Research

Sometime back I talked about using market corrections and down turn to do research. A reader has asked me about what kind of research, I will list some of the things I am working on. But before that , it may not be a bad idea to lock in profits on your positions in to strength.

• New version of Double Trouble, which gives very few daily signals and tracks only handful of stocks.
  
• A modified entry and exit strategy for EPS 70 plus based on some of the examples from Mark Minervini site. See under Past Trades and Portfolio Holdings.
  
• A new addition to Episodic Pivot based on number of breakouts in past 65 days.
• A counter trend entry and exit strategy. I have been working on this for sometime and will be testing it.
• A couple of value based strategies based on a new book I read recently.
• Couple of short term swing trading systems, which are at various stages of development.

I keep researching things regularly, but unless a new idea substantially outperforms existing strategy , I seldom implement them. Over the years, I have researched most commercially available newsletters, methods, black boxes and some very esoteric ideas which are not in public domain. In my research files I have over 1700 different ideas which I have tested at various time. Most ideas are variation of few basic themes. Many times revisiting a idea after many days gives you a fresh perspective. Market corrections offer good time to focus on such things.