Breakout Trading Blog
This Is Why Regular Reoptimization Is The Best Trading Strategy
Should you reoptimize your trading strategies or not? Find out in this short video from algo trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott. https://youtu.be/0tynl0V6CVI...
How System-Sizing Can Improve Your Trading Results
What’s ‘system sizing’, how does it compare to position sizing and how can it improve your trading results? Watch this short video where algo breakout traders Tomas Nesnidal and...
How Much Sample Size Do You Need In A Trading Strategy?
How much sample size do you REALLY need in a trading strategy? Find out how in this short video from algo trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott....
Why It’s So Hard to Build a Diversified Portfolio in Crypto
Want to build a diversified portfolio in crypto? If so, you HAVE to watch this short video where algo breakout traders Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott discuss why it’s so...
Are these trading wisdoms real or myths?
Have you ever heard someone say: “The safest place to stand during an earthquake is in a doorway.” Or how about: “Using a cell phone while pumping gas can cause an explosion.” Or perhaps you’ve even heard: “Microwaving metal will blow up the microwave.” We hear these...
How to have more winning trades
I have to admit, it’s not always easy for me talking about this “having more winning trades” stuff. First of all, I realized that in our hedge fund, there are other ways to maximize our results. (Clue: Dynamic Position Sizing). Second, I believe that a well-crafted...
I did NOT study at a trading school…!
People seem to be VERY surprised when they realize that as a professional trader and hedge-fund manager/owner, I did NOT study at any relevant school. But it’s true. In fact, I studied at a FILM school. I always loved watching movies. So, since I was 11, I wanted to...
Profitable strategies going to the trash…
We are throwing away hundreds of strategies that made us a LOT of money. Seriously. When I launched my hedge fund a few years ago, it was with a big database of exceptional, high-quality breakout strategies (all built with the framework I share in the Breakout...
Think different
These 2 words probably remind you of the Apple advertising campaign in the late 1990s. The campaign was a huge success, and featured a number of iconic personalities, including Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Mahatma...
Most traders think about this all WRONG
“Work hard and you’ll be rewarded”. I’m sure you’ve heard this before. You probably heard it at home as a child. You probably heard it at school from your teachers. And you probably heard it at work too. It’s a common “understanding” around the world, and in lots of...
Is this portfolio going to be a nightmare?
Sometimes, you dream about something, but when it actually happens, you hope it will not turn into a nightmare. This month is a BIG one for our hedge fund. We finally got a ‘green light’ from our main institutional investor to assemble and start trading a new...
“Flat tire” trading accounts testing
A few days ago, I noticed one of the tires on my car was almost completely flat. The tire was looking a little flat a few weeks earlier, but it wasn't causing much of a problem then and I was busy with other things so I did nothing about it. But now, it was obviously...
Just get it done!
This week I got stuck. No, it wasn’t trading (my hedge fund team is taking care of that). It was WRITING A SCRIPT. I’m a former filmmaker. And from time to time I still feel the urge to create a short video and channel some of my creative passion into this beautiful...