Stockpickr: Mean Reversion Means Profits

At Stockpickr, we keep track of active trading systems for short-term trading that have produced superior backtested results in both bull and bear markets.

Every day, we look at a number of ideas and patterns in the market, ranging from the January effect (a general increase in stock prices during the first month of the year) to trend breakouts, moving-average systems, gaps, etc.

I've written a great deal about trading systems, both at TheStreet.com and in my first book, Trade Like a Hedge Fund. My main philosophy is that I like to keep things simple. The more complicated a system is, the more likely it's a fluke that has nothing to do with human behavior and just happened to produce good results for a while. ...