I mean that I forgot

    Matt's 6 min SKF system

    Posted by dbray740 on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 12:17 pm

    I mean that I forgot to implement my end-of-day exit, so I accidentally backtested it so that it just buys an up cross, and shorts a down cross, and holds overnight without exiting ever. No stops. In other words, you're in the market just about 100% of the time. The results were almost twice as good.

    I discovered the same thing

    Posted by brelar on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I discovered the same thing in december.

    SAR using SRS

    Posted by bkout3 on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 01:30 pm

    In this case my SD test confirms Matt's testing at least in terms of general conclusion. For 2008 using $10K positions and switching at the close of the closing bar on 9/39 crosses on 15 min. produced $19020. in gains with 34% winners and an average trade gain of $106.  vs. $26,929, 59% and $163. with the normal exit EOD system. BTW not seeing any response from SD users per my previous post -- maybe others that can do backtesting might look at that post (titled Strategy Desk users)? Refers to the new SRS system.

    SD backtesting of the SRS system

    Posted by junkmaylbox on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 01:58 pm

    I cannot make the system work reliably on the SD, in my experience.

    Maybe (?) there's a problem

    Posted by bkout3 on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 03:02 pm

    Maybe (?) there's a problem with your formulas? I had SD plot the signals on a chart with the averages on it and the signals look correct. What happens when you try to do that?

    Please, send me your signal

    Posted by junkmaylbox on 2nd of Feb 2009 at 03:19 pm

    Please, send me your signal part (formulas), and I'll test it. Thanks in advance!

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