the slippage with everybody trading the same systems....the
negative side to sharing I suppose. But it seems some problems
being encountered by those here.
My systems on US markets have been turned off since the 15th,
for good reason as it told me too
Simple...it is set with performance averages, once hit..I stop,
then it paper trades until I get a sequence of runs that show I can
trade again...This has not happened...yet
Ah yes, you must be referring to the stop losses that you use
based on an average number of trades. You've alluded to this before
but never quite clarified exactly how the averages are calculated
(over what period of time?). Also, how do you start the system
again (I imagine the contrary, when the paper trades start showing
an average gain calculated over a certain period?)
Would really appreciate it if you would elaborate. I've been
using the crude expedient of not trading (much) till we breakout of
the triangles, but have still gotten caught by fakeouts.
Imagine
Posted by ravun on 27th of Jan 2009 at 02:33 pm
the slippage with everybody trading the same systems....the negative side to sharing I suppose. But it seems some problems being encountered by those here.
My systems on US markets have been turned off since the 15th, for good reason as it told me too
Good luck with rest of week
Ravun, would be nice to
Posted by Vida on 27th of Jan 2009 at 02:37 pm
Ravun, would be nice to know what parameters you used to get your system to turn off.
quite
Posted by ravun on 27th of Jan 2009 at 02:40 pm
Simple...it is set with performance averages, once hit..I stop, then it paper trades until I get a sequence of runs that show I can trade again...This has not happened...yet
Ravun, what's your stop loss
Posted by junkmaylbox on 27th of Jan 2009 at 03:05 pm
Ravun, what's your stop loss threshold that you are applying in your system? Merely curious. Thanks in advance!
Ah yes, you must be
Posted by Vida on 27th of Jan 2009 at 02:48 pm
Ah yes, you must be referring to the stop losses that you use based on an average number of trades. You've alluded to this before but never quite clarified exactly how the averages are calculated (over what period of time?). Also, how do you start the system again (I imagine the contrary, when the paper trades start showing an average gain calculated over a certain period?)
Would really appreciate it if you would elaborate. I've been using the crude expedient of not trading (much) till we breakout of the triangles, but have still gotten caught by fakeouts.
Bit more
Posted by ravun on 27th of Jan 2009 at 03:00 pm
complicated that, educate oneself...
http://www.verticalsolutions.com/tools.html
Cryptic that, but will try,
Posted by Vida on 27th of Jan 2009 at 03:22 pm
Cryptic that, but will try, thanks.