Ed Seykota's contribution to trading is usually summarised as computerised trend following, and while that is accurate, it understates the more interesting part of his thinking. What makes Seykota worth…
Practical equity curve trading rules to pause, reduce, or resume a strategy based on its own performance. Drawdown and moving-average triggers explained.
The useful thing about studying Jim Rogers is not that he co founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. It is the way he treats inactivity as a real part…
Chaikin ATR replaces Wilder's smoothing with a standard EMA on True Range. How to use it for tighter swing stops, volatility regime detection, and cleaner reads
Benjamin Graham is not usually filed under trading. He is filed under investing, often as the patient grandfather of the field, the man who taught Warren Buffett to read a…
Monte Carlo equity curves simulate thousands of trade sequences to reveal drawdown ranges, risk of ruin, and position-size limits before you trade live.
How to calculate expectancy and R-multiples to measure whether your trading system has a real edge before you apply position sizing rules to real capital.
How Cover's universal portfolio algorithm sizes positions without assuming a known edge, adapting allocation as market evidence accumulates over time.
Dollar volume bars close each bar when a fixed capital amount trades, normalizing activity across price levels. How to build, apply, and avoid pitfalls.
The useful thing about studying Jesse Livermore is not that he made several fortunes. It is that the same career also shows, in unusually clear form, how leverage, ego, and…