Trading System Articles

 

Benefits of Systems With a High Winning Percentage - By Chuck LeBeau
Although it is not essential for a system to have a high winning percentage in order to make money, there are many advantages for those systems where the frequency of profitable trades exceeds the losers. Here are a few of our observations on this important subject.

 

Long Trades vs. Short Trades - by Chuck LeBeau
I think most experienced futures traders would quickly agree that there are inherent differences between trading long versus trading short. These differences might be well worth considering when developing the logic for a trading system. Listed below are just a few of the many differences that I have observed over many years of trading.

 

Moving Average Crossovers May Not Be The Best Entry Signals - by Chuck LeBeau
There are many ways of using moving averages to trade but by far the most common method is to trade when a short-term moving average crosses over a longer term moving average. For example, if the 10-day MA crosses above the 30-day MA we typically assume that we have a new buy signal.