All Episodes
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Interview with Marsten Parker
We talk with Marsten Parker who was highlighted in Jack Schwager's Market Wizard book series and the creator of the RealTest backtesting software.We discuss the proces...
Charting Software Roundup
How many monitors should you have? What chart platform should you use?"A lot of indicators on a chart is a sign of mediocrity." -- DaveSoftware mentioned:Interactive ...
Choosing Backtesting Software
Trade-Ideas OddsMakerAmibroker RealTestQuantConnectMichael's RealTest Coding Helper: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-5AvG9XdDY-realtest-coding-helper
Using Regime Filters in a Strategy
What is a regime filter and is it useful?That's the question we discussed on this episode - Michael and Dave have completely different approaches.Here are links to art...
Removing Bad Trades from a Strategy
A listener asks how he can remove 30% of the trades he's taking in his trading strategy that he knows are hurting his results.Are you interested in Backtesting but don...
Is Limited Time For Trading - A Good Thing?
Many traders come to me with a single complaint - I wish I had more time to devote to my trading.It takes me back to my early days when I had the same thoughts! It wa...
Using News in Your Trading Strategy
Dave and Michael discuss several ways to incorporate news into a technical trading strategy.
How to Use Social Media as a Trader
Dave and Michael discuss the implications of the research from the previous episode. If financial social media is so predictably wrong, how can traders use it?Should t...
Interview with Seyed Kazempour, Author of Finfluencers
In our first interview for the podcast, we talked with Dr. Seyed Kazempour about his paper called Finfluencers. It's a fascinating paper based on research on StockTwit...
Strategy Drift
Dave discusses a turning point in his trading career when he realized his trading system wasn't as systematic as he thought. His discretion had drifted over time, chan...
Prioritizing Your Trading Work
How do you decide what to work on next in your trading? How do you know what's likely to actually improve your results? Dave and Michael discuss a framework for priori...
Keeping Track of Trading Ideas
Dave and Michael discuss their processes for recording trading ideas and the software each of them use.
A Process for Generating Ideas
Dave and Michael discuss their systems for coming up with strategy ideas. Successful traders aren't born with the ability to come up with good ideas. They create a p...
To Paper Trade or Not To Paper Trade...
Michael and Dave discuss the advantages and disadvantages to paper trading a strategy before trading it live.
Advanced Order Types That Matter
Building on last week's episode, Dave and Michael delve into the more advanced order types that can help make trading easier and more automated.
Order Types That Matter
There are dozens of different order types. Which ones do you actually need to care about?
Become Your Own Neutral Observer
This very simple exercise can help you identify dozens of ways to improve your daily trading routine.
Motivation for Becoming More Systematic
Dave shares his experience about when it became crystal clear that getting more systematic was going to pay off in a big way.
Episode 1 | Introductions
Join Dave and Michael as they introduce themselves and explain why they are launching a podcast about systematic trading.