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I am looking for some strategies with high winning percentage (more than 60%). I know that high winning percentage doesn’t mean high profit. I back tested a trend following method and in 10 years it gave one of the biggest profit but have a winning percentage of only 20-30%. In real life if i...

I have a code like this mrsi=RSIa(C,14); ma1=MA(C,200); if((mrsi >70) AND C>ma1 ) var=1; else var=0; if ( var == 1 ) { Do some stuff } else { } The problem is when i execute this i am getting this error Error 6. Condition in IF, WHILE, FOR statements has to...

I am trying to code a simple breakout strategy in afl and this is my code my logic is if current close > highest close before 2 days buy and sell if current close < highest close before 2 days. when backtesting (10 years data) this code nothing happens, no results. i dont know where i made...

I have created two trading strategy one which follows trend rules and other momentum. I have backtested both strategies in a universe of stocks which has been chosen randomly for 10 years of data. Below is the backtest result Trend strategy Momentum Strategy Any Advice NOTE: I am planning...

I am starting this poll to find out whether a retail investor(a common man) becoming rich by trading in indian market is a fantasy or reality. This voting is for those people who have become rich themselves by trading or knew those traders personally who became rich by trading. Please no...

is there a difference or releationship between stock price and its future stock price. Do they have same price movement or different? Which influence the others price? means whether its stock influence future stock price or future stock influence its stock price. Lets assume the stock is SBI...

I am trying to short some stocks and used a moving average crossover strategy to short it. But what i found was using moving average crossover for shorting creates more whipsaws comparing to moving average crossover long trades. Can you suggest any other strategies for shorting a stock.

Can any amibroker programming gurus can help me with clearing this concept. I want to add stop loss function to my backtest script and I found this fixed stop loss code. amount = 2; // 2% loss ApplyStop( stopTypeLoss, stopModePercent, amount, True ); my question is how amibroker determines a...

I am starting this poll to find out annual return percentage obtained by different traders for their own strategy. The ultimate aim of this poll is to find a realistic annual return and try to improve my own strategy towards it. I have carried out back testing (10 year data) in amibroker and my...

I want to know which demat account is best for trading in india. I am planning to open my trading account with zerodha. Zerodha also provides demat account. I also have an account with SBI and planning to try its demat account because of SBI quality service in banking. The confusion is which...

The default settings of MACD is 12-26-9 in which 12 is the fast ema 26 is slow ema and 9 is the signal line. If i want to select 25 as fast ema and 60 as slow ema then what should i select as signal line. Should i keep 9 or have to change my default signal parameter. I know we can keep any...

Do you know the formula for calculating zig zag indictor

Can any one share the steps to how to start automated trading using Omnesys NEST PULSE (consider broker as zerodha). is Omnesys NEST PULSE and Omnesys NEST PLUS are same? Do we need to install Omnesys NEST PULSE in VPS? which VPS you will recommend (preferably the cheapest)? Do we need linux...

So i have been searching for an online back testing site and came across RIZM which offers back testing and algo trading for US markets. I have tried their algobuilder and its very nice and we dont need any kind of programming skills. Whats your opinion about this site?Is the backtest results...

Which brokers in india provides auto buy and sell of a stock using technical analysis BUY close > MA SELL Close < MA I am a swing trader who uses technical analysis, so keeps stocks for more than a week. I know about zerodha which provide pi . but for me it has some disadvantages Its a semi...

I am trading in future stocks and i am having difficulty selecting stocks because of leverage. I dont know whether i can explain it properly but i will try my best. I have an account of 60000 and want to select a fututre stock. example if i select MRF stock( ~35000rs) a slight change in...

Can you tell me in a simpler words what is a drawdown which is calculated during backtest. How it affects our trading capital and trades. Does drawdown means percentage of loosing trades

Whether in India trailing stop loss (not fixed) is available for overnight positional traders? If not why? Does any discount brokers in india planning to introduce trailing stop loss for overnight trader and who are they?

We can find up and down trend using moving averages, adx etc. but is their a way to tell whether a market or a share is moving sideways or not; quantitatively?.

I am doing paper trading in futures and i am doing it in two stock futures. Yesterday I gained a profit of about 2000 rupees (Total MTM) but that 2000 rupees doesn’t added to my Gain/Loss (Realized Profit/Loss) amount. Its not the first time I have seen this type of behaviour; some days i get a...