Genetic Algorithms For Trading Strategies

November 2, 2010

WHAT ARE GENETIC ALGORITHMS? A genetic algorithm solves a problem using a process similar to biological evolution. It works by the recombination and mutation of gene sequences. Recombination and mutation are genetic operators; i.e., they manipulate genes. A gene is a string of codes (the genotype) that is decoded to yield a functional organism with [...]

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Real Assets Versus Financial Assets

November 2, 2010

The material wealth of a society is determined ultimately by the productive capacity of its economy—the goods and services that can be provided to its members. This productive capacity is a function of the real assets of the economy: the land, buildings, knowledge, and machines that are used to produce goods and the workers whose [...]

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Neural Network Trading

November 1, 2010

Neural networks had their heyday in the late 1980 and early 1990s. Then the honeymoon ended. What happened? Basically, disillusionment set in among traders who believed that this new technology could, with little or no effort on the trader’s part, magically provide the needed edge. System developers would “train” their nets on raw or mildly [...]

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