Everyone wants a trading strategy that allows you to make 1 trade per day but still can beat the market. Here is an example of how that could be made.
The Strategy: Gap & Go for Biotech Stocks
I decided not to reinvent the wheel and just took the highly popularized Gap & Go strategy. The “Gap & Go” is looking for stocks gap up from the previous day's close price with the goal to follow an uptrend. I’m using biotech stocks as they tend to have higher volatility compared to other industries.
Profit $5,801.4 | Wins 48 | Losses 49
Looks pretty decent but I think that’s just the beginning as I’m going to improve it even further by maybe looking at overall market conditions like $SPY behavior or news.
Disclaimer: Not investment/trading advice. All calculations are made with Breaking Equity
The Strategy: Gap & Go for Biotech Stocks
I decided not to reinvent the wheel and just took the highly popularized Gap & Go strategy. The “Gap & Go” is looking for stocks gap up from the previous day's close price with the goal to follow an uptrend. I’m using biotech stocks as they tend to have higher volatility compared to other industries.
An example of the ideal setup the strategy is looking for
Screening Criteria- Biotech Equities (I’m using iShares Biotechnology ETF $IBB as a list)
- Up in the morning 3% or more
- Are above pre-market high and yesterday’s high
- Stock price is above EMA 9
- Stock is going up and EMA 9 is going
- Price crosses below EMA 9 and stays there for 3 bars
- End of the same day
- Trailing stop loss of 1.0%
- $10,000 trading capital
- Do not trade early close days
- Only one trade per day
- If no equities meet the screening or entry criteria, do not trade
Profit $5,801.4 | Wins 48 | Losses 49
Looks pretty decent but I think that’s just the beginning as I’m going to improve it even further by maybe looking at overall market conditions like $SPY behavior or news.
Results over a year
Share what you think. How would you improve it?Disclaimer: Not investment/trading advice. All calculations are made with Breaking Equity