Index futures automation

Discussion in 'Journals' started by hilmy83, Jul 3, 2022.

Can a fully automated trading strategy work in the long run?

  1. YES!

    56 vote(s)
    66.7%
  2. Hell naw.

    15 vote(s)
    17.9%
  3. I don't know, I got my own trading to worry about.

    13 vote(s)
    15.5%
  1. hilmy83

    hilmy83


    The Devil





    Sacrifice to the witch

     
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2023
    #621     Sep 24, 2023
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    hilmy83

    I haven't really check to see what the difference in volume. MNQ is 2x the volume. It's just crazy to see that.

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    For the s&p, the emini still dominates..

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    #625     Sep 28, 2023
  6. Overnight

    Overnight

    Because the NQ price-action is a Tasmanian devil compared to the ES, and with the ranges being what they have been, a lot of speculators have dropped out of it after getting burned alive. That's my guess.
     
    #626     Sep 28, 2023
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    I hope my algo doesnt break when I switch over to NQ. A lot of it depends on high volume (low slippage)
     
    #627     Sep 28, 2023
  8. Overnight

    Overnight

    If you get it working on ES without errors why would you move to NQ, which behaves differently? Any mistakes your algos make on ES would be amplified monetarily a bit on the NQ. If it's for more profit, just increase size by one on the ES, no?
     
    #628     Sep 28, 2023
  9. hilmy83

    hilmy83

    It flat out doesn't work on ES/MES in backtests.

    Actually let me rephrase that, it has HIGHER chance of failure
     
    #629     Sep 28, 2023
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    hilmy83

    Supposed to be a B/E day. The EA was supposed to cover the cost of commission, but it didn't quite do so. I suspect the larger position size created larger slippage. But everything did actually execute as intended.

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    #630     Sep 29, 2023