Think like a trader
Why You Can’t Tell if Your Strategy “Stopped Working” (Statistically Speaking)
Traders love the illusion of precision. A few bad weeks go by, and you think, “Let’s run a t-test and
Why You Can’t Tell if Your Strategy “Stopped Working” (Statistically Speaking)
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Think like a traderTrading Without Edge? That’s expensive gambling, I said…
When I first got interested in trading, The Whitlams were all over Australian radio, and I was making all the
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Think like a traderFinding Edges
How do we find edges? First, we must be clear about what constitutes a good idea. It isn’t as simple
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CryptoData analysisThink like a traderTrading Signals in High Definition
We’ve all used on/off type trading signals at some point. But you can nearly always extract more insight with a
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Think like a traderUnderstanding “why” beats statistical significance
Do you find yourself obsessing over p-values and t-stats when evaluating trading ideas? I get it. If you come from
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Think like a traderIf your edge is so good, why share it?
The market is a highly competitive beast. If you’ve spotted an edge, others have too. And as capital piles in,
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Think like a traderWhen your strategy works, is it just dumb luck? How to stack the odds in your favour
Recently, we had an excellent question on the Trade Like a Quant Discord server: “How do you know if your
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CryptoFactorsQuant tradingUnravel Data: A Cheat Code for Crypto?
The best trading edges are often found in places most people don’t think to look. It’s why being a bit
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Think like a traderDon’t Over-Engineer your Trading Business… Make Money Instead
Someone sent me their trading technology blueprint. It was a thing of beauty: timeseries databases, Grafana dashboards, message queues, and
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Quant tradingReduce Trading Costs and Boost Profits with the “No-Trade Region” Strategy
An easy, practical way to harness an edge in the face of trading costs is the “no trade region” technique.
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Think like a traderStop Losses: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom
How often have you heard someone say, “I use a stop loss to manage downside risk”? You see this repeated