Can It Be This Simple? S&P 500

[systematictrader]

Needs more trades. Try adding at least 30 years to that backtest.

good advice

 

[systematictrader]

Those guys on average don't beat the simple buy and hold, aka market.

i heard the percentage is that 80% or so underperform

 

[systematictrader]

It can be really simple, a lot of people overthink when it comes to trading.
However this seems to easy ...

i agree specially in investing, not saying this is the holy grail, but in investments (which is consider different than trading) it could be very simple

just look at Jim Rogers

 

[drcha]

The simple notion of buy and hold
Still Works, the question is could it be beat this simply, either by returns or lower volatility as indicated above,

This is not indicating were gonna outdo wall st by a simple indicator

He doesn't need to outdo Wall Street--only to match them with less volatility, which is the same thing as beating them when you consider compounded returns.

 

[systematictrader]

lol

 

[Zzzz1]

You are joking right?

Those guys on average don't beat the simple buy and hold, aka market.

 

[systematictrader]

You are joking right?

Over the last 5-year period, 80.8% underperformed the S&P 500. Over the last 10-year period, 79.59% of active managers underperformed. These types of figures are very similar in other asset classes like small cap stocks and foreign stocks.

Read more: How many mutual funds beat the S&P 500 on a percentage basis after operational fees? | Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/advisor...e-basis-after-operational-fees/#ixzz4WvEGUhrb
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[Zzzz1]

I am talking about institutional traders at ibanks. Big difference.

Over the last 5-year period, 80.8% underperformed the S&P 500. Over the last 10-year period, 79.59% of active managers underperformed. These types of figures are very similar in other asset classes like small cap stocks and foreign stocks.

Read more: How many mutual funds beat the S&P 500 on a percentage basis after operational fees? | Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/advisor...e-basis-after-operational-fees/#ixzz4WvEGUhrb
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[systematictrader]

I am talking about institutional traders at ibanks. Big difference.

oh, iam not sure why were talking about them to begin with, were talking about sp500 n this,,,

by the way totally unrelated to this i wanted to thank u on ur advice in other post regarding hiring someone to code for back testing, its working so far good

 

[Pekelo]

I am talking about institutional traders at ibanks. Big difference.

So if most outperforms the market, why HFs don't hire them and let them just trade?