In the previous two issues of the Connors Research Traders Journal, Chris Cain and I made a compelling case why every trader should be doing their trading strategy development and research in Python on Quantopian. There are many advantages for you to program in Python including it’s faster, simpler, open source, and broadly used by… [Read More]
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Learn Python To Develop High Performing Trading Strategies
How Programming in Python Can Improve Your Trading – listen here Spend 45 minutes with Larry Connors where he discusses how backtesting and researching in Python can make you a better trader. Class Outline Week One – You’ll gain the foundation in order to do your backtesting, research and signal generation. This foundation will lay… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 37): How Programming in Python Can Improve Your Trading Results – Part Two
A Message From Larry Connors Over the past 15 years, we’ve made a significant investment both in time and money into Amibroker. As a whole, this has been one of the better investments we’ve ever made. Along the way, many hundreds and likely thousands of our customers followed our lead and moved onto Amibroker, especially… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 36): How Programming in Python Can Improve Your Trading Results – Part One
Dear Connors Research Traders Journal Subscriber: How Programming in Python Can Improve Your Trading Results – Part One Dear Connors Research Traders Journal Subscriber, In February, I sent out the following Connors Research Traders Journal which discusses us moving our research and programming from Amibroker to Python. We also just completed a 5-week program where we taught… [Read More]
The 4 Staples of Interpreting Forex Price Action
If you want to get a true understand of the forex markets, one must overcome the challenges of Price Action. TradingMarket select Contributor Chris Capre provides some simple rules for interpreting price action for building solid trades.
Four Ways To Find Decent Short Candidates
For people looking for short exposure, there are a number of
ways find decent short candidates. Here are a few: Look for
leading stocks forming big-picture topping patterns. (Someone
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You Might Find The Results Of This Scan Of Interest
I ran the
same scan as of June 13, when the Nasdaq and S&P were
trading at similar levels, and only 5 stocks made the
list. The two groups that had the most stocks on the
list by far were Telecom and Internet. What can be learned
from this exercise? First, no matter how good a stock
has done for you, if you believe it has topped out
Two Camps
I think it is fair to say that there
is a fair degree of uncertainty in the market right now, you have one camp
predicting blue skies ahead, while the other
Remain Skeptical And Nimble
The Nasdaq is oversold and due for a bounce. However, this isn’t reason enough for me to get too excited.