Show HN: Bateman, a stock trading system I'm working on

Re:Show HN: Bateman, a stock trading system I'm working on by objclxt on Saturday March 23, 2013 @12:29PM (#5428693)

Out of interest, is that better or worse than you were expecting? You don't say when in 2013 you started, but since the start of the year the S&P is up around 6%, the NASDAQ composite is up 4.5%, and the FTSE All Share is up a similar amount.

Assuming you did put the money in in January you would have probably made more profit by simply investing in an index tracker.

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Re:Show HN: Bateman, a stock trading system I'm working on by matt__ring on Saturday March 23, 2013 @01:45PM (#5428969)

True, I'm losing to the market, since January. But 'the market' is unpredictable, unrealized gains on paper. Unless you sell your index tracking positions, you will, in the next couple years, see some nice unrealized losses on paper.

My gains are realized. And fairly predictable.

Also, I only have about $55k in capital. But my rapid buy/sell cycle (not HFT) allows me to keep 'reusing' it.

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Re:Show HN: Bateman, a stock trading system I'm working on by pja on Saturday March 23, 2013 @06:43PM (#5430100)

So you're up 5% on capital employed. Well, if you can sustain that, you'll be doing pretty well!

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