
039: Michael Cook discusses position sizing to maximise returns, using the market to determine stop levels and the role of discretion in systematic trading.
Better System Trader
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How Do You Get Ideas for Trading Strategies?
Talking to people is e the biggest one. Just having a chat with someone, i was having a chat just before doing this call, and something popped up. And it might not even be discussing trading, but it might just trigger something in your mind. I think the'l the lot of those examples you mentioned probably can be um coded up or systematized just to an exent, yet a very advanced kind of level. Butk a, so now you you tried quite a few different strategies. How d you come up with ideas for new strategies? Oh, that varies a lot. Ah, nothing very original, i'm afraid. There's a tidal wave of completely dishonest rubbish
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