Long-form article | Why Can an Effective Trading Strategy Suddenly Stop Working?

Many traders encounter a problem:

A strategy once generated consecutive profits, and its backtest curve looked impressive, but a few months later, the same parameters and the same signals started to lose frequently in live trading.

Is the problem really with the strategy itself?

Not necessarily. A strategy’s effectiveness often depends on the market environment it operates in, rather than how much return it has generated in the past.

At least four dimensions of the market environment deserve attention:

1. Ch

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Will tomorrow bring another bloodbath? Last week’s sell-off is still fresh in everyone’s memory, and traders are already holding their breath ahead of Monday’s open.
Several signals warrant caution:
- AI stocks came under more pressure after Democrats won the election; - debate over an artificial intelligence bubble is heating up worldwide; - reports suggest the U.S. may launch a relatively limited military operation against Iran; - the VIX posted one of its three biggest single-day gains in history last week; - large funds are accelerating their retreat from AI-linked debt assets; - bets on a

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Why does an exchange show a profit, yet the amount you actually take home after deducting all costs is much smaller?

When reviewing their trades, many traders focus only on the difference between the buy and sell prices, while overlooking an important issue:

A profit on paper does not necessarily equal actual net profit.

Especially in the cryptocurrency market, trading frequency, order types, holding periods, and market liquidity can all affect the final result.

To know whether a strategy can actually make money, you need to account for at least the following five types of costs.

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On Tuesday, November 10, at 16:30, the Consumer Price Index for October will be released. The data in question will be decisive for the short-term direction of prices. Therefore, I prefer not to trade before the release and in the minutes when it is released.

The data is out on Tuesday, November 10, at 16:30 Turkey time, 08:30 US time. It is the consumer price index for October. Producer prices are also out in the same week. This is one of the most important pieces of data the central bank will see before its December 8-9 meeting.

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