Success story - a "perfect" forex portfolio
This article will be about a StrategyQuant success story. The title is a little
exaggeration, of course there is no such thing as perfect portfolio, but in
this article I'll present one that is close :-)
I was contacted recently by two traders who have very good
results building and live trading portfolio of strategies
generated by StrategyQuant.
Their results can be used as an inspiration and showcase how it
is possible to generate very nice looking portfolio of strategies in
StrategyQuant.
Nice not only in sense of great equity chart on historical data, but with continued consistent results also in live trading on real (not demo) accounts.
Nice not only in sense of great equity chart on historical data, but with continued consistent results also in live trading on real (not demo) accounts.
Portfolio
equity
Note that they continue to improve and manage the portfolio. It started with less than 20 strategies, currently it trades around 30 strategies.
Note that they continue to improve and manage the portfolio. It started with less than 20 strategies, currently it trades around 30 strategies.
Their portfolio consists
of around 30 strategies right now, trading on multiple symbols on multiple
timeframes ranging from 15 minutes to 4 hours.
The last part of the equity is after starting on live account, results in SQ match the results on their live account very closely.
Note very small drawdowns and consistent growth almost all the time.
The last part of the equity is after starting on live account, results in SQ match the results on their live account very closely.
Note very small drawdowns and consistent growth almost all the time.
Myfxbook
- trading on live account (since February 2015)
The portfolio is traded live since August 2014, I started
trading it (for tracking purposes) on a live account in February 2015.
The portfolio is traded live since August 2014, I started
trading it (for tracking purposes) on a live account in February 2015.
This also shows the power
of portfolio - I believe that it is possible to achieve this kind of stability
only by a bigger portfolio of strategies.
No single strategy (if it is not curve fitted) would be able to have such consistent returns.
No single strategy (if it is not curve fitted) would be able to have such consistent returns.
So one thing to
learn is that in order to achieve stability in earnings we have to
think in terms of portfolios, not searching for one perfect strategy.
The portfolio itself should consist of different, non-correlated strategies that trade at different times, possibly on different instruments / timeframes, with different entry and exit conditions.
The portfolio itself should consist of different, non-correlated strategies that trade at different times, possibly on different instruments / timeframes, with different entry and exit conditions.
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Q & A
Q: Hello, can you tell us
a little bit about you?
What is your background, are you traders or programmers?
No, we are not programmers. We are traders who got to automatic trading thanks to StrategyQuant.
What is your background, are you traders or programmers?
No, we are not programmers. We are traders who got to automatic trading thanks to StrategyQuant.
Q: When did you get to
trading and have you tried some other trading styles? (Intraday, manual trading,
etc.)
I started with trading about 3 years ago. My colleague is in trading for even longer.
We tried various different approaches. Binary options, intraday trading and we tested various strategies that can be found on the net. We ended up trading higher timeframes (4H+).
I started with trading about 3 years ago. My colleague is in trading for even longer.
We tried various different approaches. Binary options, intraday trading and we tested various strategies that can be found on the net. We ended up trading higher timeframes (4H+).
Q: Can you tell us how
much time and effort did it take you to get to the point where you are now?
It took longer than a year. We both work with SQ every day. There is simply a big amount of time involved in this.
It is not only the work with the program, but also thinking about the new ideas and the correct approach.
This work is a lot about time. You can think at one point that you are on a good path, but you'll see the result verified only after a couple of months...
It took longer than a year. We both work with SQ every day. There is simply a big amount of time involved in this.
It is not only the work with the program, but also thinking about the new ideas and the correct approach.
This work is a lot about time. You can think at one point that you are on a good path, but you'll see the result verified only after a couple of months...
Q: You use only standard
technical indicators like moving averages, CCI, RSI, etc. that are available in
any platform.
I mean that you don't use any special custom indicators that would be your "secret", right?
We never felt any need to use them. We don't have and we don't know any magic custom indicator that we would need to have in StrategyQuant and we use standard MT4 as a trading platform.
But it's up to every trader who works with SQ.
I mean that you don't use any special custom indicators that would be your "secret", right?
We never felt any need to use them. We don't have and we don't know any magic custom indicator that we would need to have in StrategyQuant and we use standard MT4 as a trading platform.
But it's up to every trader who works with SQ.
Q: You developed a your
own specific know-how, or a way how to work with the strategies. Without
disclosing your know-how, could you tell us something about your strategy
development process? What are the steps from first strategy generation until
you decide that it should be a part of your live portfolio?
It is very difficult to answer this question without revealing something we don't want.
In any way, it is not a complicated process that would involve some advanced math.
The hard task was to find and refine our process of finding and evaluating the strategies.
It is very difficult to answer this question without revealing something we don't want.
In any way, it is not a complicated process that would involve some advanced math.
The hard task was to find and refine our process of finding and evaluating the strategies.
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