Published in September 12th, 2011
BarroMterics Views: Resource for Position Sizing
Forex Decoder is offering an interesting free resource for FX position sizing (DDSMM). The free download will work with Futures, CFDs and Shares; but you need to normalise the pip results to conform to FX sizing.
The claims for their spreadsheet are interesting. They claim that their position sizing software will […]
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Published in May 18th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Expectancy Return
In recent years, the Expectancy Return Formula has become the flavour of the month. The formula:
(Average Dollar Win x Win Rate) - (Average Dollar Loss x Loss Rate) = Expectancy Return
Where:
Expectancy Return: is the return we believe we’ll see per trade over a large sample size
Average Dollar Win: is the total […]
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Published in April 11th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Stop Losses - Should they be Adopted
There have been a series of reports in the net that have suggested that stop losses ought not be used since they reduce the bottom line rather than help it e.g. http://trading.it.bond.edu.au/ where Bruce Vanstone is writing a 3-part series: “Stop Losses – Help or Hindrance?
Many traders […]
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Published in January 26th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Tracking The Quality of Our Trades
In the comments section today, D asked how do I track the quality of my trades.
My answer…
I keep two types of journals:
a qualitative journal - my ‘psyche’ journal. This journal has 3 aims:
to identify patterns of success and failure in my qualitative environment. For example, if I have […]
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Published in January 12th, 2011
Cross ref
http://idkitana.wordpress.com/
New Perspectives emerging in 2011
With the game-changers in global markets in 2010, financial institutions are changing their perspectives in 2011.
UBS is taking the lead to set up a team to understand the needs of UHNW (ultra high net worth) clients in the Asia Pacific region.
With emerging markets in this region, there are now […]
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Published in October 20th, 2010
Round Table Traders
Here are some slides that depict the seminar on the factors of trading success at the Traders’ Round Table presented by Ray Barros.
Idkit aka Ana
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Published in September 28th, 2010
We indirectly owe our Money Management to King Midas. How so? Please read on:
Cross ref
http://anatrader07.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/hail-king-midas/
The Midas Touch
As we reminisced over our school days, many of us would have heard or read about King Midas, his initial greed and his distaste for the yellow metal when everything he looked upon and touched, turned to Gold, including […]
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Published in June 18th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Stops and their Use III - Hedging
Today I’ll conclude this series.
Let me first say that this is my view and I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind. Let me also say that I believe ‘hedging’ to be one of the worst practices novices can adopt.
Let’s be clear about what I mean by ‘hedging’: […]
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Published in June 17th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Stops and their Use II
With the interest in the “Stops and their Use”, I thought I’d cover the topic a little more fully.
I believe hard stops (i.e. stops that are in the market) placed are necessary to guard against catastrophic loss. I place my stops at a point beyond which I am not […]
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Published in June 15th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Stops and their Use
The other day, I came across a blog that found that on a R:R of 1:1, a drop at or below 65% and the equity curve became unstable. He also found by adding stops the win rate would cause the win rate to drop and he also found that his […]
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