Worden Users on the Pareto Principle, Position Sizing and the Kelly Criterion

What a coincidence (do coincidences actually exist???) that just as I’ve been thinking more about money management Worden has had a run of users writing in about money management. Here are some of those letters which were published in the Worden Report (emphasis & links added by yours truly):

My Path to 100 R in Profits from Day Trading

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about money management and compounding of late. The other day I realized that I’d accumulated over 100 R of profits since I began day trading. (1 R = my initial dollar risk on any given trade.) More specifically it’s 100 R from when I started my current trading [...]

Trades of the Week (February 1 – 3, 2006)

Here are some of the more interesting trades I took this week. It was one of my better weeks as far as winning percentage (67% — 8 winners out of 12 trades) and expectancy (0.88). Maybe I should only trade 3 days per week every week. Hmm… I went long in WITS on Wednesday morning. [...]

Thoughts on Day Trading

2011 Update: You may also be interested in my article, Tools of the Trade, detailing how I trade as well as my hardware and software setup. 2010 Update – I (Mike) now trade exclusively with MB Trading. I suggest using stock brokers comparison site StockBrokers.com to compare the best day trading brokers. I’ve been exclusively [...]

Surviving Speculation

Here’s an article by Adam Hamilton about how to speculate successfully. It covers what should be familiar topics — money management, position sizing, trailing stops and expecting the unexpected. Here’s a snippet: This week I would like to discuss tactics that speculators can use to survive and thrive in a limitless environment. The markets could [...]