I started creating trading systems in the “good old days”, before personal computers were common. The first Apple computer was sold as a kit in 1976, and the IBM PC was introduced in 1981. In those days if you wanted to test a trading idea, or even calculate a simple moving average, you had to […]
In the early 1980’s I subscribed to a number of stock market newsletters. My favorite was Investors Intelligence, and to their credit they are still in business. I loved receiving their letter. It contained a summary of other newsletters and introduced me to the concept of sentiment and “point and figure” charting. If you have […]
First, let me define “micro-trading”. This is a term I use to describe trading bar intervals shorter than one day in length. For example. one could format symbol settings to intra-day then in the minutes category any number less than 390. Why 390? Because, there are 390 minutes in a normal trading day. A common […]
Let’s go back to October 27 (2008). On that day the SPY closed at 83.95. Today, it closed at 83.66. Net change in three and a half months has been -.3%. The range, from high to low, over that period of time has been 25.81 points, or 30.9% based on today’s close. So, we have […]
The year was 1983. I had been trading stocks for about three years, and had co-traded several futures accounts for clients during the previous year (see my previous post “Other People’s Money”). I have also mentiioned here that I had a background in forecasting – weather forecasting to be specific. I have always been very […]
What is StrategyTrading1? My name is Tom Loffman and I have been actively trading the financial markets for almost 30 years. I have traded just about everything including stocks, ETFs, options, futures and futures options. I have been writing trading formulas (code) to help me make my trading decisions for most of my trading life. […]
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