Anatomy of a Successful Trend Trade with Excel (Case Study)
A few years ago I made a $1,000 trade in Advance Emissions Solutions (a clean coal company NASDAQ: ADES) for around $5 per share. After two years and 3 long trades, ADES topped out at over $28 per share. The net profit on my long trades was over $16,000 on that...Determining the “Trendiness” of a Market Using Excel
If you are a trend trader your best profits will come by trading markets and securities that have a tendency to move in strong price trends. A key goal then is determining the “expected trend strength” or “trendiness” of a security. You must...Your First Trading Model in Excel
I get this question a lot: “If you were going to design your first trading model in Excel, what system would you start with?” The answer has a lot to do with what you trade and what you consider “trading”. Are you a stock trader or a foreign...Running Your Excel Trading Model in Live Demo Mode
Assuming you’ve built a potentially profitable trading model in Excel, have backtested it thoroughly on multiple time frames, multiple historical periods, and multiple securities, and you are satisfied that it will be profitable over time, the next step is to....
