Recent content by andrew.whad

Thanks for the long reply WRB. I am aware that market patterns every few years or so and that's why it can be a bit hard to make money with and algorithm. You did make me think about discretionary trading; I guess my aim is a more systematic discretionary trading. That is correct, the plan...

On some losing trades it was obvious why I lost, but on some I just couldn't figure it out, was it my psychology, the market behaved differently etc. With a system (if implemented correctly) it's very easy to see if it's producing the same % of wins as in the backtest/forward; also a clear...

Hello everyone, I want to ask for some input on my current research to make sure that I am on the right track and not losing my mind. After many attempts, I realized discretionary trading just isn’t for me I decided to use a systematic approach and build some strategies that I would trade...

I think I try and find a few books on the subject; something on the lines of Sector rotation and also just like K-Pia said do a daily analysis and just compare industry movement with key financial releases. I didn't know that most FTSE constituents get their revenue from outside UK. That's...

Thank you K-Pia. I am starting to realise that the best way to see all of these relations is to study the markets and economic releases; I thought that there most at least one book/website that list these but then again it seems like it is valuable info. Thank you for the key terms and Quandl...

Hello everyone, Had a look through the forum but could not find an answer to my question. I would like to know where can I information (articles, books etc) on how different economic announcements affect different industries in the stock market(ideally FTSE) ? I know IEA announcements every...