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Has anyone tried this with stocks like the QQQ or SPY?  If so, how would you change the code when profit = % rather than $ and what would be a good place to start and end for optimizing "MMdelta"?
Russ
> 
> From: "ChasW" <cwwaring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/08/20 Fri AM 08:37:22 EDT
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: simple compounding money management code
> 
> here's something to work with
> 
> {*********************************************************************
> Fixed Ratio MM with decrease twice as fast.   code written by Rich Estrem,
> 7/17/01.
> this code calculates the next size to trade using the Fixed Ratio Money
> Management method,
> using a rate of decrease which is twice as fast as the increase rate. To use
> this in a system,
> 
> paste this code into your system and specify "size" as the number of
> contracts to trade in your buy/sell orders.
> ex: "if ... then buy size contracts at market"
> *********************************************************************}
> input:MMdelta(numeric);
> vars:size(1),pft(0),maxpft(0),maxsize(1),PLhi(0),PLlo(0),sz(1),half(0),decr(
> 0);
> 
> pft=netprofit;     {only use closed profits since a large MFE could cause
> errors}
> 
>    {calc size if pft is increasing (normal rateof adjustment):}
> if pft > maxpft then
>   begin
>    maxpft=pft;
>    if pft >= MMdelta  then
>     size = intportion(0.5+SquareRoot((2*pft/MMdelta)+0.25))
>    else size=1;
>    if size > maxsize then maxsize=size;
>   end
> 
> else   {calc size if in a DrawDown (2x the normal rate of adjustment)}
>   if maxsize > 1 then
>   begin
>    if pft < MMdelta then
>     begin sz=1; end
>    else
>     begin
>      sz= intportion(0.5+SquareRoot((2*pft/MMdelta)+0.25));
>      if sz < maxsize then
>      begin
>       decr=(maxsize-sz)*2;
>       PLhi=(MMdelta*(square(sz+1-0.5) - 0.25))/2 ;
>       PLlo=(MMdelta*(square(sz-0.5) - 0.25))/2 ;
>       half=(PLhi + PLlo) / 2;
>       if pft >= half then decr = decr - 1;
>       sz=maxsize-decr;
>       if sz < 1 then sz=1;
>      end;
>     end;
>   size=sz;
>   end;
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Fulks" <bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "James Mills" <jmills10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 07:27
> Subject: Re: simple compounding money management code
> 
> 
> > At 08:03 AM 8/20/2004, James Mills wrote:
> >
> > >Want to add EZ language code to a system that adds 1 extra contract per
> each
> > >$x in closed system profits.  Using TS4.
> >
> > If this is based upon closed system profits, I assume you are closing
> positions to change the closed system profits.
> >
> > If so, why not simply figure the trade size prior to establishing the next
> position?
> >
> >
> > Bob Fulks
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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