Is Reverse Engineering Real?

[10_bagger]

Over the years I have heard several posters say they will not disclose on the forum actual trades with timestamps for fear that someone will "Reverse Engineer" them and figure how how they trade. Is it really possible to do that? And if so would it not help the trader in that it would create a wave that would push in direction of their position?

Depending on the complexity of a strategy, a lot of strategies can be reverse engineer if an experience trader get enough samples of the strategy. As mentioned above by @southall, nobody wants more competition on entry fills and more slippage on exits.

However, most people wouldn’t try to reverse engineer what u are doing unless they know that u are a proven profitable trader because with the time spent to try and reverse engineer someone else’s strategy they are better off developing their own strategy.

 

[schizo]

Over the years I have heard several posters say they will not disclose on the forum actual trades with timestamps for fear that someone will "Reverse Engineer" them and figure how how they trade. Is it really possible to do that? And if so would it not help the trader in that it would create a wave that would push in direction of their position?

See if you can reverse-engineer my recent trades and you'll be a millionaire in no time

 

[Illini Trader]

Don't flatter yourself. No one is reverse engineering your trades, not because it's too hard to do but because they have no desire to do so. When you have over $50M in AUM and a good track record then maybe you can start to worry about it. Oddly those folks really don't, but punters deluding themselves that someone is going to steal their precious obsess over it.

You could make a mint by reverse engineering all my trades and then taking the opposite side, which is why I would be too embarrassed to post my trades. My "Whippy-Saw" trading strategy would be totally exposed. But these postings confirm my suspicions about those who concern themselves about this.

 

[maxinger]

Is Reverse Engineering Real?

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Is Reverse Engineering Useful?

YES! reverse engineering your own charts, not
other people's (useful / useless ) charts

 

[traderslair]

See if you can reverse-engineer my recent trades and you'll be a millionaire in no time

What do I win when I curve fit this day?

 

[schizo]

What do I win when I curve fit this day?

It all begins with a dream, and to reverse-engineer your dream is the first step to success.

 

[Wide Tailz]

No it’s not, it’s something amateurs say and believe. Nobody cares to “reverse engineer” your trades, get over yourself

I have heard people not want to sign up for services such as fundseeder.com because of this. It’s very overblown.

A counterpoint is the journal some years back on "ES Trend Following", where the entry was off an hourly consolidation pattern (long, long horizontal box). He did remarkably well until he didn't. The pattern disappeared once his performance got noticed. Just random? You decide, but this forum is a pretty good contrary indicator at times, for anyone on the inside...

 

[Zodiac4u]

See if you can reverse-engineer my recent trades and you'll be a millionaire in no time

I feel slightly Schizo just looking at that, so no thanks

 

[nooby_mcnoob]

See if you can reverse-engineer my recent trades and you'll be a millionaire in no time

Is that 15K in one day?

 

[Illini Trader]

Is that 15K in one day?

He was joking --- fit some trades on a chart and said if you can figure out how to duplicate this through "reverse engineering" you can make a million.