Does Choosing a Round Number Improve Your Strategy?
By Dave Mabe
Here's a question I see over and over from traders.
It most recently came up during my guest appearance on SMB Capital's Bionic Trader webinar last month.
I was showing a report from the Strategy Cruncher for a short strategy I trade.
The Cruncher detects optimal filter values to apply to your strategy to make it more profitable.
Often, those numbers are quite precise.
This precision bothers some traders.
Here's a video where I explain the issue and why "cleverly" choosing a round number instead of the optimal one makes no sense.
-Dave
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