another comment about the reversion to mean systems - another option is to simply provide all the signals along with the statistics such as the max historical draw down, then you have all the data you need - you can do them or not and if you needed a hard stop can place it just wider than the max historical draw downs.  

    on a side note - funny the RSI oversold sub system is probably going long today. That sub system is covered over by the one chart I have 8 systems on it, since others triggered first I do not send trades for this one. However one option is to say: okay guys I have 20 sub systems - I'm simply going to tell let you know when any of them take a trade, here's all the statistics and it's up to you to manage your risk positions size, how many of them you do or ignore

    here's an image of all the long sub systems: currently we have the 3 entries on Trend/Pullback, two entries on CCI and QE BTS. However Bull exhaust is long as well (I don't send orders because again it's covered up), and today the RSI oversold is going long, bottom right, which again I don't send orders out. By the way the max historical draw down on the RSI oversold is 5%.

    I think one solution is for me to make a Google Spreadsheet like I have with the DVT's and add the statistics to the table along with max historical draw downs, that way you guys can quickly reference them and know the general stats and the max 'heat' that sub system took in the past.

    The Trend/Pullback - has a max historical draw down of 11.5% on the first entry, by the way the trade closed slightly positive by the end, the date was Oct 1997
    The QE BTS has a max historical draw down of 9.5%, was in Oct 2014 and that 1st entry still make 18% despite being down almost 10% at one point

    the CCI had a max draw down of 16% on the first entry, 14% on the 2nd, and 8% on the 3rd. However that was Oct 2008, moves like that were the norm. Those trades ended up making 4%, 12%, and 21% despite the intra trade draw downs.  However that's also an outlier as most other drawdowns are only a few %.

    The bull exhaust 2 which is also long as I stated had a max historical draw down 11% in Dec 2018 and the trade ended up making 8%

    Matt - I love your

    Posted by chadtech on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 03:43 pm

    Matt - I love your systems and appreciate all the work you have done to make them better.  FWIW I personally like the idea of knowing what each system is doing along with the general stats for that system then I can make the decision of how much to add, buy, sell etc. For example you may have one system long with another short. In that scenario some people may want to just go flat and wait for better clarity.  Anyways, thanks again for all that you do!

    again read my post about

    Posted by matt on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 02:07 pm

    again read my post about max historical draw downs to some of these sub systems - that's why even though clearly this wasn't fun, these haven't exceeded those.  That's why I can't come out and say okay guys the systems are broken and this time is different?  Clearly those past trades went through some more extreme times during those trades - of course these have not closed yet, we'll see how they end up.

    but I like my idea about making a table with all that data for the systems

    I started working on the

    Posted by matt on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 03:13 pm

    I started working on the table, the final format will be different but here's some of what I'll show.  will put it on the website. Then when system trades occur you can simply reference

    Great matt, Having them at

    Posted by elliotw on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 04:11 pm

    Great matt, Having them at each entry level would be great if possible? 

    I have analysed the spy system over 25 years and have draw down statistics for each entry, but as the spy systems as a whole not the individual systems at each entry level. Like entry 3 have a max DD of 4.85%. Entry 4 about 2.85% max.  I have planned my entry capital allotment based on these DDs.  Beware of es futures trades on entries 1 and 2 as can get Margin calls on their large DDs    

    Matt that looks great --

    Posted by puma on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 03:30 pm

    Matt that looks great -- are those stats for all entries combined for each trade type?

    the general stats like winning%,

    Posted by matt on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 03:31 pm

    the general stats like winning%, profit factor time in trade are for all trades, but for the max draw down for now I may just show the 1st entry for simplicity

    THANKS MATT for all the

    Posted by retirefire on 2nd of Mar 2020 at 02:12 pm

    THANKS MATT for all the WORK plus O.T. I'm sure most here realize who pulls the trading trigger and owns the responsibility for their trades.  So even more LONG trades firing all the more confirmation stick with systems.

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