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Blox

Blox encapsulate trading ideas. Blox are self-contained parts of a trading system that are designed to be connected with other Blox as part of a System.

 

The basic components of a trading idea are:

 

Parameters - used by the indicators to determine their specific computation, for example: the number of days in a moving average
Indicators - used by the rules as indicators of market conditions, moving averages, RSI, ADX, etc.
Rules - used to determine when to enter or exit; how much to buy or sell, or how much risk is too much, buy on moving average crossover, buy if RSI > 55 etc.

 

A Trading Block encapsulates these trading idea components into a package which can be easily connected to other Blox.

 

Trading Blox:

Trading Blox Builder includes the following Blox:


 


Entry

 

responsible for creating entry orders

Exit

 

responsible for creating orders to exit existing positions

Portfolio Manager

 

used to filter the instruments available to the system

Money Manager

 

used to set the size of a trade for position sizing

Risk Manager

 

used for filtering entry trades based on risk thresholds, adjusting stops, and reducing or exiting positions if necessary to reduce overall portfolio risk

Auxiliary

 

used to create custom indicators and statistics