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Hi all, I've done a web search on this, but am not finding what I'm looking for. Basically I'm wanting to analyze my historical trades in the context of a visual stock chart, with the buy and sale trades overlayed onto the charts. Is anyone aware of a site that would allow me to input my buy...

One of the best arguments imho is that there is really only one index - a single global, whole world, cap weighted index. Any deviation from that is necessarily an "active" choice as to allocation. So to the degree that we deviate from that global index, we are all "active" investors.

If you're into podcasts, check out the "Better System Trader" podcasts. Lots of interviews with professionals that give perspective. http://bettersystemtrader.com/ I'm more of an investor, trying to learn trading, and I find these very helpful. In my experience, systematic trading is more...

Some companies it's difficult to see the big collapse coming (strong fundamentals sometimes aren't as strong as I think they are), and difficult to know whether things or temporary or not, but yes, panic sells are generally bad, bad, bad in my experience. I have a history of selling lows that...

Panic sells reveal themselves with hindsight, but the last memorable panic sell - that feeling of fear - was last October when the oil stocks were diving hard. In hindsight I think it was a lot of forced selling from over-leveraged investors, but I exited several positions that would've been...

Thanks for the comment. I think I understand what you're saying, but I'm not trying to catch a mid-day low for a buy. I'm placing orders to buy on the open and seem to be getting what I'd expect. (My buy signal is based purely on the market state existing at the end of the previous day.) I...

I can't remember the source, but there's a saying along lines of: "When luck plays a significant part in the outcome, focus on process." I thought I remember a Howard Marks discussion on it, but can't find a quote attributed to him.

Thanks for the feedback from everyone. Appreciated. Yes, it's long only presently: it has several entry conditions - some dependent on market state - but it buys the dip in individual stocks below short term MA, and then sells on a close when it moves back over the short term MA. It's...

I don't know if this fits what you're looking for, but there is a coursera course on computational investing that might be worth taking. https://www.coursera.org/course/compinvesting1

Hi all, I was wondering if there are traders out there who trade based on eod systems, but place trades intraday? if so, do you have rules of thumb you utilize for when to take an intraday trade, and when to wait? In particular - I'm specifically wondering about the sell. Ex: If I check...

Hi all, I'm the OP. Just a followup on this. My experience so far trading on the open with IB was acceptable, although I didn't always get the stated opening price - maybe a few pennies higher on a couple trades. (I'd select to trade Mkt on OPG in their dropdown and direct to NYSE if...

I've mostly been a longer term investor for years who is relatively new to more frequent trading, but what I'm doing is entirely system based (mean reversion - swing trades). The system selects my trades for me.

I've been reading the SEC document regarding Reg T + 3 settlement rules: http://www.sec.gov/investor/alerts/cashaccounts.pdf and was wanting to clarify the timing of T+3. Specifically, I'm trying to clarify if T+3 means "after the end of day T+3". Example: So if I sell security A and buy...

rmorse, The model is actually selling on today's close or the _next_day_open. Same for buying on close or the next day open. It's cutting the trade a tad shorter than it would otherwise be. I would've thought waiting til the next morning to sell would help (benefit from reversion trend)...

Sorry - I should've put more details and been more clear. When I say I'm trading small volumes I mean that I am truly "small time", trading personal account. I currently probably would not trade more than $40K per trade with this given my size, although due to transaction costs I really can't...

I'm on board with your sentiment. I'm not automated, but I want to approach things in fairly systematic way and let the market give me a fair price at time of execution because I don't want to watch a screen much of the day. I may just need to try a few to see how it works at open, although I'm...

thanks luisHK. appreciate the response re: poor quality of fills on open. I'm trading small volumes. I have one of my accounts w/ IB and am generally happy with executions, but I normally place trades when mkt is open, not pre-mkt. I've tried directing some order to IEX, but it's difficult...

Hi all, I searched but had difficulty finding a post related to this. Basically I was wondering how folks felt about trading with market orders on the open and near the close. (trading larger, liquid stocks). Is the market open and closing process fair, or is it gamed? (I'm talking about...

loyek, fwiw, I smiled at one of your posts because I also have my tomatoes growing in the back yard. If I had better space for it I'd have a big garden.