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, […]
Continue readingI recommend that if you are running strategies in NinjaTrader 8 to keep the Strategies tab open and visible on the screen at all times. You can use the tab to re-enable strategies including BeyondBot if they were inadvertently disabled:
Continue readingGraybox 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 […]
Continue readingSerially correlated losses is probably the number one futures account killer. Serially correlated losses has been my Achilles heel. The question is why do they occur? In my case, most serially correlated losses occur when I use a specific style of trading where I try to shoot in multiple contracts without taking virtually heat. I […]
Continue readingThere are several advantages to hybrid methodology, and I identify many of them on my BeyondBot page. However, one advantage is that you have a very realistic par measure to compare your discretionary results too. In my discretionary trading, I always try to imagine a range of outcomes and compare my results to what I […]
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A question I ask myself is whether or not I can BeyondBot all my trading insights. In order to answer that question, I have to look at primary forms of discretionary trading edge. If you look at discretionary trading edge then it can only come in a few forms: Below is an expert system for […]
Continue readingThe Micro E-mini futures are a real game changer. Because of the e-micro futures, I am working to rapidly automate many of the dozens of strategies I have developed over the years but never deployed. I have deployed some of these strategies, already. One question I have asked myself is why haven’t I had more […]
Continue readingGet excited to trade on the simulator, market replay, and backtest when the markets are closed. And keep calm when markets open.
Continue readingWikipedia defines tactics as, a conceptual action aiming at the achievement of a goal. This action can be implemented as one or more specific tasks. And on strategy vs tactics: Strategy is a set of choices used to achieve an overall objective whereas tactics are the specific actions used when applying those strategic choices The S&P […]
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