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Portfolio Management Software for The Chartist

Portfolio management software – Share Trade Tracker Share Trade Tracker is only available to paid members of The Chartist (not available with the free trial). It is no longer sold as a standalone product. You can join The Chartist here or members can request access to Share Trade Tracker here (you must use the email […]

How To Build A Systematic Relative Momentum Strategy

I’m going to talk about how to build a Systematic Relative Momentum Strategy. Just to introduce myself, because a lot of you probably don’t know who I am. About me As you can tell by my accent, I am an Australian and I started trading in 1985, so just finished my 34th year of trading. […]

Trading with Seasonality

Trading with Seasonality In the prior article we discussed the concept of seasonality. I’m now going to expand on that to show how it can be used in the real world using a systematic approach. The following chart shows the seasonal tendencies of the XAO over 25-year and 10-year time frames. Whilst there are several […]

Webinar: ‘Where Nick Radge Is Putting His Money in 2020’

So you want to know where Nick Radge is putting his money in 2020? This Webinar was recorded for members of The Chartist. If you’d like first access to information like this, join The Chartist today. GET TRADING RESULTS FASTER When you join The Chartist, you will get direct access to me, Nick Radge, […]

Investment Case Study: Building On The Weakest Link

Travis W. lives in Louisville Kentucky. He’s a busy Dad of two young boys with a demanding job as a domestic pilot for UPS. About 4-years ago he read Meb Faber’s paper on the Ivy Portfolio which led him down the path of momentum investing. Over the next few years Travis invested several hundred hours […]

Buy Strong or Buy Weak?

We’ve previously investigated buying weak vs buying strong stocks on an annual basis, specifically buying the strongest (weakest) for the year, holding for the following year, then repeating. What we found is a lot can go wrong with an already struggling company in the space of a year. And not many people can sit back […]

200-Day Moving Average Magic

Last week the S&P 500 dipped to its 200-day moving average before turning higher. The 200-day moving average is a popular technical indicator, especially for US investors. One of the key reasons for its popularity, and why it’s been in the headlines after last week’s plunge, is because it provides a very good precursor to […]

Taking An Active Interest in Investing – Part 3

The last few articles we’ve been discussing a simple strategy that provided highly encouraging performance on both the US and Australian index ETFs. For 90% of investors who take an interest in their own investments (probably 30% of the population) then these K.I.S.S. strategies are ideal. But they’re not for me. Let me explain. It’s […]

3 Trading Hacks for Comfortable and Successful Trading

We all want a good, quick trading hack to improve our profitability, right? Trading is a tough gig at the best of times because there are so many unknowns. What will the market do? What type of strategy should I trade? How much of my money is at risk? One thing we’ve learned in over […]

A Timeless Strategy To Bulk Up Profits – Part 1

Let’s look at a timeless strategy to bulk up profits. Deciding how many shares to buy is, for some traders, a figure randomly plucked out of the air. Which is odd. You see, the number of shares you buy is directly related to your risk. If you don’t risk much, you won’t make much. If […]