Basics of MACD

Build Alpha: Basic video explaining and testing Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) on some popular Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) such as: SPY, QQQ, TLT, GLD and mo...

Intraday Edge: Find strategies backwards

A large consideration of developing trading systems should be how efficient our capital is working for us. The quicker we can realize profits, the more trades we can make thus allowing our capital to compound more quickly. Additionally, sitting in positions for long periods increases our risk...

Noise Test Parameter Optimization

In short, this is a new feature that allows us to optimize strategies across noise adjusted data series as opposed to the traditional method of optimization which only optimizes across the single historical price series. The problem we face is the historical data is merely only one possible...

Make Task Investing Easy

Investment in stocks in such a volatile market nowadays has become a cause of concern and how to manage one’s finances. Most of the people ask their fund managers to invest in quality stocks at this point in time. Which is the best asset class to invest in and how to manage your portfolio? Some...

Volatility Filters Into Stock Market Decline

The recent volatility, like all volatility events, has brought some traders a fortune and others pain. The ability to identify volatility regimes is paramount! Correct identification of volatility shifts gives one the ability to adjust size, turn strategies off, enable hedging strategies,...

Build Alpha Update

Build Alpha: In the latest update it is now easier than ever to modify the built-in signals, optimize parameters across noise adjusted data series and other symbols, create rebalance strategies, search for intraday edges and new signals including Gamma Exposure, Dark Pool Index and more. ...

Ideal Investing Tool

Trading and Investing is not an easy job and it is best if you have an expert’s advice or better yet a true quantified edge. To gather expert advice and quantified edge, there is a unique tool on the market which is designed specifically for trading and investing purposes. It will serve the purpose...

Insights of Trading

Trading is not as easy as we think it is, it requires years of experience or proper expert advice. Most of us do not have years we can sacrifice to learn the markets and all that is required to be successful. In that case, it is necessary to find some expert advice or something equivalent to...

Why Are Expert Analysis Tool Vital In Stock Market ?

One should invest in the right manner to get the appropriate return nowadays. A lot of hard work is put in to earn and in achieving your goals, which may not be sufficient for leading a comfortable lifestyle. In order to fulfill your dreams, the investment should be made appropriately to make...

What is need for Trading Software?

Trading is one of the most popular activities in which people are doing these days to earn money, start a new career or even just supplement their income. Some even consider trading and investing a passive source of income – which of course requires some knowledge of the market. For someone who...

Improving Strategies

A crazy cool way to use Build Alpha. I have to admit that I did not come up with this idea, but it was suggested to me by a potential Build Alpha user. He was wondering if Build Alpha could help come up with some rules of when he should avoid trading his existing strategy or even when to fade...

Perks Of Using Trading Software

Stock trading has become a significant market segment. Every third person is dealing with the same trend. This segment of the market serves a great set of the potential to make a lot of money. There are instances where you will observe some of the wealthiest persons in society have made their...

Forward Simulator and Variance Testing

Build Alpha allows users to simulate how a strategy would perform in the next x trades based on varying win percentages. It uses the back test's distribution to simulate future performance. ...

E-Ratio

Edge Ratio or E-Ratio measures how much a trade goes in your favor vs. how much a trade goes against you. The x-axis is the number of bars since the trading signal. A higher y-value signifies more “edge” at that step in time. BuildAlpha: Measurements are normalized for volatility; this allows...