by Adrian Reid | Stock Trading Systems
You found a system that works. The backtest looked clean, the equity curve pointed up, and for a while it did exactly what you hoped. Then the market changed, the system went quiet or slipped into a long drawdown, and you were left staring at your screen wondering...
by Adrian Reid | Stock Trading Systems
The buy the dip strategy is the oldest advice in the market. So I built it into a proper rules-based system and tested it on every S&P 500 stock since 1990 – including the ones that later went bust. Here is what the data actually said about buying the dip....
by Adrian Reid | Trading Mistakes
Introducing brokers frequently rip traders off and cost you money forever. A trader sat down with me during Trader Acceleration Week, convinced he had a great deal. He was trading through Interactive Brokers, the same broker I use, so he assumed his costs were rock...
by Adrian Reid | Stock Trading Systems
Automated trading systems changed my life for the better. A few years ago, my wife Stephanie booked a surprise weekend away. Beautiful spot. Lovely accommodation. One problem – no internet, no mobile reception, and I had not yet placed my trades for the Friday...
by Adrian Reid | Stock Trading Systems
Slippage in trading is the difference between the price you expected to get and the price you actually received when your trade was filled. It happens on entries and exits, and it costs real money on every single trade. You ran a backtest. The results looked solid....
