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Backtesting Became Cool Again!Hello traders Hope you're all doing fantastic I learned a few weeks ago that TradingView released a CSV Export feature. Basically, you can export any indicator outputs/plots and get the data in your favorite Excel/Google Sheet/Open office, etc. Using that software is relatively easy and learning how to construct pivot tables/charts will expand your analytics beyond the realm of what you thought was even possible... #way #too bold #statement In that video: I exported the data provided by Backtest Premium Suite in Google Sheet In Google Sheet, I built a pivot table and a few pivot charts (requires a few clicks only) Allows me to get insightful analytics and understand better where I can improve (how much opportunity do I capture? for which risk? are my winners increasing faster than my losers are decreasing?...) Thank you TradingView for enabling this feature. All the BEST Dave
BITMEX:BTCUSD.PEducation
by Daveatt
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Algorithm Builder - INDICES - SPX500 - Review Oct 18th, 2019Hello traders I. Daily tutorial publishing challenge officially begins Starting today, I'll be publishing every night what were the setups given by the Algorithm Builder Indices . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll find more information about that script in this script signature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Wisdom of the day Last Friday was the Triple witching hour day. That is the day where the US contracts come to expiration on the US market - this event happens once a month. Hopefully, only once a month, because this day is often particularly hard for traders to trade. Those days are the expiration of three kinds of securities: 1. Stock market index futures; 2. Stock market index options; 3. Stock options. The simultaneous expirations generally increases the trading volume of options, futures and the underlying stocks, and occasionally increases volatility of prices of related securities. III. Why a 1-minute chart? The indicator won't give more than 3/5 trades per day even. This is not a scalping trading method, it's intraday and based on smoothed indicators for entering in a strong trend only. Those are the most secure trades possible because: - the Algo Builder waits for a strong confirmation and will avoid the fakeouts - the 1 minute allows to enter very early. This point is crucial. We made it so that to enter early but with a minimum of security. IV. SPX500 - Signals of the day 2.1 Morning trade 1. 8:45 am We had a difficult move to take because in front of multi-timeframes resistances. and US stocks opening 45 min later. What I usually do, is to wait for a pullback near the EMA 20 which has a few huge benefits: - generally gets me a better entry price (lower for a long, higher for a short) - reduce the distance between my entry price and stop-loss - hence reducing the risk of the trade The Algorithm Builder - INDICES calculates the stop-loss internally, based on the price where the signal appears 2. 10:12 am and 11:45 am The IDEAL scenario for the Algorithm Builder. Leading trend is red, short signal, no supports near, a great setup with a decent risk-to-reward ratio. When we're in the same direction as the leading trend and the next algorithmic SMAs are a bit far, those are the moments where I know that my reward is far greater than my risk. Would I overleverage or increase my position size drastically anyway knowing this is the Triple witching hour day? Maybe not :) The three morning trades gave about 270 pips 2.2 Afternoon trades 1. 1:05 pm We now see a BUY against the leading trend in red. Which means, the trend is not too strong to go crazy yet. The method tells to wait for a pullback near the EMA 20 to enter with more security 2. 3 pm In the same direction as the leading trend but in front of MTF resistances. Even waiting for a pullback allowed to grab the last 30 pips of the day To quote Ice Cube - it was a good day :) All the best, Dave
FX:SPX500Education
by Daveatt
Algorithm Builder - INDICES - DOW JONES - Review Oct 18th, 2019Hello traders I. Daily tutorial publishing challenge officially begins Starting today, I'll be publishing every night what were the setups given by the Algorithm Builder Indices . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll find more information about that script in this script signature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Wisdom of the day Last Friday was the Triple witching hour day. That is the day where the US contracts come to expiration on the US market - this event happens once a month. Hopefully, only once a month, because this day is often particularly hard for traders to trade. Those days are the expiration of three kinds of securities: 1. Stock market index futures; 2. Stock market index options; 3. Stock options. The simultaneous expirations generally increases the trading volume of options, futures and the underlying stocks, and occasionally increases volatility of prices of related securities. III. Signals of the day 2.1 Morning trade We had a difficult move to take because in front of multi-timeframes resistances. What I usually do, is to wait for a pullback near the EMA 20 which has a few huge benefits: - generally gets me a better entry price (lower for a long, higher for a short) - reduce the distance between my entry price and stop-loss - hence reducing the risk of the trade The Algorithm Builder - INDICES calculates the stop-loss internally, based on the price where the signal appears 2.2 Afternoon trades 1. 8:45 am The first SHORT was given against the leading trend. Around 2:45 pm the background is green, meaning the leading trend is still bullish but as we got a short trade, we had to take it. Plus we were just below a ton of supports which tells us that a pullback near the EMA 20 is really required. Before getting invalidated by the brown vertical bar, we had an 84 pips opportunity . It's usually a good practice to set the stop-loss to breakeven or exit completely a position before the opening at 9:30 am. We often see violent and unpredictable wicks a few minutes before and after the US stocks open. 2. 4:05 pm (UTC+2) The IDEAL scenario for the Algorithm Builder. Leading trend is red, short signal, no supports near, a great setup with a decent risk-to-reward ratio. When we're in the same direction as the leading trend and the next algorithmic SMAs are a bit far, those are the moments where I know that my reward is far greater than my risk. Would I overleverage or increase my position size drastically anyway knowing this is the Triple witching hour day? Maybe not :) Maybe I should have (kidding) :( ... it was a 162 pips move :) All the best, Dave
FX:US30Education
by Daveatt