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  • PTM1, C3 – Pre trade setup

    Gladvin Lawrence on December 28, 2017

    5.1 – Revisiting the Normal Distribution If you have been a regular reader on Varsity, then chances are you’d have come across the discussion on Normal Distribution in the Options Module. If you&# ..

  • PTM1, C2 – Pair stats

    Gladvin Lawrence on December 13, 2017

    4.1 – Correlation and its types I have to mention this at this point. The pair trading technique we are discussing now is discussed in a book called, ‘Trading Pairs’, by Mark Whistler. I like th ..

  • Pair Trading, Method 1, Chapter 1 (PTM1, C1) -Tracking Pairs

    Gladvin Lawrence on November 24, 2017

    3.1 – Getting you familiar with Jargons Like I had mentioned in the previous chapter, there are two techniques based on which you can pair trade. The first technique that we will discuss starting no ..

  • Pair Trading logic

    Gladvin Lawrence on November 9, 2017

    2.1 – The idea If you have ever been on an interstate highway, then you would have noticed that the highway usually includes the main highway, on which the vehicles zoom by at full speed. On either ..

  • What to expect?

    Gladvin Lawrence on November 1, 2017

    What is a trading system? Such a glorious day to start this module! Here is the headline that rocked the stock markets today – Yesterday i.e 24th Oct 2017, the Finance Minister announced that the Go ..

  • Trading Biases (Part 2)

    Gladvin Lawrence on October 18, 2017

    16.1 – Anchoring Bias I’ve spent close to about 13 years participating in the stock markets. I’ve spent these years in various capacities – as a trader, investor, broker, money manager, analys ..

  • Trading Biases

    Gladvin Lawrence on October 4, 2017

    15.1 – Mind games If you are a part of any WhatsApp group related to stock markets, then chances are that you may have watched this video – If you are in no mood to watch it, then let me give you ..

  • Supplementary note – Rights, OFS, FPO

    Faisal Mohammed on September 22, 2017

    The note discovers the various options available to companies to raise funds before and after getting listed in the secondary markets ..

  • Kelly’s Criterion

    Gladvin Lawrence on September 20, 2017

    14.1 – Percentage Risk Last chapter we looked at three important position sizing techniques, all of them were unique in their own merit. The three techniques were – Unit per fixed amount Percentag ..

  • Position Sizing for active traders (Part 3)

    Gladvin Lawrence on September 1, 2017

    13.1 – Choose your path We addressed a very crucial concept in the previous chapter. We looked at how one can determine equity based on 3 different models. Each of these three models on its own meri ..