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Range bars 5. It was a runaway strategy that kept...
Range bars 5. It was a runaway strategy that kept opening positions in a way that wouldn't work live. As for bull and bear - it was all one day.
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September 14th, 2011, 01:12 PM
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And by concidence, my latest scalping strategy...
And by concidence, my latest scalping strategy just generated a perfect example, which I've attached. It's not a bad one, since there are few real red flags on it - only how succesful it is, and the...
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August 28th, 2011, 05:23 AM
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Lot of good advice coming in here from people who...
Lot of good advice coming in here from people who have been there.
In my backtesting career, I have had about four occassions where a very good equity curve and stats jumped out at me early in the...
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August 27th, 2011, 02:39 PM
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That's exactly what I'm thinking. To be honest,...
That's exactly what I'm thinking. To be honest, if you see a decent equity curve, you usually find there's a problem with something, hence my questions.
I don't just see a potential for losses...
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August 27th, 2011, 01:56 PM
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Doesn't look too bad. A few questions - what is...
Doesn't look too bad. A few questions - what is the average trade PnL, and does it include commission? Is it market, limit or stop entry? Are most of the trades during EU/US day, or night?
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August 27th, 2011, 01:12 PM
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The first pic is too small - difficult to see...
The first pic is too small - difficult to see what's going on. It does, maybe appear though, that there are periods of quite a few months when the strategy is flat, or in slight drawdown?
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July 6th, 2011, 12:49 PM
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Actually that's a solution to a disadvantage of...
Actually that's a solution to a disadvantage of discretionary trading. You might even say you've been forced into advance limit orders by a drawback of discretionary ;-)
Anyway, plenty of my auto...
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June 28th, 2011, 08:44 AM
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I've created a thread for this in Feedback....
I've created a thread for this in Feedback. Discussion and messages of support would be very welcome there
...
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June 28th, 2011, 08:31 AM
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I think it might be your experience/setup, to an...
I think it might be your experience/setup, to an extent. I, and I know one or two others, have run it live for months with no instability. Automated too.
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June 28th, 2011, 07:58 AM
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Well, this is why I think you have to have a...
Well, this is why I think you have to have a particular type of development philosophy when automated trading. You need to work with your software and broker and understand and work around all the...
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June 28th, 2011, 07:06 AM
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This is a very useful list, from Ninja, about...
This is a very useful list, from Ninja, about where orders reside
Where do your orders reside? - NinjaTrader Support Forum (http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=5349)
It...
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June 28th, 2011, 06:53 AM
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Agreed. I generally use limit orders for that...
Agreed. I generally use limit orders for that reason. Ninja has an unmanaged orders mode (which simply means Ninja does less behind the scenes and you can program all the raw orders yourself.) It's...
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June 28th, 2011, 05:31 AM
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Ah, my broker keeps stops at the exchange until...
Ah, my broker keeps stops at the exchange until cancelled. I agree, risk is too high otherwise. I don't trade CL automated because of the volatility you describe.
Yes, risk is a personal choice,...
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June 28th, 2011, 04:07 AM
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I don't mean to belittle your point, which is a...
I don't mean to belittle your point, which is a very good one, but I'd like to go into it in a bit more detail. I am someone who does leave live strats unattended, at least still in touch with me by...
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June 27th, 2011, 02:55 PM
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That is always in the strategy too. If you...
That is always in the strategy too. If you manually intervene, then your automated backtesting is worthless for telling you what might happen in real life.
The only time to manually intervene is...
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June 27th, 2011, 02:14 PM
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Yes, although some stuff is notified from the...
Yes, although some stuff is notified from the strat itself and some from the monitor. I think a working order actually comes from the strat itself. I don't know if you can get the working orders in a...
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June 27th, 2011, 01:49 PM
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I have a monitor strategy. If the monitor dies, I...
I have a monitor strategy. If the monitor dies, I get notified (text/email) Each of my strategies notifies me when it makes a trade. The monitor notifies me every half hour, while in a position, of...
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June 27th, 2011, 12:56 PM
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Why would it convince you? The screen shot...
Why would it convince you? The screen shot mentioned is so easy to display backtest instead of live trading.
You're joking right? They're not getting involved for a reason.
Funny that....
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June 27th, 2011, 12:35 PM
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So you've already seen proof? Or the figures...
So you've already seen proof? Or the figures weren't good enough?? How many months/trades convinces you? You still haven't answered that.
I don't think anyone is asking you for proof. And...
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June 27th, 2011, 11:59 AM
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Right, let me take each one (and I won't quote...
Right, let me take each one (and I won't quote them all if that's OK)
Firstly, let's not forget that you don't believe the proof exists, and you will be looking to pick holes in it.
Like just a...
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June 27th, 2011, 11:37 AM
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There are plenty of threads on this forum about...
There are plenty of threads on this forum about proofs for automated systems. In summary, you're not going to get proof. If you insist that people with whom you disagree on this are lying, then I...
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June 27th, 2011, 07:50 AM
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That is my point - to not talk about universal...
That is my point - to not talk about universal truths (and is why my observation was flippant). The number of great discretionary traders tells us little about the merits of auto trading, esp given...
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June 27th, 2011, 06:54 AM
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Yes, sure. What's your point?
Yes, sure. What's your point?
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June 27th, 2011, 04:21 AM
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Well then don't use it to make your point about...
Well then don't use it to make your point about automated trading. With all of your training and experience it doesn't look good when you make sweeping generalisations which are not correct.
I...
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June 26th, 2011, 06:33 PM
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You're missing the point. You can program once,...
You're missing the point. You can program once, to download a calendar every week, and have your strategies delay entry or exit positions in a window around each scheduled economic news report. It...
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