Pathfinder Trading System

• 01/11/2017 at 7:20 PM #20778
  Elsborgtrading

  Yes sometimes trades like this happens. Though I’m pretty sure that DAX will go down in the nearest future.

  However the Live account was closed 1@1678.1 due to ONCE maxCandlesShortWithoutProfit = 12. If we count the candle it matches 12, but my backtest has keept the trade. Perhaps, and I need to ask Reiner- is it because if the 12th. candle is without profit, it will close the trade, or is it 12 candle in a row with no profit we exit? I cannot explain why the backtest keeps the trade other than perhaps this?

  Cheers Kasper

  

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  01/11/2017 at 7:55 PM #20781
  Elsborgtrading

  @Reiner, About the CFTA gridorder trade. Yes it a great piece of code- however it’s missing the automated part- so in fact I already tested it a lot on Pathfinder 😀

  But the two systems are fundamental different- and I concluded that Gridorder and Pathfinder was not to be merged. CFTA gridorder keeps a strict 1% loss of equity for all trades and adjust this accordingly when adding new positions, and it just kills pathfinder unless you change the whole strategy. I think one could do so, but then it wouldn’t be pathfinder, and I was not able to make it profitable in my attempt when still keeping the fundamentals of pathfinder. So I decided like so many else that Pathfinder strategy is great like it is. 🙂 One thing come in mind is the 0 bar profit. CFTA is based on 1 sec- 1 min TF- because then we could see the gridorder was working in backtest. Pathfinder is 4H TF this could also be the reason I was not able to merge the two systems, but now with prt 10.3 perhaps it would be another result.

  One of pathfinders success I think is due to rather large SL so nothing is stopped out, and a prediction of were the market is going. But it also has it disadvantage like I wrote about before- there is sometimes a big risk in each trade. Nothing wrong with that, People just need to be aware of what they are risking and trading.

  But my conclusion was for the the gridorder part and before prt 10.3. I haven’t thought about only implementing the trailing part and perhaps it would be beneficiary to the pathfinder system, because One mechanism to minimise the large risk at times, could be the trailing stop. It sure is worth a try. There is a couple of thing in the post. Nicolas BBEXIT- which I think could do some good here.

  When I do find the time I’d like to give it a shot. Perhaps this weekend:-)

  Cheers Kasper

   

   

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  01/11/2017 at 9:41 PM #20789
  Gandalf80

  Hello dear Friends,

  I have 2 accounts with IG, 1 with 10 k and one with 40k, with the account with 10 k the trade ended at 17 o’clock with the other not, what can be the problem here can someone help me? And which parameters in the code I must change if I would act instead of 1 contract 4 contracts with the 40 k account, many thanks in advance dear friends for your help

  

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  01/11/2017 at 11:00 PM #20795
  Mark

  Reiner,

  I would like to add the pathfinder indicators to my chart, do you have these as an ITF?

   

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  01/11/2017 at 11:01 PM #20796
  wp01

  @Gandals80,

  Have you already checked in PRT: the order list followed by the  automatic trading tab

  If you see there in the column status: rejected at 17 o’clock than at least PRT tried to close it.

  You can also check:

  https://tc.md.it-finance.com/IGIndex/conditions_of_execution_of_automatic_trading_systems.phtml?appletkey=a5f6127e314d7b28e9d562e75d42b7009c14aac2c78285bd2e44f7e3bea4b3f7&locale=en_GB

  Maybe one of the errors or conditions apply.

  increasing positionsize: I assume it is for DAX 4H V6….

  Got to “positionsize” (line 24) and change it into 4

  If you check your BT it should be around 4 times the original.

   

  

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  01/12/2017 at 7:55 AM #20819
  Alco

  What happened with pathfinder swing topic? I can’t find it anymore.

  

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  01/12/2017 at 8:42 AM #20823
  Nicolas

  @Alco

  It has been deleted by error, I’ll do my best to fix this today, sorry for inconvenience 🙁

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  01/12/2017 at 8:47 AM #20824
  MichiM

  Hi Alco

  Maybe the IG guys have stolen the “swing”. I think Reiner makes a new page. Or he’s working on a short variant. I think it’s coming soon.
  

  Here is the updatet Siver mini 5$ J1-F1 with 84.4 Gain and 21.6% Drawdown 1982-2017

  

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  01/12/2017 at 9:10 AM #20828
  ALE

  @mich

  no no it was deleted by error, the page will be restored soon

  

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  01/12/2017 at 9:36 AM #20829
  MichiM

  @ Ale

  Ho visto, grazie

  

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  01/12/2017 at 12:25 PM #20833
  Nicolas

  @EVERYONE

  The swing topic is back, please confirm everything’s ok for everyone! (took me 4 hours ..)

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  01/12/2017 at 12:55 PM #20844
  dajvop

  @Nicolas

  Still can’t see the swing topic. Maybe tomorrow…

  Best regards, David

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  01/12/2017 at 12:59 PM #20845
  Alco

  I confirm the topic is back. Thanks Nicolas!

  

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  01/12/2017 at 1:02 PM #20846
  dajvop

  @Alco

  Would you please post the link to that topic here?

  Thanks!

  

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  01/12/2017 at 1:02 PM #20847
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  i can see the topic, thanks

  

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