Trading Strategies
Writing a testable trading plan, testing it honestly, and journaling in a way that measures process rather than luck.
Part of the course
Building a Trading Plan
How to turn vague intentions into a written, testable plan — and how to test it honestly before it costs you anything.
Anatomy of a Trading Plan
A trading plan is a written document specific enough that two people reading it would take the same trades. Anything vaguer is a preference, and preferences change under pressure.
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Backtesting and Forward Testing
A backtest tells you how a rule would have performed on data you have already seen. That is a much weaker claim than it feels like, and the gap between the two is where most strategies quietly die.
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Journaling and Metrics
A journal built around profit and loss teaches you to chase outcomes. A journal built around process adherence and a handful of stable metrics teaches you what you are actually doing.
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Entry and Exit Rules That Can Be Followed
A rule tells you what to do before you know what happens; an intention tells you what you would like to have done. A rule is testable only if it is unambiguous, observable at the moment of decision, and capable of not firing.
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Position Management and Scaling
Adding, reducing, trailing and partial exits are not neutral adjustments — each one changes your expectancy and your risk in a specific direction. A trade with the stop at break-even is not risk-free; it has simply changed which risks it carries.
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Strategy Types: A Neutral Overview
Trend following, mean reversion, breakout and carry are four structurally different bets about how markets behave. None of them is inherently more profitable than the others — each has a characteristic cost, a characteristic failure, and a temperament it demands.
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