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As always, we have been busy backtesting new and potentially profitable trading strategies and trading indicators over the last week.
Below is a summary of what we did:
52-week high strategy
The number of stocks setting a new 52-week high is often used as an indicator. Does it work?
TRIN Arms Index strategy
The Arms index or short-term trading index (TRIN) is a market sentiment indicator that helps gauge the internal strength or weakness of a market.
Expiry trading strategies
The options expiration week is the third week of the month. When options expire, volatility picks up. Is this a good week to trade?
Below is an equity curve of a strategy that only trades during the options expiration week (XLV):
Gold silver chart ratio strategy
The gold-silver chart ratio strategy is a technique for trading the two precious metals (silver and gold) using the relationship between their prices.
Engulfing trading strategy
Candlestick patterns are popular and perhaps for a good reason. Not only are they visually easy to digest, but some of the patterns are also very useful.
Below is a strategy we published in our article about the engulfing trading strategy:
We also use the opportunity to remind you of the pretty extensive candlestick research we did during the summer: we defined and backtested all 75 candlestick patterns that exist:
Why trading strategies stop working
Most trading strategies stop working at some point or at least become less profitable.
Why is that?
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