Kim Andersson

  Editors Note: This popular article was previously published in Tharp’s Thoughts Weekly Newsletter. D.R. Barton once quoted Warren Buffett on what to do in flat markets: “When there’s nothing to do, do nothing.” That’s very sage advice — especially when a sideways market has very little volatility. Doing nothing is one of the strategies that I advocate traders adopt under certain circumstances in an upcoming new VTI workshop called Sideways Market Strategies. One of Van’s primary tenets of system design drove the creation of this workshop: trying to build […]

D.R. Barton once quoted Warren Buffett on what to do in flat markets: “When there’s nothing to do, do nothing.” That’s very sage advice — especially when a sideways market has very little volatility. Doing nothing is one of the strategies that I advocate traders adopt under certain circumstances in an upcoming new VTI workshop called Sideways Market Strategies. One of Van’s primary tenets of system design drove the creation of this workshop: trying to build a trading system that works well in every market type is insane, yet, it