Ask HN: How to Monetize a Trading Strategy?

2 pointsjjoe1y ago6 comments

Hello HN

While studying price charts, I stumbled upon a high-probability trading strategy. My back testing has shown very good results. I haven't found anything like it online. While I'm not ready to share this strategy here yet, I have a few questions.

How would you go about sharing this strategy but at the same time monetizing it? Besides a book and maybe an online course, is there anything I can do to make a passive income out of this?

Thank you

6 comments

dave44201y ago

Why not just trade using it?

jjoeOP1y ago

I'm burnt out on this front. Maybe I'll try again some day

christophilus1y ago

If it works, automate it and let it make money trading on your behalf. That’s kind of the definition of passive income.

If the thought of that burns it out, go 50/50 with a developer who can automate it for you.

xmas20251y ago

If the efficient market hypothesis is roughly correct, then publishing your secret idea immediately drops its value to roughly zero because everyone will adopt it.

If your strategy produces future gains above its risk-adjusted benchmark (i.e., real trading, not back-testing), then use the strategy and keep quiet. If you want others to benefit too, then just give away your gains to charity.

jjoeOP1y ago

There's an inherent ubiquitous nature to the strategy. Kinda like the golden ratio or the elliott wave theory. They've been published and are ubiquitous but they still occur in charts.

But I understand that once the algos know about the strategy, it becomes targeted to oblivion. So maybe I need to muster out the strength and use it without publishing its source.

xmas20251y ago

It's also good to be skeptical about the backtesting itself, there are lots of ways for backtesting to overestimate gains and then you'd lose real money. Don't bet the farm (yet!)

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/All-That-Glitters-Is-N...

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Ask HN: How to Monetize a Trading Strategy?

2 pointsjjoe1y ago6 comments

Hello HN

How would you go about sharing this strategy but at the same time monetizing it? Besides a book and maybe an online course, is there anything I can do to make a passive income out of this?

Thank you

6 comments

dave44201y ago

Why not just trade using it?

jjoeOP1y ago

I'm burnt out on this front. Maybe I'll try again some day

christophilus1y ago

If it works, automate it and let it make money trading on your behalf. That’s kind of the definition of passive income.

If the thought of that burns it out, go 50/50 with a developer who can automate it for you.

xmas20251y ago

If the efficient market hypothesis is roughly correct, then publishing your secret idea immediately drops its value to roughly zero because everyone will adopt it.

jjoeOP1y ago

There's an inherent ubiquitous nature to the strategy. Kinda like the golden ratio or the elliott wave theory. They've been published and are ubiquitous but they still occur in charts.

But I understand that once the algos know about the strategy, it becomes targeted to oblivion. So maybe I need to muster out the strength and use it without publishing its source.

xmas20251y ago

It's also good to be skeptical about the backtesting itself, there are lots of ways for backtesting to overestimate gains and then you'd lose real money. Don't bet the farm (yet!)

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/All-That-Glitters-Is-N...

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