Developing Profitable Trading Strategies: A Beginner’s Guide to Backtesting using Microsoft Excel
Business & Finance, Personal Finance, Investing, Finance & Investing, Investments & Securities
| Author: | Patrick Grattan | ISBN: | 9781370349838 |
| Publisher: | Patrick Grattan | Publication: | August 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Patrick Grattan |
| ISBN: | 9781370349838 |
| Publisher: | Patrick Grattan |
| Publication: | August 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Have you ever had an investment idea or heard of someone else’s advertised trading strategy and wondered if it would really work? Do you know which technical indicators are effective and which are worthless? Do you know how long to trade an underperforming strategy before bailing out?
This beginner’s guide will answer these questions and more. In it, you will learn how to set-up, develop, optimize and trade stock market strategies. You’ll also learn:
How to backtest an investment idea
How to judge a strategy’s performance for robustness
How to optimize buy/sell rules
How to predict future returns
How to execute a strategy in real time
How long you should commit to a trading system
No matter what your level of expertise, you’ll benefit from the included pre-programmed Excel spreadsheets which automate all of the work involved. No programming skills required!
Don’t rely on the promises and guarantees of others; prove to yourself a strategy is effective before you ever risk a penny of your hard earned money.
Have you ever had an investment idea or heard of someone else’s advertised trading strategy and wondered if it would really work? Do you know which technical indicators are effective and which are worthless? Do you know how long to trade an underperforming strategy before bailing out?
This beginner’s guide will answer these questions and more. In it, you will learn how to set-up, develop, optimize and trade stock market strategies. You’ll also learn:
How to backtest an investment idea
How to judge a strategy’s performance for robustness
How to optimize buy/sell rules
How to predict future returns
How to execute a strategy in real time
How long you should commit to a trading system
No matter what your level of expertise, you’ll benefit from the included pre-programmed Excel spreadsheets which automate all of the work involved. No programming skills required!
Don’t rely on the promises and guarantees of others; prove to yourself a strategy is effective before you ever risk a penny of your hard earned money.
