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[*] posted on 20-10-2020 at 08:20 PM


Thanks for update Carl.
After a few weeks work, I feel I have started to crack the Gold market.
Basically Bruce has improved on my ideas, but still follows the methodology with tiny but significant tweaks. Each tweak load into GSB automation and compare the results.
Bruces GSB results were starting to look reasonable, and hes live trading his GC systems I think with good results.
However even after copying his entire GSB folder, I still couldnt match his results. Right now still dont know why.
So possibly ive got something wrong. But now I think I have surpassed Bruce, and there is just so much more to tweak.
The most critical things to get right im still not decided in.
1) session time
2) do we skip the first hour(s) of the day and not allow entries
3) what secondary filter to use
4) what entry type to use?


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[*] posted on 23-10-2020 at 10:59 PM


IM doing a very big run of automation on gold. Numerous users have donated workers, but im happy to get more.
There is about 48 hours of work qued for the 200 or so workers I have.
I share results with those who contribute. Email me a share key if your interested. peterzwag@gmail.com
I will start on the automation / gold video next week.
Im also offline all sunday australia time. (day of rest so no work or looking at emails etc)




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[*] posted on 24-10-2020 at 10:49 PM



I haven't looked at YM for some time, utilising the #MOVE session list within AU and a few build tweaks along the way this is looking really promising.



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[*] posted on 25-10-2020 at 04:32 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Bruce  

I haven't looked at YM for some time, utilising the #MOVE session list within AU and a few build tweaks along the way this is looking really promising.


Hi Bruce
can you share more details. you are having good success on a lot of markets that were harder for GSB.
Unrelated. I have done a lot of tests on gold. Today I need to summarize the results and get in my head what works. Thanks to all those users who contributed thier cloud power. Likely I will do another set of tests on gold later today


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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 07:16 AM


Continuing my discussion with peter in another thread on my research into new markets as well as using other data sources like PCVE on es. Something I have noticed is the amount of methodology and testing that has gone into finding robust entry signals as opposed to exits. In my time prior to GSB I learned that optimizing exits and trade management can really take profits far however with GSB it seems the time is spent trying to optimize good entry parameters and then most systems hold till end of day. is there a better methodology that we can build similar to entry techniques to be applied to exits and trade management? I know that holding till eod for day systems can often be the most robust technique but I'm interested to hear what other techniques people use to test through different post entry methods. Better to test management techniques post build or prior to market validation? aggressive management to limit risk or building portfolios of uncorrelated systems to diversify against risk? etc.

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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 03:37 PM


Quote: Originally posted by meldinman  
Continuing my discussion with peter in another thread on my research into new markets as well as using other data sources like PCVE on es. Something I have noticed is the amount of methodology and testing that has gone into finding robust entry signals as opposed to exits. In my time prior to GSB I learned that optimizing exits and trade management can really take profits far however with GSB it seems the time is spent trying to optimize good entry parameters and then most systems hold till end of day. is there a better methodology that we can build similar to entry techniques to be applied to exits and trade management? I know that holding till eod for day systems can often be the most robust technique but I'm interested to hear what other techniques people use to test through different post entry methods. Better to test management techniques post build or prior to market validation? aggressive management to limit risk or building portfolios of uncorrelated systems to diversify against risk? etc.

Bruce has done a bit of work on this with parabolic exits. I do very little with exits as my focus is on entries. Ive not had much improvements with exits. I do sometimes use extremely large profit targets. is $6000 on ES 10,000 euro on dax.
You can also play around with exits in TS/MC/NT after a system is built by GSB


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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 06:31 PM



Hi Peter,

Just wondering as we are just using 30min bars for the AU Indicator testing that has now grown to all the #MOVE functions, should we just use 30-minute bars exported from TS or still build the bars from 1-minute data, what do you think?


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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 06:46 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Bruce  

Hi Peter,

Just wondering as we are just using 30min bars for the AU Indicator testing that has now grown to all the #MOVE functions, should we just use 30-minute bars exported from TS or still build the bars from 1-minute data, what do you think?

Im using 1 min myself, bit both will work.
as long as the bars exported from TS contain all data in the sessions used in AU


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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 07:43 PM


I've thought to use other exits post build like chandalier or key reversal etc. Didnt think it would be as robust and testing is alway much better in gsb obviously. do the eixt modes in GSB use an indicator input to calculate an exit signal?

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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 07:50 PM


Quote: Originally posted by meldinman  
I've thought to use other exits post build like chandalier or key reversal etc. Didnt think it would be as robust and testing is alway much better in gsb obviously. do the exit modes in GSB use an indicator input to calculate an exit signal?


the 8 exit modes use reversal and or signal disappearing of either the secondary or primary filters.
There is so much to be explored using GSB that makes a massive difference.
Bruce is making good headway in areas others have failed.
Improving exits for day trading, is never going to be a game change in my opinion.
So I personally would focus on the majors, not the minors.


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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 08:33 PM


fair enough. There's definitely plenty to be explored, many areas of which I'm still figuring out. Would be interested in hearing what you believe are more helpful areas to be improved upon. However I am more interested in optimizing for exits when it come to building overnight systems. I have gotten decent fitness in some markets however most of these systems have large leeway in giving back profits which is quite different from systems that I had personally developed in the past. Thats where I would like to explore. Doing some work with moc on losing position and D-D[1] with better results. further testing needed...

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[*] posted on 26-10-2020 at 09:54 PM


Quote: Originally posted by meldinman  
fair enough. There's definitely plenty to be explored, many areas of which I'm still figuring out. Would be interested in hearing what you believe are more helpful areas to be improved upon. However I am more interested in optimizing for exits when it come to building overnight systems. I have gotten decent fitness in some markets however most of these systems have large leeway in giving back profits which is quite different from systems that I had personally developed in the past. Thats where I would like to explore. Doing some work with moc on losing position and D-D[1] with better results. further testing needed...

I have done little with over night systems on GSB, but in this context exits are more important that day trading. You could try to build GSB systems, and add exits from your non GSB systems as a test.
Depends greatly on the market, but session start time, time of day to enter, secondary filter to use, entry type are the basic things to look at. On gold I have figured some of these out. Every market has its own nuances.




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[*] posted on 1-11-2020 at 10:20 PM


Here is a tip.
GSB on defaults is not very likely to make a retracement or count trend system.
If indicator 1 is set -2.5 to 2.5 step 1, negative weights will be tried
Note is vip we do not allow zero. The reason is x^0 = 1. this means gsb systems would be full of indicators that do nothing.
w1=1
w2=-1
so if result=rsi(30)*W1+rsi(5)*w2, this will give a buy signal on a pull back.
I know this is over simplified and we use * operand, not +

For the concept of enter long only on @es at 1700 (exchange time) till 2400, this setup should be used. (moc 1500)
potentially all indicators or 1 of 3 allowed to be negative.
I have not tried this myself on @es, but want to share the concept.
In the big picture, you need to try and make a benchmark, then tweak these weights
shown in cyan is parameters that can give negative. It orange is normal defaults


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[*] posted on 2-11-2020 at 02:19 AM


Could this work?

Build strats, no stoploss, no costs, no slippage, let all strats through (so no filtering on results).
Then choose the worst results and terrible equity lines, and flip the trade direction?




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[*] posted on 2-11-2020 at 02:50 AM


Quote: Originally posted by Carl  
Could this work?

Build strats, no stoploss, no costs, no slippage, let all strats through (so no filtering on results).
Then choose the worst results and terrible equity lines, and flip the trade direction?

you would want a pearsons of say -0.95 or so.
I dont see the point of the exercise but many great discoveries in life are made by accident, so you could always try it.
you are going to get millions of systems in gsb interface
You would need filters that say pearsons <0.95 etc.
so that cant be done in gsb now.


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[*] posted on 4-11-2020 at 10:45 PM


IM still working on foundation to Gold trading longer than expect.
Reason is i'm still finding new things that are useful.
Today I saw a very unusual secondary filter and a unusual session time worked well in the Favorite B stats. (via GSB_Automation updates)

I have made 60% of the content for the next video, but done no video recording at all.





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Ive made a tweak to correlation. Starting all reports at 2007.1.1 This gave mild increase in correlation as some systems started years earlier then others.
If system1 starts years earlier than system2, correlation is lower artificially. Best correlation practice is to have systems start at same date.

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[*] posted on 5-11-2020 at 03:54 PM


I have great gold systems now, but not finished the foundation. Testing 50 secondary filters was done over night.
Once the foundation is done on gold, finding systems is really easy and fast
It paid of. Here is today's fills.
results includes $40 r/t slippage and commission

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[*] posted on 5-11-2020 at 06:53 PM


nice development peter. Interesting how low the negetive months corrolations are. I'm curios as to what sessions you settled on. It seems like your first system was built on a different session time? Does that help lower correlations?

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[*] posted on 5-11-2020 at 07:13 PM


Quote: Originally posted by meldinman  
nice development peter. Interesting how low the negetive months corrolations are. I'm curios as to what sessions you settled on. It seems like your first system was built on a different session time? Does that help lower correlations?


Correct on all points.
2am to 3am to 1230 is the best range.
Ive found one sf that loves 630 am start time.
right now im testing 40+ secondary filters on 630 am. Thats going to take about 12 hours doing 2 tests that are 1 pass indicators,then build


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[*] posted on 5-11-2020 at 07:14 PM


whats also going to help correlation greatly is completely different SF.

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[*] posted on 5-11-2020 at 07:27 PM


very interesting, how did you arrive at those sessions. I've tried to use sessions based on the most active times of day, however I was looking to explore using other sessions like first morning only or afternoon sessions to help break up correlations. Does automation help you test those things faster?

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Quote: Originally posted by meldinman  
very interesting, how did you arrive at those sessions. I've tried to use sessions based on the most active times of day, however I was looking to explore using other sessions like first morning only or afternoon sessions to help break up correlations. Does automation help you test those things faster?

Thats one of the major points of automation.
This is 4 identical tests on each time frame used.
Takes me a few minutes to do such tests, but a lot of cpu time.
Im guessing 8 hours with 300 workers.


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[*] posted on 6-11-2020 at 07:18 AM


thanks for the graph here. so did you do similar testing of sessions when you changed the SF? or was this after you arrived at DPBV being your SF of choice? Also in automation is it going through the whole wf and verification process on each benchmark pass?

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Correct on all points.
2am to 3am to 1230 is the best range.
Ive found one sf that loves 630 am start time.
right now im testing 40+ secondary filters on 630 am. Thats going to take about 12 hours doing 2 tests that are 1 pass indicators,then build


Peter, is this Exchange time or local time? I have a few decent gold systems that are 830-1430 Exchange time that were built in Sept before I was using AU session testing. I'll need to revisit them eventually after I finish EC.


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Quote: Originally posted by bizgozcd  
Quote: Originally posted by admin  


Correct on all points.
2am to 3am to 1230 is the best range.
Ive found one sf that loves 630 am start time.
right now im testing 40+ secondary filters on 630 am. Thats going to take about 12 hours doing 2 tests that are 1 pass indicators,then build


Peter, is this Exchange time or local time? I have a few decent gold systems that are 830-1430 Exchange time that were built in Sept before I was using AU session testing. I'll need to revisit them eventually after I finish EC.


im using central usa time
so in exchange time its 3am-4am to 130 pm
Regardless there are mutiple valid time zones, and im still researching this.
Ive made some very interesting finds on gold this last week.
Im just about finished my testing of the foundation of what works, and now compling the content of power point slides. 80% done the material for the video, but not started recording the video


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