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[amibroker] Re: An effective stopping methodology - 3BSMA and powerSAR stops



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Interesting, though I do not know what is 3BSMA stop.

nand

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "palsanand" <palsanand@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have been searching for an effective stopping methodology for a 
> very long time (since I began trading).  I experimented with 
several, 
> like all kinds of MA based stops, Gann's Rule of Eights stop, ATR 
> based stops etc., I finally may have found a good one.  It is based 
> on the theory that there are essentially two types of markets:  
> Trending and Trading Range.  An instrument does not start a new 
trend 
> immediately after ending the previous trend.  It might go into a 
> consolidation phase (Trading Range) before starting a new trend.  
The 
> problem is to time this start of a new trend.  Sometimes we have to 
> wait for a long time indeed, thus if we enter the market too soon, 
we 
> get whipsawed.  To solve this problem, I came out with the 
> following:  Use a "mental stop" on day of entry at a reasonable 
> distance from your entry point.  Either an ATR based stop or a 
pivot 
> point support/resistance based stop would suffice and exit only 
after 
> 20 minutes has passed since your mental stop is exceeded and you 
are 
> still losing.  Use a 3BSMA stop during the initial stages (from 
next 
> session after entry when the start of a new trend is still not yet 
> confirmed) in accordance with the principle: Cut your losses short.
> 
> Plot(MA(C,3),"MA3",colorWhite,1);
> 
> Once, a new trend has started (confirmed by LinRegReveral Indicator 
> and/or Zig-Zag trend indicator) and powerSAR has also confirmed the 
> new trend, use the following stop in accordance with the principle: 
> Let your profits run.
> 
> Plot(scPowerSar(0.02,0.01,0.2),"PowerSAR",-16,8+16);
> 
> (You need AB's dll's to use this function)
> 
> SAR is the Stop and Reverse system developed by Welles Wilder.  
This 
> system indicates where one should exit a trade and simultaneously 
> reverse positions.  It may also be coded to provide a stop for 
> tomorrow's trading action.  This function does not work with 
> Equivolume chart.  
> 
> This provides a systematic way to set a stop order.  The stops are 
> changed daily and are adjusted to suit the market's conditions.  It 
> also keeps you constantly in the market.  When one gets stopped 
out, 
> you are also to initiate a trade in the opposite direction (In 
> reality, you would already may have gotten a reversal signal and 
may 
> be already trading it using a 3BSMA stop).  This is generally used 
by 
> futures and forex traders.  Stock traders could of course short the 
> stock however, one could also just buy stock and sell it without 
> shorting it.  Then when the next buy signal occurs, jump in again.  
> This can be quite useful during trending markets however, it is 
> practically useless in trendless conditions (I use Dr. John F. 
Ehlers 
> Squelch functions to distinguish between trending and trading 
ranges) 
> or when the price is consolidating.  One can get whip-sawed and 
make 
> several losing trades under these trendless conditions.
> 
> This function is inherently a trend-following study.  It increases 
> the stop level each successive day until the 10th day that the 
market 
> is still trending.  At this point, it raises the stop level 
> proportionally daily.  This is due to the observed fact that 10-day 
> runs are extremely rare.  These long runs do occur however they 
only 
> occur around 5% of the time.  So this works magnificiently in 
trends 
> and miserably in congestion or consolidation periods, but works 
well 
> when combined with a 3BSMA stop during the initial stages (when the 
> start of the new trend is not yet confirmed and you want a tight 
stop 
> just in case the new trend did not start.  Doesn't mean that you 
were 
> wrong in trading it, just that sometimes it takes a long time for a 
> new trend to develop and most people don't have the guts to buy 
when 
> everybody else is selling and sell when everybody else is buying 
and 
> that is one of the reason most traders lose and ofcourse they may 
> also lack patience and also adequate capitalization, money-
management 
> (PositionSize, MaxOpenPos, MaxRisk, PositionScore etc.,))
> 
> Any feedback appreciated.  TIA.
> 
> rgds, Pal


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