Think like a scientist, Trade like a robot

Description

Most trading systems don’t fail because the rules were wrong. They fail because the trader stopped following them.

This book treats your trading like a scientist treats a hypothesis. You write the rules down, test them against real data, and only trust what the evidence supports. Then you follow those rules like a robot: through boredom, through drawdowns, and through the days your gut tells you to do something else.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Turn a trading idea into clear, written rules you can actually test
• Judge a backtest honestly, including how much a small sample can really tell you
• Follow your system through a losing streak without abandoning it at the worst moment
• Tell the difference between a normal drawdown and a system that has stopped working
• Retire a system on your own terms, using rules you set in advance

Built to be used, not just read. Every figure is labelled, so you know whether it’s an example, a model, a historical test, or something to check for yourself. The templates, forms and code from the book are free to download with the code printed inside.

Who it’s for: day traders in US stocks and futures who want a disciplined, evidence-based process. You don’t need to know how to code.

What it won’t do: promise you profits. It shows you how to build a process you can trust, and how to tell when the evidence says otherwise.

“Thirty-eight trades over five years are still thirty-eight trades.”