How to fund a successful strategy?

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by smacdtrader, Nov 19, 2023.

  1. i'm there man.kinda sucks.
     
    #21     Nov 20, 2023
  2. i get what it sounds like, but if you know prop firms that aren't scams taking auditions, submissions, whatever its called, lmk. I'll pass. Not trying to scam anyone.

    I'll get a paper trader up this week and we'll see how it goes. it's not a super strategy, it just makes money on multiple asset classes and is 100% automatic, so no emotional interference.
     
    #22     Nov 20, 2023
  3. tsfx

    tsfx

    Funds generally require you to trade live account. Demo & live are not the same. Once you get a real counterparty, future starts to change...
     
    #23     Nov 20, 2023
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  4. so here's a question for the experienced guys. i've traded lots of crypto perps, but never forex, which is where i would start this. As long as your position size is less than 100K, is there not plenty of liquidity to lift straight off the best ask/bid? I mean all the live data shows way more depth than that on snapshots. It would seem like anything up to 500K is actually pretty smooth. Am I wrong? There was plenty of depth in crypto perps for twice that and it's way more shallow.
     
    #24     Nov 20, 2023
  5. d08

    d08

    If he uses out-of-sample data for testing and has realistic fill criteria then the backtest is very meaningful.
     
    #25     Nov 20, 2023
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  6. lol. finally, someone who gets it!
     
    #26     Nov 20, 2023
  7. nursebee

    nursebee


    Liquidity issues?

     
    #27     Nov 20, 2023
  8. Yes, there might be slippage on certain assets if you want a position larger than what's at top of book. The return might suffer for paying a penalty to take liquidity out of the market. Thus, liquidity at some point for some assets may be a constraint on how much the strategy can earn.

    The reason I'd love to have that problem is because them I'm trading enough capital to have the problem. Lmk if you have other questions.

    Great video!
     
    #28     Nov 20, 2023
  9. %%
    WELL OK;
    if you ''know'', then your precise problems are all solved + you need no outside funds.
    Say you ''kid''?? IF you ever get in a room with a hedge fund, dont say that:D:D\
    HINT, Dave Ramsey says finance is 20% math ;
    not saying a back test is nothing, nor are we saying its the 20% also. It's sure not the 80%.
     
    #29     Nov 20, 2023
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  10. qlai

    qlai

    What is the frequency? Does it hold overnight? You said you used large caps for equities, right? How sensitive to latency? Minimum buying power needed for equities?
     
    #30     Nov 20, 2023