At our firm, traders can be discretionary traders, automated traders or hybrid traders. Discretionary traders push the buttons and make their own decisions. Automated traders develop and idea, backtest, forward test, and then let computers run the strategy. Hybrid traders do a little of both and use technology to inform better discretionary trading. Often we hear in the Financial News … Read More
30 trading habits in 30 days- backtesting
Welcome back to our new series 30 trading habits in 30 days. I was at the Pig ‘N’ Whistle on 3rd for lunch yesterday with 3 trading/investing thought leaders at Baruch College. These young student traders asked: are markets going to be run exclusively by automated traders? I answered, “No. But a discretionary trading firm like ours has been doing much … Read More