Sharpe Ratio Review.
All the things a trading system does are reflected in the Sharpe Ratio.
Making money without Draw Downs is one of the first achievements that the early stages of design will reveal.
Starting in the middle of a system design is the fastest way to enter the ball park.
Step 1. Recognize how entering late and leaving early affects the Sweet Spot.
Here the trade is under way and you only enter when other capital is not doing as well as the increasing performance of the best money making possibility.
Step 2. Step 1 has a recognizable inference.
Trading only happens in the Present. So compare what you OWN with what is HOT. The comparison has to be based on making money. Money making has a dimension. The dimension is velocity. This means you design a velocity tool.
Step 3. Certainty is a good dimension as well.
All the stocks in your Universe have to be REPEATABLE. most people cannot measure this and will not consider it possible. This is a mental limitation of the trader.
If you re entring late and leaving early, is it possible to not have this mental limmitation? Probably not.
What are the dimensions of this context? At least, give up half the potential profit available. If you are OWNING a stock that is doing better than the first 25% of the run of the NEXT HOLD, then you may be able to have the mental health to be able to focus on the middle 50% of the run.
If you can do 10% a turn using half the turn, then the HOLD is shorter and SAFER. You do not have to be so smart and so conscientious.
So you eliminate almost all stocks from consideration If there are 20,000 to chose from you only need 12 to 24 active stocks.
Next we can consider more the Test of Traders. The market's partner is very important. The mental part creates the emotional part.
How does the Sharpe Ratio improve by having the proper market partner?
Right now the concepts above put the Sharpe Ratio at a high value in CW terms.
All the things a trading system does are reflected in the Sharpe Ratio.
Making money without Draw Downs is one of the first achievements that the early stages of design will reveal.
Starting in the middle of a system design is the fastest way to enter the ball park.
Step 1. Recognize how entering late and leaving early affects the Sweet Spot.
Here the trade is under way and you only enter when other capital is not doing as well as the increasing performance of the best money making possibility.
Step 2. Step 1 has a recognizable inference.
Trading only happens in the Present. So compare what you OWN with what is HOT. The comparison has to be based on making money. Money making has a dimension. The dimension is velocity. This means you design a velocity tool.
Step 3. Certainty is a good dimension as well.
All the stocks in your Universe have to be REPEATABLE. most people cannot measure this and will not consider it possible. This is a mental limitation of the trader.
If you re entring late and leaving early, is it possible to not have this mental limmitation? Probably not.
What are the dimensions of this context? At least, give up half the potential profit available. If you are OWNING a stock that is doing better than the first 25% of the run of the NEXT HOLD, then you may be able to have the mental health to be able to focus on the middle 50% of the run.
If you can do 10% a turn using half the turn, then the HOLD is shorter and SAFER. You do not have to be so smart and so conscientious.
So you eliminate almost all stocks from consideration If there are 20,000 to chose from you only need 12 to 24 active stocks.
Next we can consider more the Test of Traders. The market's partner is very important. The mental part creates the emotional part.
How does the Sharpe Ratio improve by having the proper market partner?
Right now the concepts above put the Sharpe Ratio at a high value in CW terms.

I will later follow up with an IAS and more questions and comments.