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I am so dissapointed in the bot right now I want to break something..... it is down nearly $900 right now.. this is the BIGGEST down day in all of my 4 years of data.... I don't know what went wrong.... but oviously I have a problem somewhere... I am interested to see what my method #2 would...

Its possible some more information will be given out over time... If you have read the whole thread you would see a lot of great conversations have already taken place and many more will.... Specific parameters being used DOES NOT need to be revealed as a precursor to good decision for improvements

fatrat, You are correct and that does bother me. However it does not alarm me all that much yet... if it continues to slow down and show signs of leveling off after a few more weeks I will start to become concerned that the method's edge may be degrading,but for now I think its just going...

Here are all current resuls: Day 1: +$1,450 Day2: +$40 Day3: -$344 Day4: +95 Total for the first week's trades: +$1,241 Day 5: -$35 Day 6: -$349 Day 7: -$229 Total for second weeks' trades: -$613 Day 8: -$263 Day 9: +$170 Day10: +$.80 Total combined: +$535.80

JLC, No I cannot give any information concerning the parameters the bot uses. I just ran a backtest for today using method #2 and it would have produced $84 in profits today.

yet another day in the books. Today the system made 4 trades and ended up making $.80 after commissions and everything...... So can't say today was very good...but its green ;) Tomorrow is another day.. In a little while I will run a backtest on my strategy #2 and see how it woudl ahve...

I use whatever my real comission is at IB. I would have to check to know the actual answer but somewhere around $4.50 a round trip. Initially I used to use $5... but then went I went to the sim mode I was noticing some slight deviation's from my PL I was acheiveing on there and what my...

DeferMark, Nice chart. Your system looks really good. That draw down your comming out of looks like it was really rough. I don't know how you stuck with it. I would have been kicking myself everyday. I already do that even when my system is no where near historical draw down periods...

For comparision I just ran a backtest of today and had I run method 2 instead I would have only made $70...

Not close to the size of losses I have been having past few days.. but its a green day ;) +$170

A rather slow day, has made several trades but nothing really to latch on to.. currently down less than 100..... so not very eventful at the moment...

nonlinear, Ib's paper account is what I used. I was not aware there was a separate demo account, so I just referred to the simulation account as a demo account. These drawdowns are definetly scary. I wish there was a way to make them smaller without switching contracts, but thus far...

All sells are placed at the bid and all buys are placed at the ask.. so therefore the bid/ask spread is already factored in to what you are seeing. Secondly commisions are already factored in as well... I am not concerned with any slippage. This data has been captured through my application...

The timelines are different because the first strategy made around 260 trades, while the second only made 160 trades if I remember correctly.. The timeline at the bottom of the chart is showing trade by trade.. both Pl charts are showing the exact same days however... The pl charts was...

Here is strategy number 2...

I want some opions on two strategies. The .jpg attached to this message is my current strategy. This second strategy uses some market internals that I can only get from my captured data therefore both of these PL screenshots are taken using ONLY my captured data. Another thing to note, is...

Elated, The #1 difference between that day and today is when the trending began. My system is designed not to take ANY trades before 9:00 central time. Therefore by time my system was ready to make a trade today the market had already made a huge part of its move.. and as for as my system...

I have confidence in what I built, and I know it will be successful..that is all that matters.. Systems do not win all the time and this one is no different... in a few months it will be up plenty of money.. there is absolutely nothing this system has done thus far that is not consistent with...

Lost -$263 today.... just because the market was in an obvious downtrend doesn't mean any long position is wrong in this case..... a lot of the bigger gains the bot makes comes after the market is in a strong trend one way and then goes the other..... so that filter does not always help the...

Working its way back up, now down only -$80...