Watched the systems video-- can

    Posted by Glad on 11th of Oct 2023 at 02:38 pm

    Watched the systems video-- can you explain the profit factor-please

    pep8261 already answered - however

    Posted by matt on 11th of Oct 2023 at 03:52 pm

    pep8261 already answered - however a simple what to view profit factor is: it's simple the gross profit divided by the gross loss. A profit factor of 1 is break even, the system lost as must as it gained. 

    an very simply way to view profit fact is:  For every dollar you lost, what did you gain. For example, a profit factor of 3 would mean that for every $1 you lost, you made $3. 

    A profit factor of 50 means that for every $dollar the system lost, it made $50, or 50 fold over the losses

    that's why profit factors of 3 are considered great because it's 3:1 gain vs the lost. And why profit factors of 50 and 100 are just insane because it's 50:1 or 100:1

    Hey Matt, is there a

    Posted by focus175 on 11th of Oct 2023 at 04:06 pm

    Hey Matt, is there a way to see how many entries for each system were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd entries?

    not setup for it at

    Posted by matt on 11th of Oct 2023 at 04:11 pm

    not setup for it at the moment, we'd have to download all the data, load it into a database etc, something we can do for the future

    I know you have a

    Posted by focus175 on 11th of Oct 2023 at 04:13 pm

    I know you have a lot of irons in the fire, but I'd definitely appreciate this. I love these systems but my biggest challenge has been capital allocation due to having a smaller account. Being able to see that data would really help with tuning my position sizing strategy. 

    focus175 - let me know

    Posted by DigiNomad on 11th of Oct 2023 at 04:27 pm

    focus175 - let me know if the tuning of your System on the Systems works out. I've been trying to find an objective solution to systems allocation since ever since. 

    PF= Gross Profit/Gross Loss. A

    Posted by pep8261 on 11th of Oct 2023 at 02:56 pm

    PF= Gross Profit/Gross Loss. A measurement of signal strength. 

    thx      so itsan

    Posted by Glad on 11th of Oct 2023 at 03:17 pm

    thx      so itsan historical measure of that particular signal--so what does a PF  of  33 mean ?

    33x as much gross profit

    Posted by mastermind on 11th of Oct 2023 at 03:25 pm

    33x as much gross profit as gross loss. 

    beautiful    thx so much

    Posted by Glad on 11th of Oct 2023 at 03:25 pm

    beautiful    thx so much

    thank you for you watching

    Posted by matt on 11th of Oct 2023 at 03:38 pm

    thank you for you watching and glad it helped!  I think it's also neat to show you guys some of those tricks and rules so that you have a better understanding of the logical natural of the rules I added.  The systems are not just a backtested mess of settings that look good on a curve fit, there's real thought behind some of what they do

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