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Acceleration Bands Strategy
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Backtest of the Week: Friday 13th
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. Is that an unlucky day for the stock market? We backtested it:
Today is Thursday;
Tomorrow is Friday 13th;
Then buy Thursday’s close.
Sell on close Friday 13th.
For the S&P 500 (SPY), from 1993 to today, we have seen 54 Friday the 13ths. The average gain is 0.3%, which is much better than any random day. However, the returns are pretty erratic.
George Washington Day/President’s Day Holiday Effect in Trading
16th of February is a non-trading day. We backtested how the S&P 500 performs around this day:
President’s Day Week Seasonality
Retail Sales Indicating A Recession?
A Bounce In Tech and Communications?
Enough Bulls?
Does Bitcoin Exhibit Intraday Trends?
🧠 Quote of the Week
You can't outperform your attitude.
What you believe about the work shows up in how you do the work, and how you do the work determines your results.
Fix the attitude first. Everything else follows.
-Shane Parrish
Have a great rest of your week!
Oddmund & Håkan
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