Mean Reversion Trading: When Fading Extremes Pays Off

A stock gaps down six percent on no fresh news, tags the lower Bollinger Band, and its 14-period RSI prints 22. Two experienced traders pull up the same chart. One…

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Trend Following Strategy: Why Skew Creates Long-Run Edge

I look back at one of my own ledgers and the pattern is always the same. Eight months of small losses and tiny scratches, the equity curve flat enough to…

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Position Sizing Methods: Fixed Fractional, ATR, Kelly

A swing trader risks 2% of a $50,000 account on every trade. The rule has held since the first month of the journal. Then the VIX prints 38 on a…

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