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Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 3rd, 2023, 03:53 PM

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Posted By kevinkdog

Misconception #1 Misconception #2 ...

Misconception #1

Misconception #2

Misconception #3

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 3rd, 2023, 02:46 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

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Posted By kevinkdog

Not sure how to respond here, you seem to have a...

Not sure how to respond here, you seem to have a lot of misconceptions about trading, what it means to be a successful trader, your odds of success, etc. "1000% confidence" of success, really?

If...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 3rd, 2023, 11:59 AM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

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Posted By kevinkdog

There are various methods to give you guidance on...

There are various methods to give you guidance on when a strategy was broken or was breaking. For example, maybe if you encountered a drawdown that was beyond the maximum historical drawdown during...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 3rd, 2023, 06:39 AM

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Sticky: Time to Give Up

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Posted By kevinkdog

1. Yes 2. Stock indices, currencies,...

1. Yes

2. Stock indices, currencies, metals, energies, interest rates, ags, softs

3. Strategies fail (as seen in the earlier post I made), and the more I develop, the better the strats I...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 2nd, 2023, 10:07 PM

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Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

Good question. I trade a portfolio of...

Good question. I trade a portfolio of strategies, in various futures markets and sectors. In my mind, diversification is the closest thing to the Holy Grail, and I get it by trading many markets...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 2nd, 2023, 02:38 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

The backtest is the same thing as the IS...

The backtest is the same thing as the IS performance.

"If the IS profit is unknown" ... I changed to "if you run no backtest"

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 2nd, 2023, 10:12 AM

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Sticky: Time to Give Up

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Posted By kevinkdog

Thanks for the kind words. So to answer "why...

Thanks for the kind words.

So to answer "why would I consider turning off an algo?" let's look at this strategy, assuming I traded 1 contract throughout...

If I had started real money trading...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 2nd, 2023, 08:18 AM

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Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

Daily Price above longer term average,...

Daily

Price above longer term average, and also below a shorter term average

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 1st, 2023, 09:40 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

Here are results of an ES strategy that "failed."...

Here are results of an ES strategy that "failed."

I am not going to disclose the code, other than to say it would buy pullbacks in a long term uptrend, and vice versa for short trades. It made...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 1st, 2023, 04:40 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

Unfortunately, not much value anymore in many of...

Unfortunately, not much value anymore in many of them...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 1st, 2023, 12:12 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

I have, but the hurdle to convince me to trade it...

I have, but the hurdle to convince me to trade it again is very high, and the psychological costs many times are overwhelming.

Imagine that your significant other cheats on you. How willing will...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

August 1st, 2023, 11:40 AM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 195,791

Posted By kevinkdog

For every strategy I create, I assume it will...

For every strategy I create, I assume it will fail sometime in the future. I plan for it. Then if and when that failure happens, I know exactly what to do.

I've had many strategies last over 5...

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