Allocating between Futures and Stocks

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Ghost11365
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Allocating between Futures and Stocks

Post by Ghost11365 »

Hi,

Does anyone know how to allocate a percentage of your portfolio to futures and equites without running separate simulations? I want to use the TMA strategy but allocate 60% of my portfolio to futures and the other 40% to equities. Appreciate any thoughts.
Jake Carriker
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Post by Jake Carriker »

Make a copy of the system you wish to use. Run the original system and the copy side by side in the same suite with one trading a futures portfolio and one trading an equity portfolio. That is the way it is done since a system must trade one portfolio and a portfolio cannot mix instrument types.
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Post by Ghost11365 »

How do you make a copy? According to the user guide "Select the system to copy, press the copy system button, and enter a new name." However the guide does not direct me to the "copy system" button. Maybe it is not appearing beacuse I purchased the Turtle System? Thanks.
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Post by Jake Carriker »

Ah, the you can't edit systems with the Turtle Edition, so my advice doesn't work for you. The Turtle Edition only runs the built in systems or ones that a Builder Edition user encrypts and provides.
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