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02/08/14

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Originally posted by Pump and Dump ↑

I have started to dip my tows in calgo
I've managed to make a fairly simple forex setup over the last week or so
Its a simple ema cross with an RSI and Stochastics and trailing stops
My goal is to eventually emulate my actual swing trading (minus the speculating)

anyway...
I am curious about what a good results should look like when back testing?

I'm sitting at about a 4:1 profit ratio with a max drawdown of 0.2- 0.3%
profit ends up being about 6-8% per year

hopefully it improves once i can learn to define support and resistance areas

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Hi, which platform are you using for this?

Basically the smoother and steeper the equity curve the better. This can be measured by Sharpe ratio, CARMDD and a few other metrics.

I see IG has just introduced algo trading for retail in Aus this week.
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