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I don’t mean having a backup phone number for the trade desk (which you definitely should have handy, by the way). I mean having multiple accounts at multiple brokers, ideally having different clearing firms. Brokers do fail from time to time (I was a victim of Refco’s bankruptcy and of PFG Best’s corrupt owner), and by having multiple accounts, you can still trade even if one broker goes down. Since I trade multiple strategies, it also makes bookkeeping a bit easier, since many times I’ll dedicate one strategy to one specific account.
With guessing, you are likely to be looking the wrong way when the sun rises tomorrow morning. In evaluating trading systems and their performance report and equity curves, it w the results were obtained. There are four main ways is important to distinguish how to produce results: ■ Historical Back Testing TESTING AND EVALUATING A TRADING SYSTEM 48 Historical back testing is the most common method of testing. It is also the easiest to perform, and the easiest to abuse and misuse. The developer simply enters the start date and the end date (usually today’s date), includes any parameters to optimize, and then lets the strategy engine do all the calculations.
What I Did Right I had enough confidence to think I could succeed at full‐time trading. MAKING THE LEAP—TRANSITIONING TO FULL TIME 34 What I Did Wrong I probably had too much confidence when I began trading for a living. After all, winning a trading contest is nice, but did it really mean I could trade full time? Now, I of course realize this. Back then, I equated contest success with full‐time success. That was a dangerous way of thinking. ■ Capital I’m sure you’ve heard the stories of people who started with $1,000 and parlayed that into a lucrative full‐time trading career.