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50% Annual Returns
- Thread starter alphastocks
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Indeed!
Not too mention, the moves down always seem to happen faster than the moves up. By the time you see the move down, you've missed most of the move.
Not too mention, the moves down always seem to happen faster than the moves up. By the time you see the move down, you've missed most of the move.
Quote from narballs:
shorting drops quckly the moment fear and greed is gone. On the other hand longs move slowly and is casued by steady buying and a balance of shorts covering. So def can't use the same strategy for both longs and shorts.
Quote from spreadn00b:
You mention a shorting strategy. I'm not asking you to give away the farm, but I've been looking for a shorting strategy that works for awhile. I have a long strategy that I've stuck to over the years that has done me well. I guess my question is, are you simply applying your rules in reverse to short? I find that that just doesn't seem to work. Care to share any pointers?
I agree that just reversing the buy criteria doesn't necessarily work. Just because a stock is not a 'buy' doesn't mean it's a short. I am running a short strategy parallel to this long strategy that produce very nice long term results. I will introduce the short portfolio over the next few weeks. It uses the same 20 day hold approach as the longs and it does share a few inverse parameters with the longs, but it is not a reverse of the long strategy if that makes sense.
Closed out positions since I started posting on this forum.
By the way, Crude is looking oversold here and ready for a bounce.
Quote from tomjohn:
interesting system you have, alpha, but, just out of curiosity, what do you do when you go off for two weeks to the woods...just sell 10 and buy 10 when you get back?
Good question...
First of all I am typically connected to a laptop wherever I go, second I have an assistant that works under my wing and who will step in if I am unavailable (rarely).
STOCK TO BUY FOR SEP 14, 2006 - FCFS
STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 14 - ZEUS -14.3% RETURN
Unfortunately there is no way to avoid loosing positions here and there, that is just a normal part of the business. Keep an eye on the average return for the closed out positions over several months, that's what's important.
STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 14 - ZEUS -14.3% RETURN
Unfortunately there is no way to avoid loosing positions here and there, that is just a normal part of the business. Keep an eye on the average return for the closed out positions over several months, that's what's important.