay

Trader's Mindset

If you are reading trading books, spending excessive time reading trading forums, not making progress, or losing money in live markets then I would strongly suggest stop with that and instead hit the replay. You can use the replay in the following ways: Use the replay to develop your market cognition without risking real money […]

Nov 30

The Beauty and Ugly of Futures Leverage

Trader's Mindset

One of the best aspects of futures is the high leverage which allows one to magnify their gains on even a small edge. But, that’s the ugly side too. Scalping the ES with a 5 lot: you can be up $500 in a matter of minutes. Hit a few good trades and you can be […]

Nov 28

Commission Free Stock Trading Implications Part 2

Trader's Mindset

A relevant question to ask is what will be the implications of commission free stock trading? First, I think it makes the futures industry look more and more archaic. The futures brokerage industry feels antiquated with more fees, commissions, etc. And, while the CME has made some favorable changes for the retail trader like the […]

Nov 23

Uncommon Trading Method to Crush It?

Graybox Trading

I am going to share an uncommon trading method to crush it. But, first I have to disclose that this method is a new idea that I have only given a few moments thought and haven’t studied or traded, yet. While it should be obviously clear to precede with caution, do be sure to read […]

Nov 22

Three Ways To Edge

Trader's Mindset

I have essentially identified 3 paths to edge among 7 figure traders from information readily available on the web and my own insights into trading edge: 1. Fully systematic and quantitative decision making. No discretionary decision making involved. While, I do not know any 7 figure traders with verified records that are fully systematic, it […]

Nov 21

The Right Psychology

Trader's Mindset

I feel like my psychology is finally at the right level to really take my trading to the next level. Let me share what I mean… I demonstrated phenomenal winning ability to predict markets– at level that I am not sure that I have seen anyone else demonstrate. Of course, much has never been published. […]

Nov 19

Why Most Traders Quit– Not Fail & A Solution To That Too

Trader's Mindset

We always hear how most traders fail. However, the truth is that most traders quit: they do not actually fail. Read on to learn the difference. You see to fail at something then you must pursue something in such a way that it tells you that it is a failure– that it cannot work. Sure, […]

Nov 18

Roller Coaster Trading

Trader's Mindset

Win or lose– does your trading make you feel like you are on a roller coaster? There is a reason for that. I kinda knew the why in the back of my mind. But, Mark Melnick from T3 Live in his YouTube videos made it abundantly clear to me as to the why. First, let […]

Nov 17

What It Takes to Make 165k Trading

Trader's Mindset

First, let me start with a preface stating the following is opinion and not meant to suggest or imply any sort of return as likely– in fact, loss is most likely. Day trading for 50% returns with barely an edge is very possible: in fact, I used to think that sort of return was “good […]

Nov 16

Eastern insight for trading

Trader's Mindset

Western culture has put the self and thought at the paramount of importance. Mystics such as Sadhguru have rightly pointed out that many Eastern practices of meditation place less importance on the content of thoughts– with the intention of seeking to create some space between the processes of self and experience. I am not a […]

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