Posts Tagged ‘ system trading ’
The opening range breakout (ORB) is one of the best known trading methods around. There are many different variations but the main point always stays the same; define an offset from the opening range and use it to identify the daily trend. You buy at a given level above market open and sell at a given level below. Read more
Tags breakout strategy - ninjatrader - open range breakout - orb - system trading - trading strategy - webinar
We recently hosted a Webinar on how market sentiment can be used to reduce investment risk. A recording of the webinar is now available for a limited time. Don’t miss this opportunity to see SentiTrade in action! Read more
Tags advanced trade management - risk management - risk on risk off - system trading - webinar
Parallel to the market recovery, investor optimism has been become increasingly bullish the past few months. Of course, there is always a place for “positive thinking”, however, one shouldn’t lose track of reality: We’ve recently seen improving numbers from the US economy, worrying signs from China, a “worse than expected” situation in Europe and “unexpected troubles” in the mid-East that contribute to rising energy costs. Read more
Tags algo trading - market nervousness - market trend - positive thinking - sentiment volatility - system trading - worse than expected
It is one thing to get in to a futures trade, i.e. knowing under which conditions to take a position. Knowing when to exit is just as important. By pre-defining your exit according to specific profit targets and stop loss settings, you may significantly lower the stress level while enhancing your portfolio performance…
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Tags advanced trade management - algorithmic trading - ATM - ninjatrader - robo trading - system trading - trading strategy
In our previous post we discussed a trading strategy that anticipates a take profit scenario on Friday afternoons. This week we present a strategy that will help you position yourselves ahead of the Dow open. By using SentiTrade’s market psychology data, we calculate the statistical probability of a U.S. market up or down opening. Read more
Tags bull bear indicator - dominant trends - Investment choices - investment strategy - market trends - pattern recognition - system trading - trading strategy
We are now entering unchartered market psychology territory. SentiTrade’s 38 moving average line has crossed the 200 average, signifying a predominately bullish market sentiment. At the same time we note increasingly high levels in SentiTrade’s sentiment volatility index (V-SQ). It is now well above the 85% level, and is normally a clear sign of Read more
Tags behavioral finance application - bull bear psychology - corrective waves - crowd psychology - dominant trends - market sentiment - psychology trends - sentiment volatility - system trading
Now that the politicians have decided that Greece is beyond saving, focus is quickly moving onto the next challenge, Italy. Yesterday, the country staged another bond auction, the treasury sold €3.9 billion for a yield of 5.6%, up 0,7% from the July 14th auction. More concerning than the rate increase however, was that the demand was notably down. As a result, the benchmark rate rose to 5,75%, approaching the levels from early August, when the ECB stepped in. Read more
Tags asset allocation - bull bear psychology - derivatives trading - excessive investor pessimism - italian bonds - market psychology - risk on risk off - sentiment momentum - system trading - trading strategy
We are proud to announce a partnership with NinjaTrader, an award winning trading platform for traders worldwide. This video features a quick introduction on SentiTrade and how NinjaTraders may use it for automated trading strategies.
Tags behavioral finance indicator - bull bear indicator - bull bear psychology - crowd psychology - investor psychology - market prediction - market psychology - market reversal - ninjatrader - pattern recognition - system trading
That Mr. Wouldhave and Mrs. Couldhave are the most successful investors of all times, is hardly breaking news. That the 20 day SentiTrade average anticipated the current market downfall is however, breaking news.
The method behind SentiTrade’s market sentiment indicator, is simply to calculate the ratio between positive and negative news items. Our fully automated computational software takes care of the hard part, namely reading and assessing whether the news is bullish or bearish. Read more
Tags asset allocation - behavioral finance - bull bear psychology - investor psychology - market sentiment - sentiment trigger point - sentiment volatility - system trading
Since last week the DAX lost about 700 points, same with the DJIA. Could SentiTrade predict that this was about to happen? Our commentary over the last weeks gave plenty of clues and we’re pleased to note that our fully automated momentum strategies followed through. They apply a combination of the concept previously discussed, namely high/low marks from the SentiTrade indicator (trigger points) and momentum calculations of how quickly the sentiment is changing. Read more
Tags dax certificates - dax futures - derivatives trading - market prediction - market reversal - market sentiment - sentiment trigger point - sentiment volatility - system trading
