Welcome to my online repository of research and insights on automated trading system developmentSeveral CTAs or fund managers offer a standard version of their fund, along with a leveraged version (called enhanced risk, 2x or 3x fund, etc.). However a simple performance comparison of the leveraged option against the standard option usually makes it obvious that the former does not offer a simple performance multiplier of latter.
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Entries Tagged as 'comparison'
How to apply Leverage?
April 20th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Money Management
Thinking of buying Trading Blox?
February 1st, 2010 · 28 Comments · Backtest, Software
Well, I am…
Regular readers might think that I suffer from backtesting-software-indecision-itis. Having first settled for TradersStudio, I then evaluated (and purchased) AmiBroker and found that it was 25 times faster than TradersStudio (at least for the calculation of the e-ratio). However, AmiBroker is not really geared towards true portfolio allocation testing with Futures and could [...]
Tags: amibroker·comparison·rollover·screenshots·tradersstudio·Trading Blox
Moving Median: a better indicator than Moving Average?
January 14th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Futures, Strategies
While searching for robustness, you might come across the term of robust statistical estimator: the median, for instance, is a robust measure of central tendency, while the mean (average) is not (the latter is much more sensitive to outliers).
Robustness in trading is a tough beast to tame and understand. The more “robust” the research and [...]
Tags: average·comparison·crossover·median·performance·robust·Trend Following
How to decide on a Backtesting and Trading Platform
November 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Backtest, Software
As an automated trader you probably need the following components:
Broker Account – The starting point to trade in the markets
Live Market Data – To feed to your trading robot so that it can generate trading signals. Most brokers provide market data with proprietary or third-party technology- although market data can also be obtained from an [...]
Tags: amibroker·comparison·CSI·eSignal·exchange·Futures·introducing broker·NinjaTrader·R·tradersstudio·tradestation·Zen Fire
Amibroker vs TradersStudio: comparison
November 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Backtest, Software
A couple of weeks ago I downloaded Amibroker to see if it could compute the e-ratio much faster than TradersStudio (it did!). The result of the speed comparison is there and the Amibroker code for the e-ratio is there.
I thought it might be interesting to do a comparison of how easy it is to get [...]
