How do you organize your working processes?

• 02/24/2021 at 11:31 AM #162509
  imokdesign

  I have a question about your work processes. I have so many ideas that I would like to have implemented at the same time in a day. I would like to know how you optimize and organize your work processes. How do you periodize and sort your ideas. Do you have a specific plan that you work through from the idea to the end? Do you write them down and work them off little by little? How can you get rid of wanting to do everything at the same time and here and now. How do you know that idea could be a good idea with a high probability? Or is it just the art of waiting, and be patient? How do you get the feeling out of your head that you want to do everything at the same time? Is it the Experience, or is it just a try and error?

  I’m looking forward to your feedback. 🙂

  

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  02/24/2021 at 11:56 AM #162513
  GraHal

  imokdesign wrote:

  How do you get the feeling out of your head that you want to do everything at the same time?

  Understand that you can’t, but every one task that you complete is less tasks circulating in your head.

  Focus first on tasks that – if you don’t do them soon – will become an even bigger task or even an emergency!

  As long as you are doing something and not wasting time then you will be reducing your task list.

  Ask yourself … do I really need to do this or that?  What will be the result if I don’t ever do that task?

  It’s not clear if you are asking about tasks generated by trading or life in general?

  I’ve felt overwhelmed by tasks all my life and now I feel like I might not have not enough time left to achieve all I would like! 🙁

  My trouble is I can and I do most things myself; I should pay others to lighten my load, but it’s hard to change habits of a lifetime!?

  I’d be much further on with my other tasks if I had never started AutoTrading! 🙂

  A few thoughts for you anyway.

  

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  02/24/2021 at 3:19 PM #162523
  jebus89

  I think everyone is different and theres is no 1 correct answer for all your questions, just keep trying what makes sense and what works for you and you will be able to make your own way.

  For me at least i open a chart and start looking for patterns or ideas, can be on any chart on any timeframe. If i see a pattern or get an idea that i would like to test out i start testing it on different charts, different timeframes to see if the idea makes sense in another chart/timeframe. If the idea looks decent enough and robust enough i will continue working on it. Does it need more trades or fewer trades? More constraints or less? Does it look like it needs some sort of trailing stop loss or should it let all trades run to target/stop etc.

  I will just keep working on that 1 idea until it either looks like shit or it looks decent enough to start putting into demo/live.

  If i come up with an idea and im not in front of my computer ill write the idea down on my phone and test it later.

   

  I dont have an exact formula for what i test and how i test it when i make an algo, i sort of try to figure out what my algo is missing or what it needs and then i try to implement that without curvefitting or destroying my algo while doing it.

  I would say for some people having a written down rulebook for everything that needs to be checked and done is probably a slower way to go, but in the end it might give you better results! I dont know, i think this varies from person to person.

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