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December 12, 2007

Recent Discussion and Rumors on FXLQ

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Some interesting ongoing discussions in FF Forum, at page 3, page 4, and 5 of a thread regarding the recent MRA to FXLQ.
Some points in the discussion:

  • This is not another Refco. This one is very different. Not a bankruptcy story.
  • Client’s funds are in separated bank account. The amount is sufficient to cover all client’s withdrawal request, but the NFA wants to see available cash in the amount that’s exceeding all company’s liabilities before approving distributions.
  • Executives of FXLQ are said to be doing their best to pull in all of their funds located off shore. Several incoming wire in multi million dollars were done, and still more to come to meet NFA’s requirement.
  • Obviously, NFA has a certain agenda. The request to pull in all funds to US-banks was on Monday, and the MRA took place the day after (Tuesday). Everybody knows that repatriating millions of dollars especially if a large sum of them are in the form of bonds is not a one-day procedure.

Still, all we can do is just wait for things to unfold and observe any news and rumors. lol.
Anybody wants some beers?

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A Practical Note on Money Management

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 4:03 pm
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Early today I received a PM from one of my online buddy, asking about the money management we use in our trading. I agree that this topic is a very important aspect of trading.
We generally have 3 kinds of money management:

  1. Fix number of contract per trade. This is used for testing purpose, to provide a clear profile on the risk/reward ratio of a developed system.
  2. A fix gearing ratio. we mainly use this MM method for our live trading. We usually use a ratio of 10. For example, while trading a USD 20k account, we’ll trade the EURUSD with a 200k contract size. This might be translated as two standard lots in certain brokers, or 20 mini lots, or just a simple 200,000 unit when we trade with a non-lot broker like Oanda. When we trade an account with a system on two pairs, we would divide it equally between the pairs. In the example above, if we trade the system on a 20k account, and we’d like it trades on EURUSD, and EURGBP, and GBPUSD, and EURCHF, then we’ll trade them by 5 mini lots each. Sometimes we’ll use a bigger gearing ratio, but 20 is the maximum we could go. This will depends on the backtest result, particularly the maximum Drawdown, which we prefer to be no more than 30%.
  3. A certain %-age risk per trade. We have this kind of MM on several of our well-developed long term trend following systems. First, the stop losses are calculated based on some volatility measurement. Then the lot size is calculated based on this. Each trade would be assigned a maximum of 2% to 5% risk on the capital. When we trade several instrument on the same account, we would also divide the lot size equally between them.

There are many sources regarding this matter. Using an “Optimal F” should be interesting to be tested, as proposed by several authors. But to this date, none of our systems use this kind of MM. It’s a very interesting one, tho.

I hope this is clear. please spark more question if there’s anything else I could answer, or you might have some suggestions for me. Thanks in advance.
Meanwhile, I’ll have a cup of coffee.

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December 7, 2007

Bigger New MT4 Brokers

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 5:41 pm
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After the upside-down in the Metatrader brokerage business following the new regulation regarding minimal capital requirement of FCM took place, bigger corporations have started to adopt MT4. Perhaps they start to realize the magnet of MT4 in attracting a significant portion of the retail trader customers.

Among several big names we know who adopt MT4 are FXCM and RCG (Rosenthal Collins Group). FXCM is still planning on this move, it is said to be ready in 2008, if there is enough interest in it.

Meanwhile, we’ve been demoing RCG’s MT4 for several days now. They have a sub-pips spread. As we can see here in the tick chart screen shot below, EUR/USD was traded with a sub-2 pips spread during London/European session:

This information below is taken from tradeviewforex’s website:

  • Recently ranked by Futures magazine as #21 out of the top 50 brokers in the world
  • Second largest independent FCM
  • $46 million of net capital
  • $735 million in customer assets, 20,000 accounts, assets over 4 billion
  • Can trace its roots back to 1923
  • Online accounts: streamlined setup, don’t necessarily need to provide license or utility bill, approval within 24 hours, all money transfers will be in customers account by end of day (typical time is 24-48 hours) enabling trading to begin immediately.
  • 15 offices worldwide
  • 24 hour trading support
  • Straight pass through for unprecedented trade execution
  • Three options for accounts: Tighter spreads, higher interest, or straight through processing
  • Utilizes familiar MetaTrader 4 software
  • You want to place your hard-earned money with a stable, well-capitalized brokerage firm. We have been around for over 80 years, and our financial standing is only getting stronger. Over the past two years, our Customer Funds increased by an astounding 63%. For more information on our solid financial record, see our 2006 financial statements.

But still, we’re looking for a UK-based MT4 broker now.

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Dealers are Still Doing Their Job

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 12:02 pm
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We have just received this notification regarding automatic rollover of open position.
Although we have been inactivating our robots since we received the MRA news on December 4, it is good to know that their dealers are still doing their job.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
RE: Account # 1XXXX

Dear Valued Client:

Please be reminded that your FXLQ Customer Agreement provides for automatic rollover of positions which are not closed during the course of a trading day.

Due to the recent Member Responsibility Action issued by National Futures Association, we are requesting that all clients inform us immediately if they wish to revoke this ongoing assent to automatic rollovers.

If you choose to revoke this ongoing assent to automatically rollover positions, they will be liquidated at market at the end of the trading day, unless you contact us each day to direct us to rollover your open positions during the trading day.

Best Regards,
Forex Liquidity LLC

And up to now, the MT4 client platform is still well connected to FXLQ server, providing live quotes uninteruptably, and the balance of our clients’ funds are still the same as it were.
Maybe they haven’t processed our wd requests yet, but all these facts add more confidence regarding the safety of the funds.

More updates later.

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December 6, 2007

Need Some Fresh Air

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We have just received an update from our contact. It is said that there are two NFA officers in FXLQ’s office today, supervising the process of fund withdrawals to make sure it goes properly. This should add more confidence for a clean finish on this matter.
I need some fresh air. Still holding my breath, tho..

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December 5, 2007

The Coldest Winter in Chicago

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 10:06 pm
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Perhaps it’s the coldest one. Because i can even feel it from here when having this conversation with my contact. I hope things are going well.

Darma: dear P, if you hear any news pls let us know. thanks
P: I will
P: did you send the form?
Darma: yes we have sent the form
Darma: in the case document, i saw this that makes me worry:
“FXLQ is prohibited from distributing, disbursing or transferring any
funds, including to existing customers, without the prior approval of
NFA.”
P: You should have the funds in 3 days
P: from today
Darma: wouldn’t be any delay because of the need for NFA approval for each transfer of money?
P: I don’t think so
P: your money is seperate from the firms money
Darma: and P.. I and my client still trust you. if you have any suggestion on brokers we should choose, pls advice
P: ok , thank you
P: I’m sorry about what happened
P: I will call FXLQ again later
Darma: thank you. i hope we wont get any delays.
Darma: this makes me nervous, actually
P: there shouldn’t be
P: I’ll call later
Darma: you know better the regulation and the situation there.
Darma: yes, please let me know anything you can get.
P: it also happened to One World Forex
Darma: btw, how are you? it is winter there, isnt it?
P: they are cracking down
P: yes
P: COLD
P: I don’t like the cold
P: how about you?
Darma: do you have plan for christmas or new year?
P: no
Darma: im fine, except with this fxlq thing. my multifinance business is going well. as well as the chemicals
P: not yet
P: good for you
P: I need to shower now
Darma: ok P.. good luck to us!
P: you’ll be fine
P: I’ll call them later
P: and make sure
Darma: ok thank you
Darma: thanks.

I prefer spring over winter

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FXLQ notification

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 3:29 pm
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We have just received this notification letter from FXLQ.
I immediately discussed it with our clients and we decided to send a withdrawal request.
The completed forms have been sent several hours ago, and we’ll see hows it gonna be.
Wish us luck!

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
RE: Account # 1XXXX

To our Valued Clients:

The National Futures Association has today issued a Member Responsibility Action against FXLQ. You can find the notice on the NFA’s website: http://www.nfa.futures.org/basicnet/Details.aspx?entityid=0362216&rn=Y.

Effective immediately, FXLQ is not allowed to take on any new customer positions. Therefore, all of our systems have been set to allow only rollover and liquidations.

We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused, and direct you to our website if you wish to withdraw your funds: www.fxlq.com/docs.

We are working diligently to clear this up as quickly as possible and look forward to renewing a full relationship with our customers.

Sincerely,

Robert Gray
President
Forex Liquidity LLC

And now we need to find a good UK-based MT4 broker to tap our robots in.

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December 3, 2007

Mr. Pharmacists, just Stop Blaming Others and Yourselves!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 6:38 pm
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(picture is taken from offthemarkcartoon)

This is my note I wrote last year. It was about the correlation between poor macroeconomic figures and the poor role of the profession of pharmacist in Indonesia that then leads to the lack of public appreciation to the profession. I think it might be worth posting it here.

Mr. Pharmacists, just Stop Blaming Others and Yourselves!

Around 10 years ago, during my study in the university, I involved myself quite deeply in the student organization, especially in the field of the professional role of pharmacist in Indonesia’s health care system. Since that time until now, it has been a common topic among pharmacists and pharmacy students that the profession of pharmacist in Indonesia isn’t appreciated as good as it is in other countries.

Discussions sometimes led to the blaming of other professions, especially doctors, who are said to be taking over pharmacists’ role in the health care system. Doctors dispense medication to patients to get the benefit of the business, or even the full of corruption practice of drug prescription by doctors who seek to get direct benefits from pharmaceutical industries such us bonuses, prizes, sponsorships, etc.

Some discussions also lead to the blaming of the lack of a proper regulation on the national health care system. Then it blames the absence of pharmacist in the parliament and other strategic position in the government.

All these, then lead to useless bashings, debates, and also (useless) efforts to make the better appreciation of the profession of pharmacist in Indonesia.

I too, once tried several efforts at that time during my study time in the uni. Joining with other peers, we successfully started the weekly radio talkshow by pharmacy students in the hope of the better appreciation to pharmacists by the public. The program is now still running and formalized in the student organization. I’m happy for that. And we also pioneered the internship session for students during holiday session in several pharmacies and industries arround Bandung. This was hoped to give an earlier exposures to pharmacy students to the reality of their profession in the community, compared to the school programs to do the thing at the very end of the study time. Then we encouraged other fellow students to get an early involvement in the pharmacist profession organisation (ISFI), attending discussions and seminars, and we even organized a national seminar to take a closer look at the possibility that the curriculum and the regulation on the education themselves lack somethings that leads to the problems.

But, after all those efforts and thoughts, I then realize that such things won’t generate significant effect for the better role of pharmacists in Indonesia’s health care system. I then realized the the country’s poor macroeconomic figure is the cause. This has been the fundamental cause of it.

Take a look at Indonesia’s current GDP per capita. The number is arround USD 1,600. Even if this figure is normalized with the cost of living, that will result in the number of GDP(PPP) per capita of USD 3,900-4,500 (variable numbers resulted from various methods by various insitutions), this number is way too low compared to countries with acceptably proper role of pharmacist in their health care system.

For example, United States and some European countries, where the profession of pharmacist is considered to be a role model by idealists, have their number between USD 25,000 – 40ks. That is a well 10-20 folds of Indonesia’s. Even Malaysia and Singapore have USD 12k and 30k respectively. Thus I think comparing the role of the profession of pharmacist in Indonesia with what they have in those countries would be absurd.

I do really appreciate and respect my fellow pharmacists who dedicate their fullest effort for a better situation and some have really gained appreciation in several working environments.

But, by realizing at this fact, idealist pharmacists in forums and discussion boards should have a more realistic view on the problem. You wont open an authorized Mercedes-Benz service center in a poor village and then expect villagers to treat you as an important person in their life there, will you? They use motorcycles, for rice shake! Trying to convince the villagers to buy Mercedes sedans because it is good and provide a safer mean of transportation would lead to frustration.

I welcome any comments and feedbacks on this.
Rgrds.

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November 28, 2007

CFA Course Material

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 11:09 pm
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I’ve came to a conclusion that a strong entrepreneurial passion and experience I have and the business tradition from the family would not be enough for handling one of our newest unit in Jakarta. At the very first glance, this course materials might help:

Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Finance (16 sessions)
Ethics and Basic Investment Tools (Quantitative Analysis and Economics) (18 sessions)
Asset Valuation and Portfolio Management (20 sessions)
Review Class + Mock Up Exam & Explanatory (10 sessions)
Total     64 sessions

Ethical and Professional Standard
Economics*
Quantitative Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis**
Asset Valuation***
Portfolio Management

* For level 3, Economics include in Portfolio Management
** For Level 1 and 2, Corporate Finance include in Financial Statement Analysis
*** Include Market & Instruments, Equity, Debt, Derivative and Alternative  Investments.
For level 3, Derivative include in Portfolio Management

But then I’ve also found information in a discussion board in CFA Indonesia Study Group, that the things can be learned by only buying the book set from the CFA Institute and some other useful books. Therefore, attending a course isn’t needed. And it was even said that buying the book and set materials from the CFA institute is a prerequisite for doing the internationally standardized assessment test.
Well, I’m not more into doing the test, but just need to get a good grip on the subjects.

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November 26, 2007

Prediction is Nonsense

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 6:59 pm
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Thanks to R who consistently posts useful articles in his journal. This time he posted a link to an article at the economist.com. The most interesting thing for me in that article is these paragraphs. It is stated that,

To show how this works, Messrs Frydman and Goldberg examine the PERSISTENT failure of economists to predict movements in the currency markets. According to Kenneth Rogoff, an economist at Harvard who has long attempted to find rational models for predicting currency fluctuations, “it is stunning how hard it is to explain movements in exchange rates.”

All the models based on rational expectations now say that, on fundamentals, the euro is overvalued against the dollar, he reckons. But does that mean the dollar will soon rise? Mr Rogoff says he has no idea.

In rational-expectations theory, a range of variables including inflation, interest rates and growth should have a predictable impact on currency movements, but in practice this theory has proved less useful for forecasting than tossing a coin. Among rational economists, the debate is over “whether the glass is 5% full or 95% empty,” he says. Only over longer periods—say two to four years—is there any evidence of exchange-rate predictability, which is far too long to be useful to traders or policymakers.

So, isn’t it clear now.. just stop predicting.
Develop a trading model. Not a prediction model.

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November 22, 2007

November 20, 2007

Chart Reading Cult

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 7:19 am
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I have had a discussion in Pradeep Bonde’s post at TG’s blog. He stated that traders should burn their chart, because chart reading is a long enduring cult in the market. So then he advice traders to burn their chart. lol.

Well, i do agree with him that chart reading is wrong. I often called it as “technical analysis mumbo jumbo”. Drawing lines, discretionarily analyzing the market. They really are cult, imo. LOL. But don’t burn your chart.

It’s like many man died in an open combat, although they bring their weapons. it doesn’t mean that a soldier should throw away their weapon and burn it because of that fact.

In my humble opinion, the same goes for chart and price action in trading. It is not the chart and price action that is not useful. It is the lack of a system to follow that make traders fail. To make money in the market, one should first gather a sufficient amount of knowledge, then develop their system, then evaluate them, then measure the risk profile of the system to determine the proper gearing ratio to suit the risk acceptance of the traders/investors, then follow the system with discipline. Some key points in system development must be considered, especially avoiding curve fitting, optimization, etc.

And by doing all these sequence of system development and ended up by disciplinely trading a system, a price-action-only trader would make money in the market. No need to consider other information such as the earnings, interest rate, nor any other fundamental info. They are nothing but noises.

But yes, many people has fallen into the endless forest of chart reading. Chart reading is not the proper way of using the chart. Developing a system based on price action should be the answer. Do not burn your chart because one will go to the combat zone unarmed because he believes that the fundamental gods will protect him after his praying session. Earnings report, etc is not the instrument to be traded. Price is. Then, just trade the price.
Many money managers and hedge funds get into trouble because they burn their chart.

So, in short words: chart reading is the wrong way of using charts. Do not burn your charts. Use them properly. Do not chart reading… but instead: develop a price-action-only system. It works. At least for me.

Here is Mr. Pradeep’s piece. I couldn’t find the page in TG’s blog anymore, perhaps it’s been deleted to avoid the increasingly tensed discussion by the many angry members of the cult. lol.

Chart reading is a long enduring cult in the market. Beginner traders are quickly grabbed by the simplicity of charts reading techniques and chart patterns. They waste countless hours and years perfecting chart reading and making sub optimal returns. Many get so lost in the technical analysis jungle, that they never find profitable way out of it.

If chart reading was the way to success in market, there would be millions of trading millionaire. After all how much time does it take to read a book on chart reading and chart patterns , probably a day. It is so easy according to practitioners of the esoteric arts that if you are of average intelligence you should master it in few days. Once you do that lo and behold, you will have trading success. The reality is far from it.

All that chart reading and chart patterns tells you is very simple and basic market framework like trend line, support and resistance. If you try and trade with such a simplistic framework, you are unlikely to make much money.

Path to profitability in trading starts by unlearning your technical analysis framework. Burn your charts,learn new market paradigm and your profits will increase.

So, be carefull when ‘experts’ tell you something. They aren’t necessarily always right.

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November 15, 2007

Fundamentally Noisy

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 8:27 am
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From Grace Cheng’s blog today:

The BOE quarterly inflation report prompted long profit-taking actions in the British Pound after the bank said it could comfortably allow interest rates to drop from their current level of 5.75% to around 5% without inflation getting out of control.
BOE governor King said he expects GDP growth to slow “sharply” in 2008 and the bank forecasts at least one rate cut in 2008.
“Further financial market fallout, either at home or overseas, poses the biggest downside risk to activity,” the report said.
EUR/GBP rallied to a 4-year high while GBP/USD fell 200 pips today to around 2.0660.

Fundamentally noisy. LOL. So now everyone should trade the market based on a rate hike due next year? That’s how analysts got their job, isnt it?

And market gurus wud say “buy rumors, sell facts”. Ya ya ya..
I’d prefer we just “Buy/Sell the FACT”. No rumors.
Only the FACT. No Noises.

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November 14, 2007

Postmo Darvas Method (?)

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 11:13 pm
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Still inspired by the same article as in my previous post, the author suggested a form of a “Modern Day Darvas Method”,

Here are a few ways a modern-day Darvas might prevent micromanaging trades:
* Use Your Platform Tools. Set it and forget it. Whether you have sophisticated tools like bracket orders or just the basics, use the tools your broker has provided to help you structure your trades in such a way that they have the ability to play out without needing your constant supervision. This will help you to trade without emotion and allow you to fully implement your strategy for the trade from start to finish.
* Hide The Number. I’ve written about hiding the number before, and I think it can be quite beneficial, whether it’s your account balance or even just your P&L on trades. A trader friend of mine claims that hiding his P&L has made the biggest positive impact in his trading – more than any tools or indicators. It’s an interesting concept, particularly if you find yourself overreacting to every little pullback or advance. By giving his broker trade instructions ahead of time, Darvas didn’t watch his P&L or spook himself out of trades.
* Turn off the news flow. Darvas found that his absence from the Street allowed him to stay in trades longer so that he could let his original game plan play out. That means he was not surrounding himself with rumors or opinions or the news flow. He didn’t make bets based on gut feel – he stuck to the charts, trading from the price action when opportunies arose. If for you that means turning off CNBC, avoiding comparing opinions with your trading buddies by staying off of instant messenger or Skype, then so be it. Whatever helps you make your money is what you need to focus on. Remember, Silence is Golden!

Yes, they are indeed good tips. But if the method above are called “Modern”, what then he’ll call this method below:

  • Define the strategy into the fullest details,
  • Write them into a working algorithm,
  • Backtest,
  • Evaluate,
  • Modify & improve,
  • Re-test,
  • Re-evaluate,
  • Fine tune,
  • Another re-test,
  • Validation test,
  • Let the strategy be automated through any growing number of supporting brokers.

Will these sequence of strategy automation produce a new method called as “Post-Modern Darvas” then? LOL.

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Postmodern architecture

Geopolitical news, rumors or sentiment, are nothing BUT NOISE

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 10:04 pm
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I’ve came across this article in a website. The tittle is “Modern Day Darvas Methods“. The article is very interesting because it highlighted the essential idea in the famous book, “How I made 2MM in the Stock Market” by Nicolas Darvas. The article stated,

The book outlines how Darvas became a successful trader by overcoming his own mistakes through his ‘box theory’. Having gone through several different methods without finding any consistency in profitability, he ultimately became a chartist and a millionaire – imagine that!”

The article went further describing the book with more details on how Mr. Darvas prevent himself from “micromanaging” his trades,

While traveling the world by way of his profession as a dancer, he received his weekly copy of Barron’s, and reviewed his stocks of interest through these quotes which were delayed by days. After reviewing the prices and locating his favorite chart pattern, he would wire detailed trade instructions to his broker. Although today’s markets move faster than they did back then, at the end of the day he was simply focused on the price action and how his stocks were moving – just as we all should be. This means he was not being distracted by the extra “noise” of every tick, geopolitical news, rumors or sentiment.

I would put more stress on the last line: “…he was not being distracted by the extra “noise” of every tick, geopolitical news, rumors or sentiment..”

I couldn‘t agree more on this. Geopolitical news, rumors or sentiment, are nothing BUT NOISE. Just filter it out from the process of making trading decisions, and we’ll have a clear day :-)

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Get rid of the noise like this.

Safe Country to Have Trading Account

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Safe country to have trading account? It would be Singapore, Canada and the UK. In those countries, brokers or dealers are required to segregate clients’ accounts, so that in the event of a broker’s bankruptcy, clients would be considered secured creditors and receive priority in bankruptcy proceedings.
Indonesia also have this arrangement, but the trading condition for trading OTC-FX and regional indices through regulated futures brokers in Indonesia is not good. Spread and commissions are gigantic. And not to mention the phony trade routing path.procedure. If you know how client’s trades are routed, where to, etc, you’ll get the best laugh of the day. lol.

Brokers Can Go Bankrupt
Posted by Grace Cheng on Nov 13 2007

Have you heard the latest big news about E*Trade Financials? E*Trade is an online low-cost brokerage company whose shares dropped 59% Monday after a Citigroup analyst estimated there is a 15% chance E*Trade will be forced to file for bankruptcy protection after the company warned in a filing that bigger-than-expected losses could result from its banking arm which invests in securities backed by mortgages.

It is startling to have such a massive plunge in stock price, but what is of main concern is that retail investors who have accounts with them are at risk of losing their money, even though SIPC’s protection cover securities customers up to $100,000 for claims for cash.

Luckily, E*Trade is mainly a securities/options broker, not a forex broker otherwise forex traders will have to start transferring their funds to rival brokers.

Are you trading through a broker that is situated in a country that requires brokers to segregate clients’ funds according to the country’s financial regulations? Countries such as Singapore, Canada and UK require brokers or dealers to segregate clients’ accounts, so that in the event of a broker’s bankruptcy, clients would be considered secured creditors and receive priority in bankruptcy proceedings.

Trade safe folks.

Yes, trade safe
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November 13, 2007

Strategy Runner: Server Based Solution for Algorithmic Trading

Filed under: Uncategorized — by TraderMade @ 5:19 pm
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Algorithmic trading automation project often face the problem of machine hosting and maintenance and the need of multiple account management.
SR’s features may perhaps provide solutions for the problems.

http://www.strategyrunner.com

Fully Automated Trading System – Online Trading Platform

Strategy Automation Station (SAS)
SAS is an advanced server-based solution for automation, execution & distribution of trading strategies written in TradeStation, Excel, Visual Basic, WealthLab, .Net, Fix, COM, Java, C, C++ or any other proprietary platform to one account or to multiple subscribers.

Who is it for?
Traders, System Traders, Strategy Developers, CTAs, POAs, CPO that want to automate their trading systems and trade on single account or distribute them to multiple subscribers.

Single Account – How does it work?
Execution: Clients runs the strategy in TradeStation (Excel, WealthLab, etc), and SAS routes strategy signals to clients account.
Control: Client can monitor strategy execution through Strategy Runner console.

Multiple Accounts – How does it work?
Execution: The developers execute the strategy from within their platform (e.g. TradeStation), and SAS sends strategy signal to clients’ account. Strategy Runner servers.
Distribution: The Strategy Runner server at the FCM’s facility receives the signals, and executes the trades for one or multiple subscribers in their individual accounts.
Control: Each individual subscriber can monitor and control the strategy execution through Strategy Runner Pro console.

Manage: The broker can monitor and manage all subscribers’ accounts from the Strategy Runner Manager tool.

Several brokers providing the possibility of using SR are: Infinity, Global Futures, Fox, Lind-Waldock, and Gaincapital.
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MT4 to non-MT4 brokers via Strategyrunner

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On Nov 13, 2007 5:41 AM, Darma <sub01> <b01@gmail.com> wrote:

www.strategyrunner.com server based solution for trade automation.
Several non-MT4 brokers provide access for strategyrunner.
And one of GFT’s web page says that it also integrate with Metatrader 4.
http://www.gftforex.com/software/dealbook360/sr.asp
im not affiliated with any of them.
Does anyone have any experience or comment on this?

Thanks.

Access the next generation of fully automated algorithmic forex trading using
seamless data integration tools to communicate between two separate
software programs. This allows you to easily automate strategies that
have been created through TradeStation, Wealthlabs, MetaTrader 4
or MS Excel. Any standard GFT trading account with a strategy written
in one of these four platforms can obtain the Strategy Runner service
at no additional cost.

Your strategies can be fully integrated to work with Strategy
Runner’s platform, and your trades will be executed through GFT. This
formula, combined with GFT’s reliable trade execution and over 99
percent uptime, is well-suited for the 24-hour, 5.5 days a week, nature
of the forex market.

About Strategy Runner

Strategy Runner’s powerful
innovative server-based technology for fully automated algorithmic
trading solutions integrates the needs of buy- and sell- side
institutions to access, automate, distribute, and execute trading
algorithms. It provides flexible customizable solutions for centralized
secure distribution of broker-supplied algorithms over multiple assets,
accounts and clearing firms.

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On 11/13/07, Carl Sanders <traden4x@gmail.com> wrote:

I have had no experience with them. I know someone who uses/has used them and has had some problems lately. Slow or possibly no execution. I have something similar to this but not to GFT. There is definitely a need for this.

Carl

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On Nov 13, Darma <sub01> <b01@gmail.com> wrote:

When one can put Metatrader 4 working with strategyrunner, he can trade through Man Financial’s Currenex platform, the MF Spot On (http://www.mfglobal.com.sg/en/etrade_MFXSpot-On.html).
It says:

Automated System Trading

MFX Spot-On, our professional electronic Foreign Exchange trading
platform, is compatible with automated system trading applications. We
facilitate algorithmic trading for clients by providing API
(application programming interface) for algorithmic connection
functionality. Clients who have developed and host their own models can
connect to MFX Spot-On using third party systems.

The “third party systems” is meant to be strategyrunner, as I was directed to MFXSpot-On page from a banner in strategyrunner website.

Rgrds,
Darma

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November 12, 2007

TraderFeed (Brett Steenbarger’s Blog)

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I’ve found the blog of Brett Steenbarger, author of The Psychology of Trading (Wiley, 2003) and Enhancing Trader Performance (Wiley, 2006) with an interest in using historical patterns in markets to find a trading edge.
some of good posts in the blog are:
Steps toward joining prop firm
Test before you invest in trading career
trading techniques collection

November 9, 2007

And the Lady Joins Dumping the Dollars too

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She prefer to get her payments in Euro rather than the Dollars. Smart move, baby.
You definitely are my type. lol.

Supermodel Bundchen Joins Hedge Funds Dumping Dollars

Gisele Bundchen wants to remain the world’s richest model and is insisting that she be paid in almost any currency but the U.S. dollar.
Like billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Bill Gross, the Brazilian supermodel, who Forbes magazine says earns more than anyone in her industry, is at the top of a growing list of rich people who have concluded that the currency can only depreciate because Americans led by President George W. Bush are living beyond their means.
Bundchen, 27, signed a contract in August to represent Pantene hair products for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co., she demanded payment in euros, according to Veja, Brazil’s biggest weekly magazine. She’ll also get euros for the deal she reached last October with Dolce & Gabbana SpA in Milan to promote the Italian designer’s new fragrance, The One, Veja reported. Bundchen earned $33 million in the year through June, Forbes reported in July.

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The more they worry and talk about it..

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The more they worry and talk about it, the worse the situation would be.
China officials talk up
7 countries considering abandoning USD

A high-ranking official in China’s government recently gave a speech urging the Central Bank to (continue to) diversify its vast holdings of foreign exchange, currently estimated at $1.4 Trillion and rising. The speech was atypical in its level of directness, as Chinese officials tend to speak with a certain degree of circumspection if they think there is any possibility that their comments will reach the public. Specifically, he advocated making a play on the current volatility in forex markets, by selling “weak currencies” in favor of “strong currencies.” In fact, the most recent data shows that China is already doing just that: its holdings of US government bonds have declined even as its reserves have risen.

Why do officials have to talk that much?
Perhaps because they are politicians too.
And trend followers would just follow the price. he he he

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Mr. Bean and the Volatility

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The intraday volatility pattern in the major currency pairs would likely to stay the same, thanks to these reasons on why London will keep its role as the center of financial world:
(taken from this link).

  • (US) Financial regulation: After scandals like Enron, the financial industry is more heavily regulated. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act required lots of tightening of financial controls. As a result, it’s less attractive to do business in a country where every transaction is scrutinized.
  • Patriot Act and Dept. of Homeland Security: After 9/11, US security was tightened quite a bit. That means there’s less openness with foreign transactions, travel, and more. In contrast, London is easier to deal with.
  • Time zones: Who wants to keep weird hours? London’s time zone is more favorable for many world areas. Investors, generally outside of the US, who want to keep more regular hours trade on London time.
  • International flavor: With London’s immigrant financial workforce and relatively open work and travel visas, the city’s financial makeup is very internationally diverse. Last year, a Russian pipe manufacturer chose to list with London’s stock exchange rather than NYSE because it’s “very internationally flavored,” a sentiment that is likely echoed by many others with financial interests.

Mr Bean has probably been adding more weight to the image of London’s openness. Imagine having friends like him for a coffee during the market break. Perhaps I could ask him for some advices on the market. lol.

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November 6, 2007

Scalping wisdom

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Some traders have put an enormous amount of time developing scalping strategies. One of them is a German trader named himself as Winwin. Despite of his controversial strategy in the 2007 EA Championship, his wisdom seems to be worth examined:

“….for me there are two scalping techniques.
first technique: in trendmarket take out some trend pips of the trend. if i want it to do in short term there is the problem that in a trend the market is moving fast. i cant set pending orders all the time in championship, because so i would create a very big journal. so i had to use marketorders, but in fast moving markettrends i will nearly always get a reqoute.
second technique: find out a range and trade in the opposite direction on the borders or on some points. but dont trade the whole range, only some pips. so you have more time for a marketorder because it is not a fast moving market.
i will underline, that this is my definition of scalping possibilities. it can be completely wrong to books maybe………..”

His wisdom has sparked an idea of a new strategy in my head. Especially with this idea of modifying a scalping technique to be accepted by most Metatrader brokers. Will discuss it tomorrow with Yogi, the programmer. Can’t wait for tomorrow. lol.
When having hot ideas in the head like this, i feel like being a 10 years old boy who has just been given a pair of new shoe, that he even wears the new shoe to sleep. lol.

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Chart Analysis Excitement

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From my observation so far, traders who really love to show the screen shot of their wonderful charts with all those exotic indicators and lines and curves and all, are traders who would not feel comfortable for others to see their actual trading result. Some kind of a negative correlation there between the two things. lol.

Successful traders don’t spend times drawing exotic pictures off their chart. They have a system/method, and always is a simple method. Often they even get very bored to execute their own system by themselves, then they start to delegate the execution of their simple method. At that stage, paying programmers to automate it would be much cheaper than paying traders to execute the (boring) system.

Traders may have their own method, including all the analysis mumbo-jumbo. Yeah, they said that whatever works should be okay. Each traders have their own way. But from my experience, that is not the truth.

Look at the chart posted above. I can be 99% sure that the trader doesn’t want his trading result to be seen by others. But he is so proud of his painting. Yeah, he better buy some paints, brushes, and canvasses and maybe start to set up an art gallery/museum. lol. I mean, look at the chart. It’s so colorfull, so live (lol), even when I zoomed in the chart I felt a litle bit difficult to find out the candles. lol. I was so amazed. lol.

So, another hint here: if a trader still feel excited doing his daily analysis on his charts, using his amazing imagination on each of his analysis, or discussing the fundamental stuffs with his fellow traders in trading forums/chat rooms, perhaps he should take a look at his trading statement to bring him back down to earth and start to realize that it’s not the way to be profitable.

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November 5, 2007

Will we be there?

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If I set a target of a U$10M under management within the next 5 years, would it be something realistic? That would put us in the same competition room with these great names: Galleon Strategic Mgmt, DynexCorp Ltd., FEM Currency Portfolio Ltd, New World Cap’l Mgmt, MIGFX Inc, Overlay Asset Mgmt, Forex Cap’l Mkts, Lambay Capital Limited, Trimmer Cap’l Mgmt, and Ketch Capital Management.
Despite of the good start that we’re up 5% for the month of October which was achieved under a very conservative 10:1 gearing ratio by the Ri-VER algorithm, I still have this question in my head: “Am I dreaming here?”
And please don’t laugh at me when I sing the rainbow song while looking at this table taken from the November issue of Currency Traders Magazine.
Good luck to us!

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high in the land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I’ll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that’s where you’ll find me. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow, why, oh why can’t I?


October 31, 2007

Trading Forum Desperation

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I have recently visited a forex forum that I haven’t checked for a long time. The situation isn’t really any different. People are still asking about what to do on their position. Their fellows will respond with some ’smart’ advices.

One asked, “I have some Sell trades open a few weeks now since EUR/GBP took its damn rise. Anyone know if EUR/GBP is going to go back down anytime soon?”
And here’s several responses he got from fellow traders:

“I heard that it is going to stay around .7000 in an effort to teach people to use stop losses.”
Heard from where/who? LOL

or watch this one: “it wont turning back….believe me”
Yeah, sure.. you’re having some insider info there?

and this one is fun too: “Hold on to your shorts. It is going back to 6800.”
Hahaha..LOLL.. so inspiring.

And there’s someone with a ‘more technical’ advice : “You are still inside .7 and .66 range, let’s see what happens next before you make another move.”
Alright.. Let’s wait and see forever and we can have beer while waiting for the margin call.

And someone was responding with no better situation: “I’ve been frustrated with this pair on several trades and being range bound as folks have been saying makes it easy to think one has picked a top or bottom only to see it move in the wrong direction…”
He has several nice folks.

Oh and this one too, a ‘more experienced’ one: “Right now the overall direction appears to be trending upwards ever so slowly!! What is the consensus on the pair breaking the .7028 top (of Sept 26th)? I’d like to see it get there as I think it might take off quite speedily after that …”
Allrite, how can I pay you for a complete daily analysis?

Let me tell my view on the market. Regardless of the support/resistance lines we might have somewhere on the chart, or how the stochastic or MACD is pointing at, or the economic fundamental situation is, the pair have the same probability of going lower or not. I’ve seen so many times, any kind of trendlines or support lines or fibo lines have been broken, then all the technical traders/analysts will eventually find another technical explanation to describe the revealed situation. And even worse with the fundamental analysis mumbo jumbo.

A successful trader prefer to trade his well-developed strategy, and then to hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil.
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October 28, 2007

COT and market sentiment

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A conversation early this morning with one member of the Indotraders.

Trader: kalau tidak sibuk, saya mau tanya sedikit Pak mengenai COT (Common Of Trader)
Trader: apa Pak Darma tau mengenai COT ?
Trader: COT itu mengenai apa Pak ?
Darma: Commitment of Traders ya
Trader: iya
Darma: posisi net open di bursa, mas ya?
Darma: di bursa futures
Trader: saya tidak tau Pak mengenai COT
Trader: mau tanya mengenai COT itu dan apakah bermanfaat bagi trading kita?
Darma: tergantung time frame kita mungkin pak. dulu saya pernah coba perhatikan, karena ada beberapa teman traders yg mencoba menginterpretasi COT menjadi sentimen market
Darma: tapi kok rasanya gambyar dan tidak ada korelasi dengan market ya. terutama dengan market di time frame intraday.
Trader: apa berarti hanya bermanfaat di time frame D1 ke atas ?
Darma: sedangkan untuk timeframe long term, arah market dalam ekspektasi 2-3 bulan ke depan, saya sendiri lebih suka menggunakan pendekatan sistem aja. misalnya dulu pernah coba dengan sistem turtle atau aberration. fundamental ternyata nggak dipedulikan samasekali oleh market.
Darma: COT mungkin bermanfaat untuk mengantisipasi sentimen market untuk market yang likuiditasnya rendah
Darma: misalnya untuk saham di bursa jakarta. posisi net open para partisipan akan sangat mempengaruhi harga.
Darma: tapi kalau di market yg besar seperti spot fx, kayaknya gak pengaruh samasekali. karena data COT yang ada di bursa di NY atau Chicago, itu hanya sampel kecil dari market yang jauh lebih besar.
Trader: ok, terima kasih Pak Darma
Darma: iya, mas. sama2. itu pun hanya pendapat saya mas. belum tentu benar juga kok.

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Tentang COT dari salah satu halaman di website CFTC:

Commitments of Traders

The Commitments of Traders (COT) reports provide a breakdown of each Tuesday’s open interest for market reports in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.

Reports are available in both a short and long format. The short report shows open interest separately by reportable and nonreportable positions. For reportable positions, additional data is provided for commercial and non-commercial holdings, spreading, changes from the previous report, percents of open interest by category, and numbers of traders.

The long report, in addition to the information in the short report, groups the data by crop year, where appropriate, and shows the concentration of positions held by the largest four and eight traders.

Supplemental reports show aggregate futures and option positions of Noncommercial, Commercial, and Index Traders in 12 selected agricultural commodities.

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October 25, 2007

Why you need a complete trading system

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Jokes on market analysts. It goes to both the technical and fundamental type of analysts:

A market analyst is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today!
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Q: Why did God create market analysts ?
A: In order to make weather forecasters look good.
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The best time to buy anything is last year.
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The market is weird. Every time one guy sells, another one buys, and they both think they’re smart.
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I prefer a complete trading system rather than a complete analysis before each of my trades, especially that come from market analysts/gurus/experts.

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October 15, 2007

The idea on grid

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This week, we’ll explore several ideas on system development, particularly on the multiple entry and exit ideas that might be a powerful tool to be implemented into the currently used trading system. Not really a new one, actually. The technique has been implemented in several development project by several other fellow quantitative traders, but has never been used in a proper way, imho. Some robots with ‘grid’ approach are usually ignoring the most important thing in system development, which is the risk-management and risk-limiting function. I have seen many ‘grid’ system that perform well in all trades but then suddenly wipe out the account in a single occasion. It’s like having the lion in a well-built cage but the lock is unlocked.

And now, Aditya K, a fellow quants, he is a very young boy (but not as young as my fellow in the picture, lol), has shown me his trading performance using this technique in a counter-trend approach, which generally is ‘gridding’ a counter-trend trades off (a suspected to be) an exhaustion condition of a move on a short to mid term time frame. But it seems like he has never been exploring the use of some volatility-measurement tools and other essential filtering aspects which in my experience are very significant in improving the performance of systems.

Meanwhile, the currently used system, called the Ri-VER (ver vy.6c), has been performing well this month. Its been trading well on the accounts and made a 3% gain on them. I hope the market will provide us with another great months ahead. Yeah, good luck to us. :-)

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September 28, 2007

Algorithmic trading. There’s no other way better.

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Kebetulan ada mas deddy yg tanya agak panjang, jd banyak yg mesti dijawab. dan kayaknya tak posting sebagai blog aja deh, instead of hanya private message, jd supaya bisa dibaca yg lainnya juga oleh temen2 di indotraders.

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good morning, mas deddy.
saya senang ada yg ngajakin diskusi beginian.
soal bikin EA, saya nggak coding sendiri kok mas. saya kerjakan bersama seorang programmer, teman kuliah satu kampus dulu di bandung, dia lulusan informatik, sedangkan saya farmasi. saya punya ide, dia coding. lalu utk modifikasi2, nambah2 filter, ngerubah2 perhitungan sedikit-sedikit, saya bisa lakukan sendiri. tapi setelah terjadi perubahan beberapa versi, saya kembalikan lagi ke dia utk diverifikasi apakah codingnya masih bener, gitu mas.. jadi kalo soal belajar coding yg baik, saya sendiri belum lakukan itu, krn saya sendiri belum ketemu metoda yg tepat utk belajar itu.

soal penggunaan mechanical system dalam bentuk EA di MT4, dibandingkan dgn trading manual dgn menggunakan segala kemampuan berfikir manusia beserta unsur emosi dan psikologinya, saya sendiri punya pegangan dalil2 sebagai berikut, mas:

dalil #1:
utk trading, kita hrus pakai metoda atau strategi yg kita yakini bahwa kalau dijalankan, akan profit. metoda atau strategi ini bisa macem2, bisa mekanis ataupun murni feeling, atau tebak2an.. tapi prinsipnya adalah kita akan menjalankan aktifitas trading menggunakan suatu cara -apapun itu bentuknya- yang kita yakini memberi peluang besar utk profit. Lha kalo kita gak punya strategi yg kita rasa akan profit, kita tentu gak akan bisa memulai trading kan ya?

dalil #2:
untuk bisa memilih strategi yang kita yakini akan profit, tentu kita harus melihat dulu, kira-kira apa bener suatu ide tentang strategi itu bakalan profit. Misalnya kalau ada ide strategi trading berupa: “buy kalau market retrace di fibo, lalu exit saat overbought”, tentu akan wajar sekali kalau kita cek ke historical, lihat2 secara visual di historical chart, apakah kalau kita lakukan strategi itu memang benar ada peluang akan profit. Lalu kalau ternyata kita harus perhatikan kondisi tertentu seperti big news time dll, itu juga kita lihat di historical. Hal ini tentu merupakan hal yg biasa dalam mencari-cari ide trading, kan? Setiap trader yg berusaha mencari strategi pilihannya, pasti melakukan hal ini, yaitu pemeriksaan historical, atau istilahnya backtest. backtest ini bisa manual/visual, atau mekanis utk lebih akurat.

dalil #3:
memeriksa suatu ide strategi tertentu dengan teknik pemeriksaan visual secara manual, memiliki banyak sekali kelemahan dan keterbatasan.
Kelemahan2 itu antara lain:

- seringkali kita memeriksa dengan bias/keberpihakan. seorang trader yg terlatih mungkin bisa mengurangi faktor ini. keberpihakan ini maksudnya begini mas: kita lakukan pengamatan visual untuk mencari pembenaran dari ide strategi kita. Jadi tiap kali kita lihat kejadian kalau kriteria entry-exit yg kita ingin periksa ternyata menghasilkan profit, kita hanya perhatikan itu saja. Kita lupa perhatikan bahwa ada banyak kondisi yang ternya berakibat kerugian, dan itu kita abaikan krn hasilnya tidak seperti yg kita inginkan. We see what we want to see.

- kelemahan parah lainnya adalah adanya faktor “oversight”, yaitu misalnya kita buy kalau marketnya breakout ke atas suatu trend line, kita pikir kita bisa jalankan strategi itu, padahal trend line nya terbentuk dari titik-titik fraktal sebelum dan sesudah kejadian itu. ya ini contoh ekstrim, tapi kesalahan “oversight” ini sering kali dialami oleh orang2 yg baru mulai mencoba mengembangkan strategi trading.

- kelemahan lain: bila di historical chart kita melihat ada move naik yg ‘bagus’, dan kita ingin bisa menangkap gerakan itu dan mengkapitalisasi profit dari gerakan itu, lalu kita cari2 kondisi yg mendahului gerakan ini, lalu kita anggap kita menemukan suatu strategi. begitu terus kita lakukan tiap kali kita lihat ada gerakan ‘bagus’ di market yg ingin bisa kita tangkap, kita coba-coba cari kondisi di market yg mendahuluinya. padahal kondisi itu berbeda2, dan itu hanya kelihatan kalau kita sudah lihat gerakan ‘bagus’ yg kita inginkan.

SEMUA kelemahan dan keterbatasan ini akan hilang kalau kita lakukan pemeriksaan menggunakan teknik non-manual, misalnya pakai program statistik, di excel, atau pakai backtesternya metatrader.

dalil #4
Kemudian kita sudah menemukan suatu strategi yg ternyata memang profit, misalnya tiap kali market bikin triangle di jam tertentu, lalu break ke atas saat MACD di long term mengarah naik — dan ini semua sudah ditest dengan cara yg akurat dan menghasilkan kesimpulan-kesimpulan sbb:
- “ooohhh… strategi ini kalau dijalankan memang profit”
- “rata2 dalam sebulan, kena SL hanya 5 kali, sedangkan selebihnya rata2 ada 20 yang kena TP”
Kalau kita sudah punya strategi yg setelah diperiksa memberi kesimpulan2 bagus seperti ini, tentu kita ingin menjalankannya secara disiplin kan?
Nah di sini lah faktor psikologi seringkali sangat mengganggu. Seringkali strategi yg seharusnya profit, tapi malah menjadi merugikan karena tradernya terganggu dari segi psikologi. Macem2 masalah psikologi yg bisa terjadi mas. Misalnya utk contoh trader yg pakai strategi triangle breakoutnya tadi:
- Sang trader enggan menuruti rules nya sendiri krn tiba2 ngerasa “kok kayaknya ngeri ya, buy di sini, walaupun triangle udah break ke atas, tapi kan market udah naik tinggi beberapa hari belakangan ini”..
- Sang trader tiba-tiba mengambil posisi trade padahal tidak ada kondisi yg sesuai dengan rules nya, krn tiba2 berfikir “ini mestinya bakalan naik nih, walaupun gak ada triangle, tapi ini kan marketnya udah bolak-balik di bawah resistance ini, jadi sekarang udah break, kita mesti buruan masuk nih supaya nggak ketinggalan”.
- dan masalah ketidak-disiplinan lainnya, terutama masalah exit, menggeser SL, position sizing yg seenak perutnya, dsb dsb dsb..

nah kalau kita udah test/periksa ide strategi kita dengan menggunakan teknik yg akurat, misalnya menggunakan algoritma di metatrader, mestinya strategi itulah yg akan kita jalankan dengan disiplin kan.. disiplin artinya disiplin, nggak diubah2. gak dibikin pengecualian2 yg bebeda-beda tiap saat. kalau memang ada kondisi yg akan dikecualikan, misalnya gak akan trading kalau market New York libur, ya itu mesti diperiksa juga di historical kalau dilakukan begitu hasilnya gimana, apa memang lebih baik atau tidak. Kalau memang lbih baik, ya itu lah yg hrus dijalankan dengan disiplin, dst.

Trading dengan disiplin ini semua akan jauh lebih mudah bila kita jalankan strategi kita menggunakan suatu computer-programmed algorithm, misalnya pakai tools alert di MT4, atau bahkan pakai tools automatic trading di MT4 menggunakan EA itu.

dalil #5
Kalau kita tidak percaya dengan suatu strategi akan profit dijalankan krn kita pikir market akan berubah sehingga misalnya di contoh di atas, strategi triangle dan MACD itu kayaknya cuman profit di dulu2 aja, tapi besok2 belum tentu, ya lalu kita tidak punya alasan yg kuat utk menjalankannya, bukan? Di sini, menurut saya, kembali ke faktor psikologi dan rasional.

Kalau strategi tarik2 garis dgn supp/res atau fibo itu kita pikir gak akan profit lagi di masa depan, ya berarti kita gak akan pakai strategi itu juga. Kalau kita gak percaya suatu strategi punya harapan akan profit, lalu dengan apa kita akan trading dong. Sampai saat ini, sepenjang pengetahuan saya, utk menjalankan suatu strategi utk ditradingkan live, setidaknya kita hrus punya harapan bhwa strategi itu akan profit kalau dijalankan. Lebih baik lagi tidak hanya harapan, tapi juga keyakinan, yg kita dapatkan dari hasil pemeriksaan yg menunjukkan hasil yg baik, dan pemeriksaannya akurat.
Dan kalau kita yakin strategi trsebut mestinya profit, tentu kita ingin lakukan dengan disiplin se-disiplin-disiplinnya, kan.

Semua dalil2 dalam pengembangan dan eksekusi strategi trading di atas tadi menunjukkan argumentasi yg sangat kuat utk menggunakan automated system. Gak ada pilihan lain, menurut saya.
Kalaupun artificial intelligence kita percaya bisa menjadi tool yg lbih baik, dan kita tidak percaya thd strategi yg hanya linear matematis biasa, ya lakukan itu. Do whatever you want to do.
Kalau setelah kita periksa suatu strategi secara akurat menggunakan EA di MT4, lalu forward testing menunjukkan hasil bagus juga, tapi begitu mau live kita malah tidak percaya bahwa market akan berlaku begitu lagi, ya kita punya hak penuh utk tidak menggunakan strategi itu utk live. Don’t do anything we don’t wanna do.
Tapi kalau dalam keadaan itu lalu kita drop out strategi itu hanya krn tidak berani, ya lalu mau trading pakai strategi apa? There’s no any other way better.

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