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Stock trading: Is Short Interest Ratio (days to cover) no longer a useful indicator for short selling?

My answer to Stock trading: Is Short Interest Ratio (days to cover) no longer a useful indicator for short selling? Answer by Laurent Bernut: This ratio gives the illusion of usefulness. There are two variables here: volume and utilization. Volume tends to dry up in down markets but picks up in climaxes. So, number can […]

Convex position sizing algorithm: something your brain can trade through euphoria and depression

Introduction There are two position sizes: too little or too much. Too little when it is working and too much when it is not. Of course, our inner idiot compels us to take too little risk when we should be bold and vice versa when we should be prudent. Position sizing is this critical juncture […]

In investments, does more risk really equal more return, in the long haul?

Answer by Laurent Bernut: This morning Palermo time, Andrew Swanscott from Better System Trader podcast interviewed me. The above question came up. The answer is Yes and it is No, the real question is when. Best analogy is driving, will driving faster get You to destination: Yes when on the highway but No when in […]

Better System Trader 2nd Interview:

  Andrew Swanscott has one of the best podcasts on trading out there. He has brilliantly interviewed world trading champions, legends such as Van Tharp, Larry Williams, Jerry Parker, Perry Kaufman etc. In each episode, there is a nugget of wisdom. One word of caution though: Better System Trader is more addictive than chocolate. It was an honour to be interviewed on […]

@Quora: In trading, how can I stop getting emotional?

Answer by Laurent Bernut: @Quora: In trading, how can I stop getting emotional? Excellent answer from @Nate Anderson. Viktor Frankl (Man’s search for a meaning) survived both Auschwitz and Dachau. One of his most profound lessons was that: “between stimulus and response, there is a space called freedom”. You cannot control what is happening to You, […]