How to trade forex using RoboForex StrategyQuant software

How to trade forex using RoboForex StrategyQuant software

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Let's get started.................................................................................................................................................... 6

Workflow.............................................................................................................................................. 6 Portfolio of strategies: What we are looking for ...................................................................................... 7 How to correctly set data in RoboForex StrategyQuant ........................................................................................... 9 How to recognize high quality data? ....................................................................................................... 9 How to download high quality data? .................................................................................................... 10 Tick vs. M1.......................................................................................................................................... 10 The data settings in RobForex StrategyQuant........................................................................................ 11 Data import into RoboForex StrategyQuant .......................................................................................... 12 Building an initial set of strategies ....................................................................................................................... 14 Selection of the market and timeframe settings .................................................................................... 14 Strategy options settings ..................................................................................................................... 16 Building blocks settings........................................................................................................................ 17 Order Types & Exit Building Blocks ....................................................................................................... 18 Generic Options settings...................................................................................................................... 18 Money Management settings............................................................................................................... 19 Robustness Tests settings .................................................................................................................... 19 Ranking Options settings...................................................................................................................... 20 Robustness testing.............................................................................................................................................. 22 The Second OOS test ........................................................................................................................... 24

The slippage test.............................................................................................................................. 26 Test on a different market................................................................................................................ 28 Randomize trades order................................................................................................................... 31 Randomly skip trades....................................................................................................................... 33 Randomize strategy parameters ....................................................................................................... 34 The third OOS test............................................................................................................................... 37 Walk-forward matrix ........................................................................................................................... 39 What is next? ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Disclaimer .......................................................................................................................................................... 44

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INTRODUCTION

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win

- Mahatma Gandhi

I am opening the introduction with my favorite Gandhi quote. I am sure you know it yourselves. Nobody trusts in you, they discourage you and warn you "if it were so easy, everybody would do it". But you do not let these words stop you, you do not get discouraged and you win in the end. I can remember when I first started to do business on the stock market in 2006. People around me told me that it is not possible to earn money this way and that it is only for "the chosen ones". I did not believe them. I believed in the market, my enthusiasm and commitment. It was not easy, but I won. I became a profitable trader and at the beginning I did only discretionary trades. Then I discovered StrategyQuant and have experienced an insight. I bought it and began to learn how to use it, and in the end I was able to trade profitably. Suddenly, I gained what I did not have before: time. Time is a great treasure and I certainly do not want to waste it. As a trader with algorithms I spend only 2 to 3 hours a day trading, while I am on vacation I only check my positions and it takes couple of minutes. And this is why I fell in love with automated trading. It is a journey that I will never leave and I will walk on it until the end of my life, because time is the most valuable commodity in the world!

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In 2013 I started to work with Mark and I began to teach StrategyQuant in my homeland, then Asia joined too. Now I created an e-book for you where I describe procedures with which my students started to earn money and even more importantly: they have gained more free time which they can dedicate to their families, friends and hobbies. Thanks to this e-book my know-how is now available to everyone who takes trading seriously! I wish you to experience this moment called insight and to start a journey that will take you miles ahead, that you gain more free time and the stock market becomes your business and source of income!

Zdenek Zanka

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LET'S GET STARTED

WORKFLOW

This e-book contains a description of the workflow that I use for profit when trading via RoboForex StrategyQuant. This workflow consists of several important parts. I am briefly introducing them on this page and later I am going to tell you about them in more detail: Portfolio of strategies: What we are looking for It is important to realize what we want to achieve with our strategies. We will discuss it in the first part Import of data The first important step is to import data correctly and set them accordingly. This is the most important step, because the result of backtests and robustness tests depends on the quality of input data. If the quality of the data is poor, the result of the backtest will also be poor and not reliable. Spend time on this part and learn how to process the data correctly. Generating an initial package of strategies Once the data is set up, it is necessary to generate an initial package of strategies. Ideally we build 1000 to 2000 strategies and then we do all the robustness tests and select those that are most likely to be profitable in the future. Robustness tests This is the crucial part. The robustness tests let you determine which strategies are most likely to be profitable in real trading and also how vulnerable they are to possible changes, such as a change of volatility, slippage, etc. Walk forward matrix Testing that uses the walk forward matrix method determines how reliable the strategy is and how much can be expected from it in the future. This is the most reliable test available. Understanding the output of the strategy This section describes what individual parameters of the strategy determine and how to recognize, what the subject of trade in the strategy is. Application of strategies on a real account This is the last step we are all looking forward to. This will be discussed in the last section: how to apply the strategy on a real account and how to use it.

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PORTFOLIO OF STRATEGIES: WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The aim therefore should not be to try to find one top strategy that earns hundreds of percent a year, but to find a portfolio of good strategies that complement each other.

RoboForex StrategyQuant's biggest advantage is that it allows to find good strategies easily and in a relatively short period of time. The aim therefore should not be to try to find one top strategy that earns hundreds of percent a year, but to find a portfolio of good strategies that complement each other. This allows to gain outstanding equity in real trading and long-term stable profits.

Let's have a look at an example. Here we can see one strategy from the portfolio, which trades on the EURJPY pair and timeframe H1:

Its equity is certainly not bad. At the risk of the maximum drawdown of 20 per cent it would earn 20 per cent per year. It is not bad, but we want more.

Therefore we build a portfolio of six high-quality strategies that complement each other:

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This portfolio, consisting of six strategies earns 60 percent per year with the same risk of 20 percent. Lastly, let's have a look at the portfolio of 15 strategies:

This portfolio achieves profit of 100 percent per year at the risk of 20 percent. These examples show clearly that our goal is not finding one perfect strategy. We need to look for strategies that have good results that are robust and that have a great chance to be profitable in the future. Portfolio of such strategies gives us a good result with a very interesting profit. Additionally, we can look for strategies on higher timeframe and do not have to rely on scalping in order to achieve high profits. Our portfolio will not therefore be vulnerable to slippages, spreads, etc., which is important for the reliability of the backtests. Scalping, which has an excellent historical equity, may not work in real market conditions.

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