As investors move forward into 2015, many of them will make decisions about where to put their money. Some of them might use technical or fundamental information and many will attempt to use some combination. Others will become casualties of the media and actually act on the news. However, what we know is that most […]
Some background: Let’s face it, technology has made it possible to access a wide range of tools for developing, backtesting, and optimizing systems. However, a simple (but powerful) tool like excel is a great way to validate a trading system. In this example we’re going to be keeping things really simple and backtesting a monthly […]
What is investing anyway? I haven’t spoken much about investing on the blog and, honestly, there’s a good reason. I’m not a very active “investor” and I have a tendency to get bored with the whole concept of investing. That being said, investing is an area that I’ve really wanted to understand better and also […]
Overview: Today I’m doing a video recap of the open Theta Trend options positions and the monthly rotation system position. Equity markets have been moving slowly and seem to be consolidating around all time highs. Fortunately, we’re short options on both sides of the market and the decay is coming into the positions . . […]
Overview: Well, we’re through Thanksgiving and it’s time to take a look at the Top Performing ETF’s Monthly Rotation System positions. As part of the Trend Following portfolio, I’m taking positions in 2 of the Top Performing ETF’s measured by a 1 year average rate of change. I currently have a position in FAN from […]
Overview: Well, it’s the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and the markets are pretty quiet. This is a video recap of the open positions at Theta Trend as we go into the holiday weekend. If you just watch the video and don’t read anything else on this page, you should still probably check out the Donchian Trade […]