Breakout Trading Blog
Stop the (trading) torture
It was Father's day in Australia a few weeks ago. And as expected, both of my 2 young kids went all out making cards, drawings and wrapping gifts. It was a great day. At some...
Better trades, less over-fitting, more cake
Ever heard of the saying "You can't have your cake and eat it too"? It's supposed to mean that you can't get two good things at the same time, especially things that aren’t...
The 2020 trading strategies
Recently we updated the entire trading database in our hedge fund. We currently have 1000+ high-quality breakout trading strategies in our database, but we don’t trade them all....
Do this as a back-up plan
The current economical times are pretty rough thanks to this Covid madness. There’s a lot of uncertainty. Nobody knows how their business will work out next year, or if it will...
The Apple Portfolio Strategy
Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, but back in 1997 it was a very different story. The company was in extremely poor condition, losing tens of millions of dollars every quarter, trying to sustain a huge amount of products, and with no clear...
Quit to Win
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 reoptimization of trading strategies is also important for good performance,...
Maintain to survive (and stay profitable)
Do you know what is one of the favorite hobbies in Europe? Having, and constantly improving small, cozy weekend houses (usually far away from the city). A calm sanctuary to spend our weekends and relax for the upcoming week. My parents had a small weekend house about...
Market-beating lesson from a Karate World Champion
"A very thin line separates victory from defeat" - Ricardo Teixeira (Karate World Champion in 1993) Last year, we had the opportunity to meet the World Champion in Karate Shukokai, Ricardo Teixeira. In an amazingly inspiring speech of his outstanding achievement,...
How to stay ahead of the trading game
Have you ever tested or traded a strategy only to find it stopped working? Perhaps it’s a strategy from a book, website, forum or something you’ve heard about. Other traders can find out about the technique too, they start trading it and it very quickly stops working,...
How do you know if a breakout is a fake?
How do you know if a $5000 luxury watch that you just saw heavily discounted is an authentic one or a fake? Today, many fakes can be difficult to identify, so the truth is, in most cases you simply don't know. With trading breakout signals, it can be a...