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by Art Collins (Author)
Beating the Financial Futures Market: the 2021 Almanac is the third addendum to my original 2006 full-length book. It has the most per-page number of systems of the three, and that's saying a lot considering how hard I knocked myself out for the other versions. As with most of us, I did have an increased percentage of stay-at-home-time in 2020, which may in part explain the generous output. My general teaching M.O. is that what I see, I share. And over the last year, I saw a lot. Some of the 2021 Almanac's systems hold trades three or four days. Others are quick in-an-out 10-minute sprints. Some key off classic indicators like RSI or Dojis. Others are built from the ground up. There are signals you can set for a single next-day trade right after today's close. Others might get you in several trades within a session. There's an especial emphasis on day trading; what I trade in my personal account these days. I'm enjoying my daily clean slate with none of the nasty overnight surprises I once endured. All three almanacs, (2017, 2020 and 2021) are almost entirely stand-alone information not found in the counterparts, nor in the original 2006 book. That's my little "you can't go wrong buying them all" spiel. But obviously, the 2021 version is going to have the most up-to-date market appraisal. In addition to systems, near-systems, biases and raw stats, there are essays that figure to be timeless. They're derived from years of interviews with standout trader/advisors plus 35 years of my own jagged trading experience. While systems may drift in and out of favor over the long haul, some adages will remain eternal. The markets are largely a hodgepodge of emotion, after all, and human impulses don't change much over history. There's a quote I freely borrow from Bob Pardo that perfectly encapsulates the back-tested trading strategy. "If you could demonstrate whether something would work out or not, why wouldn't you want to know?" Seems like a no-brainer to me. I'd be honored to help you find some answers.
