#195: Best Index To Trade

With all the indexes available to trade, which one is best? Does it even matter? And which index market is best for shorting in a bear market?

On this episode of Breakout Trading Answered, algorithmic breakout trading specialist Andrew Swanscott and I discuss the “Best Index To Trade”, including:

Why it’s important to select the best index market,
Individual tendencies of index markets and why not all are the same,
The only index market with a long-term short bias,
The 2 best indexes to short in a bear market,
Most stable index for trading,
Why EMD is difficult to trade,
The best index trading style for 2023,
Plus much more.

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