Handle123, Angrytrader thank you for your comments. its all very useful.
That's a lot of positions. How many trades per day or week. Are trading costs a factor? yes, costs are a factor. if i could do this with bigger...
Thank you, Mr Muppet. Thats one thing I wanted to know. If 20-30% is industry expectation then my current results, in the middle of a raging...
deadog > Now your numbers don't make sense. this is exactly what i wanted to hear! WHY DO MY NUMBERS NOT MAKE SENSE? PLEASE SAY! I want to...
> Then just go ahead and rake in the dough well, I am, for the moment. i came here to check my bearings because the temptation to go full hog...
Mr Muppet 1) thank you. makes me feel (for a moment) that maybe i have not gone completely gaga in my old age senility (58). you're the boss!...
> Longtrader I used to have high libido. then i discovered medication. :)
deaddog i cant say if my backtest had any negative months because i did not run it as a backtest of a portfolio (maybe i should, Im just a...
traider it is entirely possible that i am not calculating Sharpe correctly. would you like to help me with that? is there some way we can text...
I dont know guys... I was NOT looking for sniping. I already know from my wife that i am mentally retarded, I hardly need you to help me with...
> You report that your average holding time is 13 days and you average 33 open positions, and trade long only. i am not very leveraged. in fact,...
This is a Grasshoper test, yes? Did you see the part where I showed how the program did during the recent correction? On another note... is it a...
well, manual trader guys who have only ever worked for their own account just may not know the jargon im a pharmacologist by education and a...
sorry. but true. i was not in the market from December 2007 until January 2009. i come from EM debt background, i am good at sitting on my...
Zortauk 1) you dont tell us much about what you do beyond "since covid" and "illiquid", so how can we to know? though, those two words may be...
qlai youre talking to a newbie here, what is MAE? losing trades last a lot longer = 22 days on average i am toying with a rule to cut bait...
Yes... thank you. i have thought about this. but... the reason why I did not test it through the bear markets is three fold: 1) first, i...
Good morning I would be very grateful to anyone of you who could help me evaluate my results below. background: I am a veteran manual trader...
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