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Interesting concept Tradex. I might be able to model this, your 1, 2 and 3 above. So to be clear, once you are out at a 15% gain, you are not back in again until a 10% loss? If that is right I suspect this strategy will miss huge amounts of upside, but I think I can test it.
Hi Saltynuts, Yes, for long positions when the profit target is reached we simply wait for another 10% down move (on paper of course). Sure, the market can go even higher but why risk an almost certain profit? For short positions, when the market moves 20% (or even better, 25%) we go short and collect our winnings at the zero line. Then we wait for another trading signal. The idea behind this system is to profit from the regular up and down cycles of the market. Please keep in mind that the performance is calculated as the % change from the last trading day of each year from the last trading day of the previous year. Here is that graph again (see link below), notice how regularly the market oscillates between the +20% (or 25%) line and the -10% line. I didn't backtest this strategy (holding a position for a year or two is REALLY not my cup of tea, LOL) but I think it can generate some very interesting profits with limited risk. Keep us posted my friend. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/UZZDG/8/
Well, beating the market means you are beating buy and hold. Our friend SaltyNuts is supposed to backtest the idea, let's wait for his results. Assuming he won't simply keep them to himself and make a fortune quietly and secretly, hahahahaha Just kidding SaltyNuts.