I made a break-through when I shifted my mind-set from digital thinking to analog.
A digital system has two values (i.e. yes or no), while an analog system has a range of values. For example, a computer memory bit can only be off or on, but your oven can be set to a range of temperatures.
Normally, we trade digitally. After we buy a stock, we either hold it or sell it. So, for the trade to make us money, we only have one chance to buy the stock correctly, and then one chance to sell it correctly.
My Stock Trading Riches system is analog. After you initially buy into each stock, fund, or ETF, the constant value rebalancing formula automatically uses feedback to adjust each position (once a year under the basic rules) - buying and selling portions of your holdings. It works like a self-correcting gyro control in a torpedo.
At the portfolio level, the system uses constant ratio rebalancing to add new positions whenever excess cash builds up.
As a result, we are never trying to predict where the market it going. We profit from volatility while having a robust portfolio that can tolerate a few companies going bankrupt. No single company puts the portfolio at risk.
Saturday, 5 November 2011
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