[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[amibroker] Re: OT:Definition of a system



PureBytes Links

Trading Reference Links



Planned exit ? ... I suppose that depends on how you define PLANNED.  
To me a plan, whether in someones head or in some expert system, 
incorporates the capability to "see" that this is not a trade that 
should be held onto.  Clearly the tools exist that allow one to write 
systems that take into account adverse price movements regardless of 
the reason.  If one chooses not to use those tools then hey ...

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxx> wrote:
> Just to add one final thought to this point:
> 
> m>> Even if you execute a full 99% of your system's recommendations,
> m>> and avoid only 1%, you have forfeited the right to say that you
> m>> are using a trading system.
> 
> You have a system, and it says go long intraday today, with an exit
> in three bars.
> 
> One hour after entry, Air Force One with the president on board is
> blown out of the sky with a shoulder fired missile, and
> simultaneously a truck bomb of massive proportion takes out one wing
> of the US capitol while it was in full session.
> 
> You see the futures dropping like there is no tomorrow.  Now, tell 
me
> you are going to hold that trade just because you are a pure system
> trader.  Or better, tell me that you will dump it on the planned
> exit, when it may be hitting a low that won't be seen again for a
> decade.
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> Extreme example of course, but then extremes happen, and that's the
> whole point.  One doesn't turn one's life and fortune over to an
> unthinking rule set, without any possibility of exception, unless 
one
> is rather foolish, IMO.
> 
> Yuki








------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?
Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/Tcy2bD/SOnJAA/cosFAA/GHeqlB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

Check AmiBroker web page at:
http://www.amibroker.com/

Check group FAQ at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/files/groupfaq.html 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    amibroker-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/