Traders' Roundtable

For those of you interested in csi's reasons for this I got the following email reply from Rudi.

Dear Sir,

We change Internet provider to increase our download speeds to our end users.

It takes several hours to change over to the new provider. Please try to download your data every few hours ...

Has anyone else had success with CSI data since this outage? I still cannot get any data since Friday night nor look at their web site.

I cant get anything off ua4.csidata.com either...

Hi RedRock

Order entry automated through to your broker or live onto an online dealing platform? The later is neat and would be interested in hearing more...

I use the remote server for all LIVE system. Development is done on my desktop. This is a good physical separation for me that gives me a ...

Hi RedRock

I use easyvserver and have described my approach previously on this forum here:

http://www.tradingblox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5542&highlight=easyvserver

This post was made in May 2009. I have used nothing but this solution since then without a single fail in the receipt of my ...

babelproofreader

I totally agree with you. As a compliment to TBs built in Monte Carlo simulation, I do find this helpful.

Stephen

Asamat and Borderline

Thanks for your comments and thoughts. It is interesting to me that the observations you make relate to the absolute value of the DD vs the returns in the chart displayed. While these points are very interesting and of course very relevant to ones personal risk profile (and to ...

Asamat

I still think there may be some confusion on what the red curve is.

To describe the red curve in words: "hugh returns come after big DDs" is the same as describing the blue curve: "after every DD comes a new equity high"

I think this description is an interpretation of the lines - not a ...

Thanks for the reply Asamat but I think you might be misunderstanding the chart and hypothesis slightly.

I am not interested if the system will show returns the next day or the next month or is going down into a deeper DD the next day or next month (or 6 months for that matter).

The red line ...

rhc

As kingami suggests this is certainly possible using the start date increment parameter and the length of test parameter.

I have recently been through this exercise when talking to potential investors and can share some of my experiences here for your benefit. I would also appreciate others ...

Leapfrog I know I did not reply to your last post at the time but I thought I would give you some feedback having taken your advice to heart. In March I did change my system and having played with various options outlined and discussed with you here, I ended up largely following your suggested ...

Sluggo some good thought provoking points as always, so lets have some fun with a metaphor.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu comes to mind (without having re-read this great work specifically for this post and therefore being reliant on memory).

Planning is absolutely core to a successful strategy of ...

Jason this is a very interesting topic. I have been wrestling with this very problem over the past few months and here is where I have ended up (for the moment!):

1. "Live" system which runs without any adjustment to order generation apart from corrections to human error in execution (ie such as ...

I too am long silver with a stop at 1323 in a very long term trend system.

Levijean

I think I wrestled with a similar topic on this forum at:


http://www.tradingblox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5001&highlight=

Leapfrog had some interesting thoughts...

For what it is worth I 'backadjust' - so I exit all positions the 'new' system does not have and adjust open ...

Leapfrog thanks for your thoughts. To make sure I understand you correctly let me use a simple example. I have set out some hypothetical trades for the ‘old’ system below with Open Equity and Closed Equity. I would like to start trading a ‘new’ system.

REFER 'OLD SYSTEM' ATTACHED

Assume â ...

I have a question that I have spent some time searching for an answer on this forum, but cant seem to lay my hands on it. I am sure I have seen a discussion on this topic before but for the life of me I cannot find it now....

I am looking for some advice on how to deal with changes to your live ...

I think Dave makes some very good points. There is absolutely no substitute for accurate and reliable market data as a fundamental building block of your system. It is not glamorous but absolutely necessary. You can lose more than your annual subscription in a flash on some bad trading decisions ...

Barli - Thanks I have placed this onto my list of books to order from Amazon.

I am struggling with the use of these two broker statements.

I have code that is trying to pyramid into a position after a certain number of days in the existing trade.

Having done the logic to test for this condition and also calculated a new stop for the pyramid entry - which broker statement do ...

RedRock I think Turtle40 answered your query on guaranteed stops for spread bet brokers. I also don’t use the guaranteed stop as it is too expensive in spread terms. Of course the Zero Tax scenario is helpful (if you are making profits!). The reverse is true if you are making losses (ie you get no ...