Thanks for your reply,Dom.Can you please give more information on the dynamic exits?What logic it uses/I`m just trying to implement smth similar to my strategy,but not sure if it`s the same.
The system gets in & out of trades at trend-changes, that's the primary dynamic exit.
There are a couple of anticipated entries & exits as well.
Static exits are typically end-of-session and/or end-of-week.
It is easy to show in backtest that using the dynamic-exit for losing trades yields better results than relying on a stop. The size of the catastrophic stop is a compromise, between absolute best performance & risk(s) management (not to mention emotional capital management)
Current DD on my BasicTM account is -3470, which is well within the expected max DD on a yearly basis.
Current DD on my AlternateTM account is -985.
That said, 2014 has been pretty difficult for the core pattern of this system (151), which is the one that I have been trading for the longest time (I introduced most of the others between May & July).