Yes Boss,.. I accept that I don't know what is Risk Reward Ratio. I am not double PHD in Trading.
As a layman, I know it is Reward divided by Risk. Now I can use all my creativity and come out with variation of it like = max reward/ min risk, min reward/max risk, average reward/avrg risk and so on.
I would prefer these better cause that's what my layman mind understand easily... rather then using weighted average reward/weighted average risk.
by the way here is the definition from Amibroker's help
Risk-Reward Ratio - Measure of the relation between the risk inherent in a trading the system compared to its potential gain. Higher is better. Calculated as slope of equity line (expected annual return) divided by its standard error.
Regarding the Largest Loss of 9.9lacs then let me inform you its just -245 on (29/10/09) Bank Nifty points which is nothing exceptional and the amount is 9.9lacs because the Trading Capital has grown from 2007 and hence more lots are being Traded.Its just 2.92% of the Trading Capital.
It is conditional that the start date of backtest was from 2007 and hence accumulated profit could absorb the big drawdown. If you change the start date of system test to 2001. These number is lac's will turn into Crores. But if one just happen to start trading this system from Jan-2009 with 100000 of capital.. probably trader would have blown the account.
Regarding the Largest Profit of 4932975 and holding it for 100 bars, then let me inform you this trade happened on 14/5/09 at 2.35pm and was booked at 19/5/09 2.40pm, so holding for only 3 trading days as 16th and 17th were Sat and Sunday. So if for you holding a position for 3 days is long then maybe Swing trading is not for you.
This is exactly why I don't believe in such 1 off / 6 sigma trades.. It was the time when election result shocked our market, POSITIVELY. I don't remember seeing in history where index locks up on Upper Band which happened at that time. Hitting of lower band is more acceptable..
In my approach of evaluating a trading system - I try to knockoff such skewed trades (specailly on +ive trades).. and see the impact on performance. However strong is your discipline, there are chance that you might not have been in that big winner trade. At the end of the day we are human being and there are other part of life that puts constraint on our trading.
Regarding the emotions when trading then let me inform you that if you are trading a system then please keep your emotions away.The Simple reason why my System has resulted in Profits is because emotions were not a part of it.That is the reason I have posted the System Reports right from 2007 so that almost all kinds of markets are covered in it including the biggest bear market of the decade.
You need to hold your loss or profit till the System doesnot ask you to book it.You can backtest the System and check its results but you cannot backtest your emotions and test it that whether they resulted in more profits or no.So I simply go by the System because the Results are infront of me.
I agree with you.. but I think it is lot easy to say then practice it. As a human being, it is difficult to keep emotions away. We can be emotionless only in 2 cases - when we are dead or we are in comma.
But we certainly can feel the emotions and CHOOSE our respone to them.
This system is your baby so you know it in and out, but for others, it will be difficult to have that kind of trust. As a system trader, one needs to know when the system is not working. I have read about few system traders who have given up lots of profit before realising that market has changed and the basic underlying concept of their system is no more valid now.
If you can inform me any System which has given similar or more results with the input of emotions then I will be happy to trade it.
In the end its about belief and nothing else.If you fear of losing then forget winning.
If you see the results of each year ie 2007 , 2008 , 2009 and 2010 all have resulted profits.If a system has resulted profits in the all past 4 years and after that also if you feel your emotions are better than the System , then Many Congrats from my side, you must be a genius.
Lastly I have not forced anyone to trade this system.
That's right. And reader here are matured enough to understand it. With my post here, I just tried to explain how to read behind the standard amibroker system tester report and goto next level of analysis and see if the system really fits the trader or not.
Areebs, It is not that I don't have system. I have tested the system on Metastock but now-a-day, I develop and test them manually. That trains my brain, eyes, mind everything to see each a every trade happening on historic data.. and during the process, I generate lot many idea's to improve the system. I have also shared simple backtesting sheet in TJ. So I am not novice in this topic.
I trade options and have backtested systems for options. I wouldn't risk my money on my idea's until I have proven to myself that idea will generate money for me.
I accept that we may have different views on same subject and we both are right at our place.. So it is upto you if you want to reply them or not. but I am not going to spend any more of my
time to explain my view
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Wish you all the best with your trading.