They are used by the firms to think up and help carry out complex trading strategies.

Test the trading strategy across many markets and time frames.

But recently more investors have used short positions as just one part of their overall trading strategy.

Depending on one's trading strategy, it may range from several to hundreds of orders a day.

At the end, all of the recorded results are used to assess the trading strategy.

For the most part, the trading strategy has been a success.

Some said that for the time being they have had to adjust their trading strategies to compensate.

A statistical evaluation of a trading strategy has two main goals.

Rick documented his successful trading strategies and went to work for a stock market education company.

One application of the process is a trading strategy known as pairs trade.