Does the Fed, or any News, Matter to Traders?
With limited test data, we can say that news matters in the short-term, but doesn’t generally have a long-term impact.
With limited test data, we can say that news matters in the short-term, but doesn’t generally have a long-term impact.
Over the years, analysts have spent countless hours looking for an edge in the markets. Much of that time has been devoted to finding new ways to measure momentum or find overbought/oversold extremes in the market.
A trading magazine recently published an article about a university that runs a FOREX fund as part of its undergrad business program. The students manage $2,500 in real money and learn how to trade.
Your current trading strategy blows; it’s time to search for a new one. That’s what a lot of traders think when they are not seeing consistently profitable results. What you probably don’t realize is that you have all the tools; it’s just a matter of fine tuning.
What if someone told you it was possible to capture the lion’s share of Dow gains by only being invested and at risk in the market for a little more than half the time?