Adventures in Automation

Discussion in 'Journals' started by fan27, Jan 21, 2019.

  1. I'm thinking more like distributions you would keep an eye on. For example you'd compare backtest statistics (before you began trading) with live trading statistics:

    - Time in trade
    - Trade PnL
    - Consecutive wins/losses

    etc

    So when you trade live, you can see if live trading begins to deviate from the backtests even if your actual returns don't. I'm just a nub though.
     
    #151     May 6, 2019
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  2. fan27

    fan27

    Long 1 NQ Contract at 7751.00 for 15 minute bar strategy

    Stop order at 7651.25
    Limit order at 8048.25
    Exit after 130 bars
     
    #152     May 6, 2019
  3. fan27

    fan27

    Exit 1 NQ contract at 7809.25
    +$1330.9

    This trade actually exposed a flaw in how I am calculating my limit orders. The limit order distance from price should have been much larger than the stop order distance from price. The issue is the ATR used to calculate the limit order price was using the ATR value one bar back vs the stop order using the most recent ATR. Never noticed until now as the ATR difference between those two values at the time of the trade was very large because of the massive gap down which was not included in the limit order calculation. Easy fix.
     
    #153     May 6, 2019
  4. fan27

    fan27

    Long 1 NQ Contract at 7814.75 for 15 minute bar strategy

    Stop order at 7754.50
    Limit order at 7937.25
    Exit after 130 bars
     
    #154     May 6, 2019
  5. fan27

    fan27

    Exit 1 NQ contract at 7755
    -$1199.10
     
    #155     May 6, 2019
  6. fan27

    fan27

    Long 1 NQ Contract at 7722.50 for 15 minute bar strategy

    Stop order at 7668.25
    Limit order at 7831.25
    Exit after 130 bars
     
    #156     May 7, 2019
  7. fan27

    fan27

    Exit 1 NQ Contract at 7667.75
    -$1099.10
     
    #157     May 7, 2019
  8. fan27

    fan27

    Exit 1 NQ Contract at 7651.25
    -$1999.1

    Currently flat and down about $8200 since late April. Still up over 30% YTD. Let's see what happens next.
     
    #158     May 7, 2019
  9. Check the stats. If they match (drawdown etc) then you'd be good.
     
    #159     May 7, 2019
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  10. fan27

    fan27

    Long 1 YM Contract at 25842 for 30 minute bar strategy

    Stop order at 25451
    Limit order at 26999
    Exit after 8 bars
     
    #160     May 7, 2019