By Michael Bryant Ph.D. 2010 Abstract / Introduction: One of the biggest trends in retail trading over the past decade has been the increase in the popularity of automated trading. In this type of trading, also known as automated order execution, buy and sell signals generated by a trading system […]
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This tutorial written and reproduced with permission from Peter Ponzo We’re attaching a personal “Utility” to the prospect of receiving $x, namely U(x). For example, we might choose the Utility Function U(x) = SQRT(x) so that we attach to a gain of $10,000 a “Utility” of SQRT(10,000) = 100 and […]
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This tutorial written and reproduced with permission from Peter Ponzo One often attempts to find some optimal strategy by varying certain parameters. Perhaps the problem is to find the optimal allocation of assets between stocks and bonds, given the Mean and Volatility of each asset. Perhaps it’s to decide the […]
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Trading shares is a business like any other and, as with any business, it pays to investigate its financial viability before committing capital. I am often horrified by the conservative thinking that has the average mum and dad committing the family nest egg to a Bricks and Mortar retail business […]
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By Alex Douglas and MMS Singapore Abstract / Introduction: Everybody with exposure to the commentary of technical analysts has come across the name Fibonacci or its common abbreviation, Fibo. We hear of Fibonacci retracements, Fibonacci levels, Fibonacci targets and Fibonacci fans among others. These Fibonacci comments are often supplied with […]
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