If you can "reverse engineer" someone's trading by finding patterns through their orders, you're likely the best trader in the board and will learn nothing in doing so.
Well, not exactly. First, it wasn't photoshopped. I could reproduce the results for any trading day of the week (choose, any time in the past) and I can give you the most impressive trading result. I'm showing this only to make a point that reverse-engineering is next to impossible. The following chart are the trades made since the opening of the Globex tonight. Trades are in 1 lot. As you can see from the P&L, it already made $1,800. That's over 36 points in profit. See if you can reverse-engineer that. LOL
good job mister. You are heavy scalper. No wonder you were talking about CME membership. That will definitely cut down on the huge commission you are incurring. do you trade from home or trading house? do you plan to be market maker? I think you should do well as MM.
I've done it and have tried to do it for many strategies. It's a no-brainer if you have a systematic approach with a long record and good results. Only amateurs would think it's not done, when it's literally done in every industry.
When traders express reluctance over disclosing their strategies (or even traces of), I conclude one of three things - 1. they're inflating their already vast ego's or 2. they don't understand why it works, so they can't eliminate the risk of their edge being traded away or 3. they've found the holy grail and its disclosure would eliminate capitalism across the globe
I apologize to you @schizo as I thought you were making a joke instead of showing actual trades that you made.
Alright, for fun, here is a system from C2. Made 59% last year with 17 trades: https://collective2.com/details/113402357