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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 06:43 PM


@TraderTom. Good observation. I havnt even looked, but in the big picture I can say 2022 was by far the best year of my 22 years trading, and early 2023 was one of the worst periods. We had markets that gave strong moves that later reversed. Just a very dangerous time for trading. No market stays in ideal conditions indefinitely.
This has to be factored in. Regardless the collective total was good. Managed to buy part of a farm this week, a dual motor Tesla + increased savings so trading is still been very profitable.
Regardless trading is very risky and harder than most people think


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[*] posted on 5-7-2023 at 04:31 AM


Quote: Originally posted by TraderTom  
Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate the information very much.

However, there is some information I came across recently that has left me quite concerned about GSB, and which I hope Peter can address. I was on the Striker web site, and I saw they are tracking 12 different GSB systems, which you can rent to trade with them if you should want to. What bothered me is that out of those 12 systems, only 5 were profitable over the tracking period, and the other 7 lost money. Of the 5 winners, there was one superstar (GSBsys1ES), but none of the other 4 had made over $10K, trading 1 car. That was disappointing, both in how few winning systems there were, and how relatively small the winnings are.

I hope I'm missing something here, and that I can expect better performance than that. From where I sit, to get going with GSB I'm looking at a substantial investment in software and hardware, and a steep learning curve, so the rewards have to worth the price. Right now, it seems to me they fall short. But I hope I'm wrong!


There are always periods with a DD. It's something you have to accept and tolerate both financially and psychological.
I think you should try trading micro futures that will allow you to gain confidence in what you do and also limit the risk.
When it comes to the GSB I can add that I tried 3 other tools. The GSB is superior in every aspect. If you accept to follow Peter's methodology, the learning curve will be less steep.
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[*] posted on 5-7-2023 at 02:54 PM


Peter and Thomas, thanks for the replies. This isn't my first rodeo, so I'm pretty familiar with drawdowns. I live in one a lot of the time. :)

I agree with what you both said about how trading is risky, and harder than most people think. I think the observation that 95% of would-be traders fail is probably accurate, and maybe it's even 99%.

Thanks for the comment about trying 3 other tools, Thomas. I've been down that road myself. It's not easy to start with a new one and get proficient at it, that's why I'm doing so much research. I'll keep at it.


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[*] posted on 5-7-2023 at 04:50 PM


Normal state is in a drawdown, I am 99% of the time in a drawdown. Here's the last two months. Before this the previous equity high was 20 Jan 2023.

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[*] posted on 11-7-2023 at 06:09 AM


I believe the last time I tried to update my version of GSB Automation from the pCloud I had to have Peter reset it. Is there any documentation on the correct way (or files needed) to download and install a new version of Automation?

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[*] posted on 11-7-2023 at 05:15 PM


@tialt
the bare minimum you need to update is the automation.exe file, pdb file and version.txt & take the latest excel file
Overwrite your old files unless the name of GSBAutomation.exe had a date after it (it does) GSBAutomation20230630.exe
Either make a shortcut to GSBAutomation20230630.exe or reanme GSBAutomation.exe to .old and rename GSBAutomation20230630.exe to GSBAutomation.exe


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[*] posted on 12-7-2023 at 07:21 PM


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[*] posted on 12-7-2023 at 07:41 PM


@tiat, Thanks for your thank you. You can hit the thank button on posts which is nice, and saves people looking at a new post with no information that needs to be acted on

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[*] posted on 13-7-2023 at 11:09 AM


@NickW, thanks for the DD table. And yes, being in a DD is definitely normal, for sure. What I didn't like was the fact that you said that the previous equity high was Jan 20th. That's 5 solid months of DD, which seems a bit much. Those long intervals make it hard to trade. But I'm sure that's not news to anyone here.

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[*] posted on 13-7-2023 at 06:51 PM


@tradertom, what you also may factor in is that many of us had the most spectacular equity run up (biggest in 22 years of trading) and that I think it was jan or feb was just a killer month.
For me in this context, a long or big dd is no big deal.


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[*] posted on 15-7-2023 at 04:05 PM


Yes, that's a good point. Of course, for someone coming in without that big run behind them, it would have been much harder. But I hear what you're saying.

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[*] posted on 19-7-2023 at 11:16 AM


New to GSB and running through the methodology guides at the moment. In the guides I see fields for Operators, Normalization, Sign modes and other fields under Strategy that I am not seeing on my setup. Any tips on why this might be?

EDIT: Screenshots attached of what I see vs an example from the guide. Another difference is that GSB is not available as an option in the strategy field on my setup.







GSB from guide.png - 596kBGSB from my setup.png - 795kB


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[*] posted on 19-7-2023 at 11:26 AM


Hi hsuehster,

Go to "View" (in the top menu) and activate "Advanced" (last option).

For novice users I think it's best to keep these settings untouched.

Good luck building!


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[*] posted on 19-7-2023 at 11:29 AM


Hi Carl, thanks for the tips. Advanced was previously selected and I've since toggled it off and on again. Fields under Strategy still appear to be the same though.

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[*] posted on 19-7-2023 at 06:48 PM


@hsuehster, a lot of fields are locked out unless you run the optional Alpha user mode.
This is for GSB purchasers only. The logic behind this is there is so much for new users to learn, giving them even more power will give them even greater opportunity to dig them selves in a hole they cant get out of.




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[*] posted on 1-8-2023 at 09:28 AM
Latest GSB Download


Anyone know where I can get the latest versions of GSB and RM? I had to format my computer and reinstall windows...

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[*] posted on 1-8-2023 at 04:49 PM


@heyligerb
install the trial version of gsb
https://trademaid.info/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1

install RM
https://trademaid.info/forum/viewthread.php?tid=208
I will revoke your GSB licence, so you can use it again


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[*] posted on 18-8-2023 at 01:07 PM


Just curious, but it always seems when I start building systems the #C/US number is quite high and declines significantly over time. Any idea why this happens?

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[*] posted on 18-8-2023 at 05:11 PM


@tialt
thats because calculations are being done, that result in terrible metrics, and so the individual calculation is aborted before the end of the data. When GA finds something that works, the calculations are completed and so its slower. Drom day one this was one of the many tricks to GSBs speed


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[*] posted on 25-8-2023 at 04:42 AM
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I use GSB 66.25 and EWFO 20221201.1.

The input parameters from GSB=>EWFO run are completely different.
What I did was to run WF to EWFO and later EWFO using the files from GSB. EWFO run was using the same FF as I had on GSB run.

The input parameters from GSB and EWFO are completely different. Why?
Something wrong with my EWFO copy? When I use GSB EWFO files, the TS script is not correct, see below.

Begin
i1length GSB_MedianOsc = 87;
i1Weight GSB_MedianOsc = 0;
i2Weight GSB_Close = 0;
i3Weight GSB_Close = 0;
EntryParams = 0;
EntryParams2 = 0;
GSB_CloseToHighLow3v5 iSFLength = 157;
iSFWeight GSB_CloseToHighLow3v5 = -1;
sfEntryLevel = 2.5;
End

Now, if I'd use TS for making EWFO files, the TS script would be
Begin
i1length = 87;
i1Weight = 0;
i2Weight = 0;
i3Weight = 0;
EntryParams = 0;
EntryParams2 = 0;
iSFLength = 157;
iSFWeight = -1;
sfEntryLevel = 2.5;
End

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[*] posted on 25-8-2023 at 05:50 AM


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I need to see this on your pc via anydesk.com and chat about in on skype.
Please chase me on monday australian time onwards




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[*] posted on 25-8-2023 at 08:09 AM


Hi @admin,

I recently saw on this webpage https://www.quantifiedmodels.com/es/ , systems an applications of yours, I think they are stealing and reselling your work. I inform you in cas you are not aware of it.

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[*] posted on 25-8-2023 at 05:19 PM


feedback on ts 10 build 70 is really bad
One plus is TS support has improved
https://community.tradestation.com/Discussions/Topic.aspx?To...
strongly recommend the batch file to kill new updates

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[*] posted on 25-8-2023 at 05:25 PM


@AnderBaci
thank you for this. I appreciate you looking but in this case nothing is stolen, its done with my permission.


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[*] posted on 28-8-2023 at 07:23 PM


Im going to change the mail server on info@trademaid.info so that will mean for a few hours window info@trademaid.info emails may not send and incoming emails may give bounce message.
It may be today or friday evening usa time


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