Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Survey Results - Hybrid Traders

For people who identified themselves as "hybrid" traders - that is, they use a mix of discretionary and mechanical methods, the survey shows the following:

Most hybrid traders lose

Hybrid traders who backtest for longer periods of time have a higher chance of success



2 comments:

  1. A discretionary trader at heart and learning this way on stocks and futures, then trading Forex using system trading for seven years, I have found my greatest success using a hybrid of the two over the last few months.

    I think you must evolve from system trader to hybrid and would not recommend going directly from discretionary to hybrid without first understanding system trading.

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  2. Thanks for the comment Jordan. Unfortunately, too many folks jump into trading, regardless of style. You've presented a good case against that. I appreciate your comment.

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