Testing Some Simple Mechanical Trading Systems

Many books and articles have been written about how to use moving averages and a variety of technical indicators to trade the markets. Amazingly, very few of these books or articles show actual test results.

Stops Aren’t Always a Good Idea

One of the soundest bits of trading advice is to let your winners run and cut your losses early. To many traders, this means use a stop loss order to prevent large losses.

Day Trading Small Accounts

Some futures brokers provide significant leverage and very low margins for day traders. It is relatively easy to find brokers that will allow trading with margins as small as $500 per contract.

Gold Series Part III – Gold Rush!

We began this series with an attempt to cut through media spin and answer the question what is gold?  Next we laid out a fundamental strategy for owning gold in a balanced portfolio.