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Tutorial Step - The Trading Process

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Summary: The first dimension we should define is what type of strategy the hypothesis is aimed at.
A simple rule-of-thumb is determining if it is a scalping, day-trading, swing trading, or position trading strategy.
This definition provides a notion of the expected holding period, that is, the average time range expected for each position to be open.
The value of such a definition is that it provides a guideline as to what time frames to analyze to determine the existence of trends.
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Defining a Trading Idea — TOC

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1. Defining a Trading Idea Tutorial

2. Tutorial - Defining a Trading Idea

3. Tutorial Step - Before we start...

4. Tutorial Step - Ready to Mine..?

5. Tutorial Step - Let's Mine Some Data..!

6. Tutorial Step - Why Test Trading Ideas..?

7. Tutorial Step - The Trading Process

8. Tutorial Step - The Appropriate Context

9. Tutorial Step - The Entry Rules

10. Tutorial Step - The Prediction

11. Tutorial Step - The Testing Mechanism

12. Tutorial Step - Let's Go On a Field Trip!

13. Tutorial Step - Are We Up to Date..?

14. Tutorial Step - BB On the Charts!

15. Tutorial Step - Bollinger Bands Rules

16. Tutorial Step - Can You Think of Any Ideas?

17. Tutorial Step - Breakdown of the BBs

18. Tutorial Step - What Else is Going On?

19. Tutorial Step - Let's Zoom Out!

20. Tutorial Step - The Big Picture!

21. Tutorial Step - What Do We Make of This?

22. Tutorial Step - Look to Your Left!

23. Tutorial Step - Wouldn't It Be Nice?

24. Tutorial Step - March 7th to March 12th

25. Tutorial Step - We've got Two Hypotheses!

26. Tutorial Step - What Is Missing?

27. Tutorial Step - Let's Define the First Two!

28. Tutorial Step - Entry Rules

29. Tutorial Step - Predictions and Testing

30. Tutorial Step - Et Voilà..!

31. Tutorial Step - Ready For The Next One..?