Breakout Trading Blog
How To Make Breakout Trading Work: BONDS
Without regular servicing and maintenance a car becomes unreliable, inefficient and can break down completely over time.Last week we shared how regular maintenance and...
Is It Worth The Risk To Trade CFDs?
Do you trade CFDs or are you considering it? If so, make sure you watch this short video where algo breakout traders Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott discuss the risks of...
Are ETFs A Good Alternative To Futures?
Want to trade ETFs or wondering how they compare to Futures? Find out how in this short video from algo trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott....
The Importance Of Timeframes In Breakout Strategies
Have you ever considered the importance of timeframes in trading, and how they could make your trading strategies better (or worse)? What this short video where algo traders...
Are you ready to leave your 9 to 5 job?
Many people think that living from trading is difficult. I DON’T THINK SO. Not at all. Yes, it’s a bit different to having a regular job. You certainly can’t rely on receiving a regular paycheck in your bank account every month, so you have to accept the reality of...
How to protect your profits and not give them all back
Has this ever happened to you? You have a really good week/month/quarter/year in trading, making a nice amount of profit. Then the following week/month/quarter/year sucks, and you end up losing all or a big portion of those profits you made? In fact, it happened in my...
Finally NEW trading strategies!
We finally did it… What a week! Yes, last week was an important one for our hedge fund. Why? Because we finally started implementing a new generation of trading strategies! :-) Well, don’t expect anything miraculous. It is still the same framework we’ve been using...
Life and trading after 49 days in “prison”…
I never thought I could end up in a prison. But yes, I did. For 49 long days - like most of us in this COVID craziness. Sure, it was a “luxury” prison. Being locked down in my house, with everything I needed (including lots of pizza :-) ) But it still felt like a...
“Flat tire” trading accounts
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...
World’s largest hedge fund didn’t even know what to do
It's no secret… We're in a challenging time right now. Traders at all levels are struggling to navigate the crazy markets we've had. Even Hedge Fund managers with 40+ years experience are having issues, like this article about Ray Dalio, the billionaire co-founder of...
How to double your trading strategies
If you want to double your trading income, you need to double your amount of trading strategies. It’s simple math - if one trading strategy can make you 20,000 USD per year, then two strategies can make you 40,000 USD per year, etc. And NO, just doubling your position...
This Profit Factor analysis will shock you…
I know everyone is talking about Coronavirus right now... But I have something worth talking about as well. Last week we finished a super exciting study in my Hedge Fund. We took 600 Robustness Level 3 breakout strategies from our database. (Robustness Level is a...
What I learnt from the Russian black market
Some people get so desperate they will do almost anything... Like this poor New-Yorker who was desperate to find their lost house keys. Unfortunately, in this act of desperation, they gave any would-be robber who had the house keys all the information they needed to...