Fully automated futures trading

Discussion in 'Journals' started by globalarbtrader, Feb 11, 2015.

  1. In case you didn't know this already: Twitter has recently changed its settings. Nowadays only people who have a Twitter account can see tweets by others. People who don't use Twitter can't see anything at all. It used to be such that people who don't have a Twitter account can read tweets.
     
    #3771     Jul 14, 2023
  2. Elder

    Elder

    Interesting so forwarding a link may no longer work
     
    #3772     Jul 14, 2023
  3. RJ123

    RJ123

    Just discovered Snap to Primary orders because of this post. They are a godsend!

    Goodbye market data fees!
     
    #3773     Jul 25, 2023
  4. Good morning. At this time following the system in the book leveraged trading. Continuos Trading, the performance is:

    Profit&Loss posiciones
    P&L in SPY is 173.91
    P&L in GLD is -3.42
    P&L in TLT is -2.05

    El capital allocated para cada instrumento es de: 3033.00

    Capital broker in SPY is 3221.68
    Capital broker in GLD is 3008.34
    Capital broker in TLT is 3017.49

    Rentabilidad in SPY is 6.22 %
    Rentabilidad in GLD is -0.81 %
    Rentabilidad in TLT is -0.51 %
    Rentabilidad total del sistema 4.90%

    This is for the firts system. The other one is:

    Profit&Loss posiciones

    P&L in AAL is -15.92
    P&L in GOLD is -1.48
    P&L in MRO is 8.54
    P&L in BAC is 9.45
    P&L in NIO is 46.06

    Capital broker in AAL is 2500.69
    Capital broker in GOLD is 2542.08
    Capital broker in MRO is 2576.70
    Capital broker in BAC is 2569.50
    Capital broker in NIO is 2621.06

    Rentabilidad in AAL is -2.89 %
    Rentabilidad in GOLD is -1.28 %
    Rentabilidad in MRO is 0.07 %
    Rentabilidad in BAC is -0.21 %
    Rentabilidad in NIO is 1.79 %
    Rentabilidad total del sistema -2.52 %

    I think if you are lucky to get a trend in one of this stocks (NVDA) you can make money, but at this time the second system is loosing money.

    Any suggestion?

    Thank to everyone.
     
    #3774     Jul 31, 2023
  5. jiikoo

    jiikoo

    Hi all, a question about data service provider regarding strategies in ATFS. I'm new to pysystemtrade and setting up the system for relatively small account size (not in millions..). My idea was of course to use dynamic optimisation and trade as many cheap enough futures as possible. I've set up IB and Barchart, and noticed that Barchart gives me around 80 futures, while instrumentconfig has a lot more of them. Given the constraints of limited capital and experience so far, what would be the best way to go with data to get a good enough system up and running? Should I go with Barchart for a start and use what they have, or get more data elsewhere? I guess I would prefer to get the system running and gain experience, and add more data later.
     
    #3775     Aug 3, 2023
  6. Elder

    Elder

    Would anyone here include a MR type rule (which I have constructed) in their system which has a SR of .3? This is based on a backtest using pooled returns of 40 instruments. I am tempted to throw it out but....
     
    Last edited: Aug 3, 2023
    #3776     Aug 3, 2023
  7. If you have "IB set up", why would you not use it for getting data on all instruments?
     
    #3777     Aug 3, 2023
  8. Kernfusion

    Kernfusion

    So a different kind of question, more on the investment side of things (perhaps should've asked it before the last Rob's TTU show :) ):
    Now with the rates up quite a bit, it's possible to get a risk-free return on cash of 5.5% or so., and taking into account the general opinion that stocks will not be as profitable in the next 10-20? years because of how overvalued they are after the zero-rate bonanza, does cash have a place in a long-term portfolio now?
     
    #3778     Aug 4, 2023
  9. RJ123

    RJ123

    Why is the raw futures-derived carry signal so wild for many gov bonds?

    When compared to the YTM-derived carry (using data from Treasury.gov, Bank of Italy etc.), the futures-derived carry looks wildly off for many instruments I investigated (except ZN, ZT, & the JGB).

    I'm not referring to the predictable seasonality of German bonds, I'm talking about unpredictable swings quarter to quarter.

    Here are some examples:

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    upload_2023-8-7_14-34-0.png

    As you can see, futures carry can give some pretty extreme readings whilst the YTM-derived carry cruises around slowly.

    Ideally, the futures carry and the YTM-derived carry would match fairly closely, like they do for ZN:

    upload_2023-8-7_14-34-42.png

    Anyone got an idea what's going on?
     
    #3779     Aug 7, 2023
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  10. I guess it has to do with the fact that the future price is equal to the price of the cheapest to delivery eligible bond.
     
    #3780     Aug 7, 2023