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And that of course is fine ... welcome to the world of discretionary
trading.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Clement Chin" <clement@xxxx> wrote:
> If you intend to follow all the signals from a trading system, I
think you
> shall use platform like Tradestations and do program trading. Then,
you can
> treat it like a cash machine [if it is proven to have positive
expectancy].
>
> For me, I will not follow 100% of the signals.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred [mailto:ftonetti@x...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:34 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT:Definition of a system
>
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> There are of course MECHANICAL systems and DISCRETIONARY systems
and
> while discretionary systems can have mechanical parts to them,
> mechanical systems imho can not have discretionary parts to them.
> Not only don't mechanical systems question entries, they don't
> question exits, stops, allocation of funds, anything calendar or
> clock related. In short they don't question anything. They do (
> hopefully ) what they have been programmed to do. There is another
> term for this when combined with a real time trading platform ...
> program trading.
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi mrdavis9,
> >
> > Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 9:42:54 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > m> Even if you execute a full 99% of your system's
> > m> recommendations, and avoid only 1%, you have forfeited the
right
> > m> to say that you are using a trading system.
> >
> > Way too strict for me, but whatever you like. There is just about
> > nothing in life that you can make a 100 percent rule for, other
than
> > perhaps death and taxes. Personally, I would reserve the right to
> > overrule what, to my experienced brain, looked like a head-on car
> > crash at more than 100 kph. If someone else wants to take that
hit
> > based on some "philosophy of pureness in trading systems", well,
> that
> > is their privilege. I however, will retain the "right" to say I
am
> a
> > systematic trader when my compliance with the system is clearly
the
> > vast majority of calls. But 100 percent of anything I often find
to
> > be a bit much.
> >
> > Yuki
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