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Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footerDecoding MarketsAccess All AreasCoursesFree BookResourcesBest BooksBlogAboutFree ClassTop PostsApril 29, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment Do Sell-Side Analysts Know Better?Stock research reports play a significant role in many investors’ stock selection process. Some use them to get trading ideas, while others, including professional asset managers, include or exclude stocks according to buy/hold/sell ratings. Professional equity research is useful because you can only analyze so many stocks yourself. Condensed information in the form of equity […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, stocks, strategiesApril 19, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment Using Fundamental Data To Improve Momentum Investing StrategiesIf you are reading this blog you most likely already know about momentum investing strategies. In a nutshell, momentum traders buys past winners, often of the past 12 months, in the hope that these stocks continue to go up. There are several explanations to why momentum investing works. One is that investors buy past winners because […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: Momentum, stocks, trading systemsMarch 28, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment 5 Economic Indicators That Matter To InvestorsRecently, I grabbed a book from my library that had been standing there for the past 10 years. It’s called Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter. It’s one of the few books that describe concrete trading strategies that are still relevant. It’s also a great read to brush up on knowledge about economic […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, stocksMarch 16, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment How To Make Money In REITsREIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. That’s a company that owns or operates income-generating real estate. REITs are exchange traded, so they can be bought and sold like other financial instruments such as stocks. An investor in a REIT can expect a regular dividend and exposure to the real estate market. In comparison to other […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, reits, stocksFebruary 28, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment Follow The Leader To Make Money In StocksThere’s a reason that international traders, whether they’re in Tokyo, Singapore, or London, follow the US markets. The US is the hub of global finance. It’s on Wall Street where everything is happening. Watching the reaction of European markets to the opening of US markets demonstrates this. When the US market bell rings, there’s a […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: investing, stocks, strategiesFebruary 14, 2022 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment Can You Make Money From Short Seller Reports?We collected 70 short-selling reports (since 2015) by two well-known short-sellers, Hindenburg Research and Muddy Waters Research. As our analysis shows, roughly 67 percent of the short recommendations actually traded lower a year later, and the short bets can make you money. What Is Short Selling? Going short a stock is selling it now, without really owning it, […]Filed Under: Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsJanuary 24, 2022 By Joe Marwood 12 Comments Should You Invest During An International Crisis?In the 18th-century, Baron Rothschild allegedly said “buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”. Most investors understand the idea of buying low and selling high, yet in reality, most do the opposite. How many bought the lows of the financial crisis 2008/09, at the time when Lehman Brothers […]Filed Under: Investing, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: etfs, investing, strategiesJanuary 10, 2022 By Joe Marwood 4 Comments How To Copy The Best Hedge FundsRecently we evaluated the reported holdings of institutional investors using data from Sharadar. (As a reminder, institutional investors in control of over $100 million are required to report their holdings to the SEC every quarter. This information is made public normally 45 days later in what are called 13F filings). Simple trading strategies that buy the most […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsDecember 19, 2021 By Decoding Markets 4 Comments Should You Follow Institutional Investors?Previously, we looked at retail trading data and found that negative retail sentiment was a better buy signal than postive retail sentiment. If it is profitable to do the opposite of what retail traders are doing, an obvious next step is to look into institutional investor holdings. Institutional investors are obliged to report their holdings on […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsNovember 23, 2021 By Decoding Markets 5 Comments How To Make Money Fading Retail TradersThe past couple of years has seen a surge in retail trading which is affecting the market in a real way. People were stuck at home because of the pandemic. Add stimulus checks and volatility and you have the perfect ingredients for an increase in retail trading. Data from Bloomberg Intelligence backs up this theory. […]Filed Under: How to, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsNovember 10, 2021 By Decoding Markets 8 Comments Can You Make Money Buying Just Before Earnings?Did you know that in 2020, 63% of quarterly earnings releases beat their estimates? That’s slightly higher than the 20 year average of 58%. Even in turbulent years like 2008, earnings surprises still tended to be positive on average. Everyone knows the game. An analysts job is to deliver accurate estimates. Meanwhile, the CFOs of […]Filed Under: Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsOctober 21, 2021 By Decoding Markets 13 Comments Do The Best Places to Work Make the Best Investments?I first published this article in 2015. I wanted to know whether the best companies to work for end up being good companies to invest in. It’s been six years so it’s time to update the data and see what it tells us. Initial Hypothesis My hypothesis is that companies that are voted great places […]Filed Under: Investing, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Top Posts Tagged With: investing, stocks, strategiesOctober 9, 2021 By Decoding Markets 4 Comments What Is The Best Crypto Investment Strategy?There are a number of different ways to trade cryptocurrencies. You can invest for the long term (aka hodl), you can day trade, or you can build your own quantitative crypto investment strategy. My preference has always been to trade strategies that are backed by data and show a positive edge in historical simulations. However, […]Filed Under: Strategies/ Systems, Top Posts, Trend Following Tagged With: crypto, trading systemsSeptember 27, 2021 By Decoding Markets Leave a Comment How To Deal With Repainting IndicatorsRepainting indicators can be very harmful if not used correctly. They are especially dangerous to systematic traders because a repainting indicator typically produces backtest results that are too good to be true. Repainting indicators are particularly pernicious when dealing with complicated formulas and strategies. This is because it can be hard to tell whether an […]Filed Under: Stocks, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsSeptember 13, 2021 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments Are We in a Stock Market Bubble? 5 Key ChartsAs humans, we have an amazing ability to suspend disbelief. Imagine how many personal mistakes could be avoided if we took a step back and asked, “What is really happening here?” Right now, there’s a strong case to be made that the stock market is in bubble territory. Everyone knows it, but many choose to bury […]Filed Under: Investing, Opinion, Stocks Tagged With: investing, stocksAugust 30, 2021 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment 3 Simple Ways To Improve Your Trading StrategyThe worst traders are those that have no system. A trader I knew would make $40K in a month, then give it all back the next month. He was one hell of a trader but he had no method. He would have transformed his fortunes if he had simply stopped trading when his equity was […]Filed Under: Lists, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: stocks, trading systemsNext Page »Primary SidebarDecoding MarketsWe build trading strategies that give you more profit with less stress.PopularZero To Hero: 5 Steps For Financial Trading SuccessThe System Traders Feedback Loop – Don’t Get Stuck In The Back-Testing Spiral5 Things You Learn From Backtesting Trading StrategiesEasy Amibroker Tutorial – Learn Amibroker In Under An HourHow To Build A Mean Reversion Trading Strategy Ultimate GuideTrend Following With ETFs and Large Cap StocksFinancial DisclaimerFinancial trading is risky and short-term trading is hard. You can lose money. Joe Marwood is not a registered investment advisor and nothing on this site is to be regarded as personalized investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Data errors and mistakes do occur. 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