2/22/2011

Trend Following.2

Entry when the crossover(+) happens between price and trend line. Exit when the crossover(-) happens between price and trend line.

The Long(buy low/sell high) is 40 percent profitable.

2/17/2011

Working on the Trading System - Trend Following.1

Get FIR filter parameters from TFilter.

Get RUT, SPX, NASDAQ historical data.

Design Entry and Exit Method.

Entry:
1. Up Trend Confirmation
2. Crossover between Price and Trend Curve.

Exit:
1. Trail Stop
2. Stop Loss
3. Crossover between Price and Trend Curve.

Calculate Max drawdown and cumulative returns.

Note:
1. Inverting a losing strategy might not make it profitable.

11/21/2010

CAPE Ratio vs Real Return for S&P500

From Robert Shiller's S&P500 data at http://www.irrationalexuberance.com/, the following chart shows the relationship between the cyclically adjusted price/earnings ratio and the annualized real return for the next 10 years (total return).


The trend line for the real return is r = 1.3056 / CAPE^0.076.