Daytrader quiz

Discussion in 'Trading' started by earth_imperator, Apr 16, 2023.

  1. ondafringe

    ondafringe

    We have a winner! :)
     
    #21     Apr 16, 2023
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  2. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Just because I like to make excel shits

    That's your Strategy.

    Win 50% of the time.
    Make 1.5 Reward, Risk 1%

    Daily should compound @ 0.24%
    Yearly should multiply by 1.84x

    The simulation returned 0.22% per day over 9,999 days.
    The minimum Trailing Twelve Months is 1.02x and the maximum is 3.47x
    The maximum drawdown is about 0.74 or - 26% from ATH
    You spend about 80% of the time below each ATH

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    Last edited: Apr 17, 2023
    #22     Apr 17, 2023
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  3. @Sekiyo, can one say this is a realistic strategy? Even a safe/conservative strategy?
    After all it makes more than 80% p.a.
     
    #23     Apr 17, 2023
  4. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Sounds realistic to me.
    Could be safe if costs are included.
    Worst year should be around break even.
    I wouldn’t call it conservative 84% per year in avg.

    If you have this kind of edge then go for it !
     
    #24     Apr 17, 2023
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  5. I just evaluated the possibilities by taking some such "conservative" rates that seem realistic & achievable. Ie. LHF (harvesting low hanging fruit :))
     
    #25     Apr 17, 2023
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  6. It's unclear to me why you use 1.5 and 0.99 in your above formulas. And then get 0.242% per day, and 83.97% per year.
    Why 0.99? And what about the loss of -1%. It's not counted in your calculation.

    The scenario clearly gives 6.5316% per month (ie. per 21 trade days). This then translates to:
    (pow(1 + 6.5316 / 100, 1 / 21) - 1) * 100 = 0.301747% per trade day, and
    (pow(1 + 6.5316 / 100, 12) - 1) * 100 = 113.67% per year.
     
    Last edited: Apr 18, 2023
    #26     Apr 18, 2023
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  7. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Your scenario is right.
    If your implied probability of winning is 52% (11/21)
    Which is not even (50% or half the time).
    That's why you get better results.

    Your daily expectancy is
    (1+1.5%) ^ 0.5238 * (1-1%) ^ 0.4761
    Which is about what you get (1.003018)

    We're not implying the same %Win rate.
    It's either ~52% (You) or 50% (Me)

    I used 1.015 and 0.99 because you said
    You win the first day -> 1 + 1.5% is 1.015
    You lose thereafter -> 1 - 1% is 0.99

    Your cumulative PnL is 1.015 * 0.99 -> 1.00485
    Since you've traded 2 days then the daily average is 1.00485 ^ (1/2)

    That's it ^^
     
    #27     Apr 18, 2023
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