Active Investor e-Newsletter
Gary’s Comments In the last Active Investor issue that I wrote on 1 December 2011 (click here) I noted that some contrarian indicators were at levels where we could potentially see a change in trend in equities indices to UP. Also, at that time a number of international equity indices were starting to show some […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 8
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ System Quality Number Before I take you through the statistical differences of the Pre December 2011 SPA3 Edge versus the Revised Edge, I need you to understand an important step forward I made while on this journey. While it’s not entirely new in the realms of measuring […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 7
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ The core concept that changed everything! This latest round of SPA3 research has been a real eye opener for me. As investors we are taught that we need to cut the losing trades from our portfolios and let our profit trades run. After all, this is the […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 6
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ New Exit Signals The objective of the 2011 SPA3 research was to increase returns and reduce portfolio drawdown by implementing new timing and money management concepts. No mean feat. But on the positive side we had an existing system in place to measure the success or failure […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 5
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ Consequences of reducing End of Trade Drawdown (ETD) and increasing Win Rate Whilst reducing the ETD and increasing the Win Rate are the objectives in order to reduce the variation of individual trade outcomes, doing so will also result in a decrease in the: Average win Average […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 4
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ Know the system Before starting to improve SPA3, we needed to know a whole lot of metrics about the system as it stands. All trading systems based on technical analysis criteria will have a set of price action patterns or indicator criteria to be met to signal […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 3
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ Where to start a system revision process? In the previous blog we discussed the research objectives and today I’m going to focus on the actual process. Ultimately the two main outcomes that a trader would like to control is the degree of risk (drawdown) and the degree […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 2
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ If you read the previous journal, you’d be aware that I’m ready to disclose research my team and I have worked on for the better part of 2011 – research that excites me greatly. My hope is that as you work through this you’ll experience that light […]
One step ahead – New groundbreaking Research Part 1
From the Share Wealth Systems R&D Team _ Welcome to a new year of The Gary Stone Journal. Thankfully for investors, 2011 has gone by the wayside. We can now look forward with a fresh mindset in the hope that 2012 will bear more fruit. I’m incredibly excited to be sharing this information with you […]
The Trading Plan – 5. Process Management
Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook – Click the ‘Like’ button on the right Process management entails regular processes and routines that are followed to enforce adherence to the signals and rules or the system or strategy, risk management and money management components of the Trading Plan. All successful traders and investors have a meticulous […]