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Table of contents for each volume Done all 13 volumes
Quick Strategy Summary Done Volume 2
Snapshot of strategy performances Done Volume 1-8
Summarize strategies Done volume 1,3
Summarize and colate any indexes Done volume 1-9
Actually try the strategies
Try strategies against various equities
Look for universalization optimization
Go through errata for each volume

Volume 1 - stad01.pdf

All strategies summarized

Contents

  • Introduction
    • Contents at a glance
    • Is this a beginner's book?
    • Additional Educational Services
      • Video Course ... 2
      • Workshops ... 3
      • EasyLanguage Resource Center ... 3
    • Join the Club
    • Getting Started
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • Select your Market and System Type
      • Trending Market
      • Directionless Market
      • Volatile Market
    • Select your time frame
      • Daily Charts
      • Weekly Charts
      • Intra-Day Charts
    • Tips for defining your trading rules
      • TradeStation Basics
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Trending Systems
    • Moving Average Crossover
      • Defining your Trading Rules
      • Designing & Formatting
      • Testing & Improving
    • Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) Breakout
    • Trend Line Automatic
    • Trend Follower
  • Chapter 3: Support & Resistance Systems
    • Spread
    • Support and Resistance Levels
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Breakout Systems
    • Pivot Points
    • Pivot POints intra-day
    • Channel Breakout
    • Volatility Expansion (VolEx)
  • Index

Easylanguage

STAD01.ELA

  • indicator: ORSL: MACD Breakout, ORSL: Mov Average CO, ORSL: Pivots ID, ORSL: Pivots, ORSL: Spread, ORSL: Trend Follower
  • strategy: SL: Channel Breakout, SL: MACD Breakout, SL: Pivots ID, SL: Pivots, SL: Spread, SL: Trend Follower, SL: Trend Lines Auto, SL: Volatility Ex, SL:Mov Avg Crossover, SL:SupportResistance

STAD01.ELS

  • Indicator: ORSL: MACD Breakout, ORSL: Mov Average CO, ORSL: Pivots ID, ORSL: Pivots, ORSL: Spread, ORSL: Trend Follower
  • Strategy: SL: Channel Breakout, SL: MACD Breakout, SL: Pivots ID, SL: Pivots, SL: Spread, SL: Trend Follower, SL: Trend Lines Auto, SL: Volatility Ex, SL:Mov Avg Crossover, SL:SupportResistance
  • Strategy Group: SL: Trend Lines Auto

Volume 2 - stad02.pdf

The systems presented in this volume incorporate popular concepts such as the Head and Shoulders pattern, price and volume relationships, Bollinger Bands, and ADX. As in the first volume, we identify the most common problems with these types of systems and provide techniques to overcome them as well as present different ways of using them. By reviewing and testing these 10 systems, you'll be able to understand these techniques and use them, or a variation of them, in your own systems.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • Adapted from book by Charlie Wright, Trading as a business - definitive book on system testing and development
    • Developing your entry & exit rules
      • Indicators by themselves may not work, They may only be half the puzzle, the setup part. Also needed is an entry.
      • "Any indicator can be made into a profitable system"
    • The magic of setup and entry
      • Setup - Conditions necessary prior to considering to take a trade. Indicators used to say 'get ready to buy or sell'
      • Examples of Setups for Various Kinds of Trading Systems
      • Entry - Signal that causes the market to be entered
      • Entry rules
        • 1. Prices should confirm the direction indicated by the Setup before a taking a position.
        • 2. The Entry should guarantee that a system will capture every price move for which it is designed.
      • Examples of buy entries
    • Understanding different order types
      • Market orders - commonly placed for entry on open of the day, or close of the day
        • OK for Rule #2, but needs extra condition to comply with entry rule #1
      • Stop Close Only Orders - market has to close above selected price
      • Stop Orders - market must pass through the selected price
      • Limit Orders - opposite of stop orders, for the situation where prices are going in the opposite direction
        • violate entry rule 1 & 2
    • Evaluating each component
      • Important to use entries and setups together
      • Can also evaluate the profitability of entries separate from the setups, together they should perform better than separately
    • Summary
      • Aim with the setup
        Pull the trigger with the entry
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • ADX Differential
    • Head and Shoulders
    • On Balance Volume: New Highs, New Lows
  • Chapter 3: Support and Resistance Systems
    • Advance Decline Divergence
    • Stochastics
    • CCI Bollinger Bands - Overbought and Oversold
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Systems
    • Percent Change Channel
    • Bull Beater
    • Opening Gap
    • Determining Short-Term Market Outlook
  • Appendix A: Feedback on Volume 1
    • General COmments
    • Moving Average Crossover Systems
    • Trend Line Automatic System
      • The Problem
      • Analysis and Correction

Volume 3 - stad03.pdf

The systems presented in this volume incorporate popular concepts such as Bollinger Bands, volatility, key reversals, DMI and variable zones. We identify the most common problems with these types of systems and provide techniques to overcome them as well as present different ways of using them.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • Understanding the System Report
    • Using the System Equity Curve
    • Using Portfolio Maximizer for TradeStation
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Buy Dips/Sell Rallies
    • Bullish & Bearish Engulfing Patterns
    • Open - Close Histogram
  • Chapter 3: Support & Resistance Systems
    • Bollinger Bands
    • On Balance True Range
    • Micro-M & Micro-W Formations
    • Variable Zones
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Systems
    • Inside Day Breakout Failure
    • Standard Deviation - Volatility
    • Volatility Clusters
  • Appendix A: Volume In Review
    • General Comments
    • General Feedback
    • Opening Gap System

Volume 4 - stad04.pdf

The systems in Volume 4 incorporate popular concepts such as exponential moving averages, momentum retracement, price distribution, and more.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • What is Optimization
    • What can be optimized?
    • Determining the number of tests
    • Choosing the criteria for best result
    • Avoiding the Over-Optimization Trap
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Directional Movement Index System
    • Keltner Channel System
    • Linear Regression & Momentum System
    • Herrick Payoff Index & Channel Breakout on Close System
    • Consecutive Close System
    • The Momentum-retracement system
    • Three exponential moving average crossover system
    • Investing a fixed dollar amount
  • Chapter 3: Support & Resistance Systems
    • Spread System: Beta Up
    • Spread System: Beta Down
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Breakout System
    • Displaced Moving Average & Volume System
    • Price Distribution System
    • Additional Formulas

Volume 5 - stad05.pdf

The systems in Volume 5 incorporate popular concepts such as exponential moving averages, intermarket analysis, displaced indicators, and Fibonacci ratios

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • Your trading objectives
    • The character of the market
    • The analysis you have in mind
      • Bar assumptions & bouncing ticks
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Currency/Bond System
    • Intermarket I System
    • Intermarket II System
  • Chapter 3: Support & Resistance Systems
    • Fibonacci .382 Retracement System
    • High/Low Oscillator System
    • Stochastic Overbought/Oversold System
    • Pivot Point Support & Resistance System
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Breakout Systems
    • Currency Four-Day System
    • Channel Breakout with Pullback System
    • Displaced Standard Deviation Bands System
  • Appendix A: Volume In Review
    • ADX-DMI System
    • ADX-DMI System
    • Momentum Retracement

Volume 6 - stad06.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Accumulation Swing Index System
    • ADX & Moving-Average Channel System
    • Displaced Moving-Average Channel & Range Leaders System
    • Four sets of moving averages crossover system
  • Chapter 3: Support and resistance systems
    • Commododity channel index average system
    • Minor reaction/trend resumption
  • Chapter 4: Volatility breakout systems
    • First pullback system
    • Parabolic & Volume system
    • Volume-weighted momentum system
  • Chapter 5: Learning more about system trading & development
    • Universalization = a modified approach
  • Appendix A: Volume In Review

Volume 7 - stad07.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: General System Development Concepts
    • Don't Neglect your stops
  • Chapter 2: Trending Systems
    • Dow Theory
    • Derivative Moving Average
  • Chapter 3: Support and Resistance Systems
    • Short term support/resistance system
    • Moving Average support/resistance
    • Intraday breakout system
    • Intermarket S&P/Bonds/Bills
    • Fibonacci Retracement System
  • Chapter 4: Volatility Breakout Systems
    • S&P 500 Implied Volatility System
    • Trading Range Breakout
  • Chapter 5: SystemBuilder: A New Era in System Development
  • Appendix A: Volume In Review

Volume 8 - stad08.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: SystemBuilder: A New Approach To System Development and Testing
  • Chapter 2: Escalator Trading System
  • Chapter 3: New Forecasting Possibilities in TradeStation 2000i
  • Chapter 4: Jack-in-the-box System
  • Chapter 5: ActivityBar Price Distribution System
  • Chapter 6: Fixed Ratio Money Management by Ryan Jones
  • Chapter 7: Ryan's Hope Trading System
  • Chapter 8: Stampede Trading System
  • Chapter 9: Common Exits
  • Appendix A: Volume In Review

Volume 9 - stad09.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Double your fun
  • Chapter 2: Luxor
  • Chapter 3: No Hurry
  • Chapter 4: OBV Revisited
  • Chapter 5: Red Rover, Red Rover
  • Chapter 6: Skinny Dipper
  • Chapter 7: International Index Composite System
  • Chapter 8: Swinger
  • Chapter 9: Traffic Jam
  • Chapter 10: RadarScreen 2000i Indicator
  • Appendix A: Common Exits
  • Appendex B: Volume in Review

Volume 10 - stad10.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: JK Monday We Trade
  • Chapter 2: The Serendipity Entry Trigger, by Chuck LeBeau
  • Chapter 3: Serendipity System
  • Chapter 4: Eight Ball
  • Chapter 5: Measuring & Comparing Performance
  • Chapter 6: Going in Style
  • Chapter 7: Who's Minding the Store
  • Chapter 8: Gemini
  • Chapter 9: The Reference Deviation System, by William Brower, CTa
  • Chapter 10: Superman
  • Appendix A: Common Exits
  • Appendix B: Volume In Review

Volume 11 - stad11.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: High Five
  • Chapter 2: Hit the Bull's Eye
  • Chapter 3: MISER (Murray's Intermarket Strategy Revisited)
  • Chapter 4: Two Favorite Exit Strategies
  • Chapter 5: JK Night Train
  • Chapter 6: The Symmetrical Triangle Strategy
  • Chapter 7: Making the Most of Your Strategy Performance Reports
  • Chapter 8: TrendScore
  • Chapter 9: Triple Play
  • Chapter 10: Win One for the Gapper
  • appendix A: Common Exits
  • Appendix B: Volume In Review

Volume 12 - stad12.pdf

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: First Prize
  • Chapter 2: In The Zone
  • Chapter 3: Jailbreak
  • Chapter 4: LR Crossing by Julio Zayas
  • Chapter 6: Not that Way, the Other Way
  • Chapter 7: Springs & Upthrusts
  • Chapter 8: Three Musketeers
  • Chapter 9: Tigers in the Mist #2
  • Chapter 10: Trendiness in the Futures Markets
  • Appendix A: Common Exits
  • Appendix B: Volume In Review

Volume 13 - stad13.pdf

Strategies Revisited: Looking Back at Volumes 1-12

Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • SECTION 1: Articles
    • CHAPTER 1 Understanding the Basics of Strategy Trading
    • CHAPTER 2 Optimizing Your Trading Strategies
    • CHAPTER 3 Making The Most of Your Strategy Performance Reports
  • SECTION 2: Trending Strategies
    • CHAPTER 4 Open-Close Histogram
    • CHAPTER 5 DMA and Range Leaders
    • CHAPTER 6 Linear Regression and Momentum
    • CHAPTER 7 LUXOR
    • CHAPTER 8 Currency/Bonds/Dollar Index Strategy
    • CHAPTER 9 Momentum Retracement
  • SECTION 3: Countertrend Strategies
    • CHAPTER 10 Advance-Decline Divergence
    • CHAPTER 11 Triple Play
  • SECTION 4: Event Strategies
    • CHAPTER 12 VolEx
    • CHAPTER 13 Volatility Clusters
  • APPENDIX A Common Stops
  • APPENDIX B: Volume In Review
  • INDEX

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Strategy System Types:

Name Volume Type Timeframe Traded Profit% Trade Ratio Profit Factor Net Profit Max Drawdown Notes
Moving Average Crossover * crossing of slow and fast MA identifies start of trend
  • buy or sell signal when the trend is confirmed, using buy or sell stop orders at highest price of last 12 bars plus 3%, active for next 12 bars
  • said it wants buy and sell orders to reverse the position, or "always in the market, reverse position on buy/sell signals", but later says it exits until next strong trend is confirmed
  • exit when trending is ending or reversing identified by price level equal to or lower than lowest low of last 8 bars (for long)
  • has a reentry technique
1 Trending probably daily, '87-'97 unknown Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
46% winning, but winners 2x losers
Notes:
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) Breakout
  • Creates a channel using differential calculation of MACD and a breakout of the upper or lower bands
  • When MACD differential crosses under or over zero frequently, indicates sideways market. Our standard is 4 crosses in 50 bars
  • Upper band is highest of last 4 cross over, plus half 4 bar average of true range
  • Includes indicator MACD Breakout
  • Uses trailing stops for exit (lowest low of last 6 bars)
1 Trending probably daily, '70-'97 unknown Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
48% profitable, trade ratio 1.41 (avg win/avg loss)
Notes:
Trend Line Automatic
  • Based on last 10 swing lows, and last 10 swing highs
  • generated lots of false signals due to virtually zero slope lines, so only look at lines with at least 10 degrees slope
  • Trailing stop for exit,
  • also had high number of consecutive losers (lowest low of last 6 bars)
1 Trending daily, '70-'97 IBM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
40% win, trade ratio 3.63
Notes:
Trend Follower
  • top and bottom bands around open price and a volatility multiplier
  • 3-line moving average (4,9,18) to determine bullish/bearish market mode
  • 4 bar exponential moving average to compare the bands
  • pyramiding winning trend
1 Trending daily '70-'97 IBM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
46% profitable, trade ratio 2.51
Notes:
Spread
  • trades correlation of two market data streams - high divergence overbought, low divergence oversold
  • exit via trailing stops on lowest low of last 6 bars
  • exit when in for more than 6 bars and profit less than $100
  • money management stop
1 S&R Daily Alcoa Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
48%, trade ratio 1.55
Notes:
  • drawback: False signals when market is trending
  • possibile solution: Use ADX or DMI to detect trending market
  • develop exits to get out of losing trades
Support and Resistance Levels
  • Uses swing highs and swing lows (last 3 of each, averaged)
  • Must have distance of at least 2 times ATR(10)
  • high must be in top third, and low in bottom third, of distance between highest high and low (if not, might indicate trending market)
  • 4 bar EMA crossing the swing prices (cross above high - sell short, cross above low - buy long)
  • exit with trailing stops (9 bars)
  • money management stop
1 S&R daily '94-'97 QCOM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
57% win, trade ratio 2.34
Notes:
  • very few trades
Pivot Points
  • used for trading commodities
  • 3 moving averages (4,9,18) - to measure momentum, they must be in proper order
  • exit on first profitable open
  • trailing stop lowest low of 4 bars
1 Volatility Breakout 30-min S&P Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
58%, 1.37
Notes:
Pivot Points intra-day
  • similar to "Pivot Points" strategy
  • pivot points calculated on first bar of the day, and used for the rest of the day
  • first bar of the day must be significant period of time
1 Volatility Breakout 60-min ES-Z7 Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
55%, 2.68
Notes:
  • may want to make sure the range of the day is in normal parameters, for example make sure it is similar in range to last 3 days
Channel Breakout
  • looks for market moves away from normal trading range
  • looks for unusual price activity
  • looks for 2 bar breakout of highest high of 14 bars, or lowest low of 14 bars
  • 6 bar price trailing stop
1 Volatility Breakout Weekly AA Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
64%, 1.27
Notes:
Volatility Expansion (VolEx)
  • Developed by Bill Cruz and Charlie Wright in early '90s
  • Looks for days with unusual price activity
  • Designed for S&P contract on daily bars
  • Exits long or short on first profitable open
  • Exit on lowest low of last 4 bars
  • Exit if in more than 4 bars (days) without profit
  • Money management stop (in the strategy format tab)
1 Volatility Breakout Daily '96-'97 S&P 500 Index Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
77%, 0.44
Notes:
  • (only in trades 60 days of the year)
  • high drawdown of almost twice final profit, with $4K average losing trade
    • tighteing money management stop to $1800, 57% winning, 1.22 trade ratio, drop in profit from $15K to $13K, max drawdown of $13k
  • making the system wait for more profit also helps
ADX Differential
  • ADX shows strength of current trend - low or decreasing ADX means falling into non-trending
  • 4-bar EMA of difference between current ADX and previous bar ADX
  • Also as indicator "STAD2: ADX Diff"
  • trailing sotp exit technique based on subtracting 4-bar average of range from low of entry bar.
  • Stop for entry bar is lowest low of last 6 bars
2 Trending Daily QCOM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
46%, trade ratio 1.86
Notes:
  • Want to make sure all the profit doesn't come from a single trade. Better if it is a few big trades.
  • Possible improvement is to try to enter the market sooner with tighter entry prices
Head and Shoulders 2 Trending Daily '79 - '98 ALCOA Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
42%, ratio 3.19
Notes:
  • Very rate pattern - only 12 trades, total $631 profit
  • Needs to be tried on more symbols, and time frames
  • Volume is also important part of the pattern, but this system does not include analysis of volume
On Balance Volume: New Highs, New Lows
  • For rally to turn into a trend, price movmeent should be accompanied by increase in volume
  • On Balance Volume (OBV)
  • Show me study "OBV New H/L" to look for new highs and lows. Shows the price tends to rally up on new OBV highs or lows. But this occurs often, so we want to see a number of high lows in several bars.
  • Exits: Arbitrary low point below entry of current bar
  • Also, third of the distance between low of the bar, and the previous exit point
  • attempts to catch beginning of trend by following increases in price and volume (increase in volatility)
2 Trending Daily '91-'98 QCOM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
54%. 1.61
Notes:
Advance Decline Divergence 2 S&R 10 min - 1/98-3/98 unknown Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
43%, 1.8 $22K profit
Notes:
  • 136 trades in 3 months, $22K profit
  • Statistical significance - we need at least 25 instances of orders
  • input data should reflect all different market modes
Stochastics 2 S&R Daily '86-'98 Policy Mgmnt Sys Corp Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
45%, 1.75, $127
Notes:
  • large losing trades show how system is failign to protect capital
CCI Bollinger Bands - Overbought and Oversold 2 S&R daily Policy Mgmt Sys Corp Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
45%, 2.55, $15K
Notes:
  • High trade ratio may be due to effective exit technique
  • 160 trades in 12 years - not overtrading
Percent Change Channel 2 Volatility Daily '88-'98 S&P 500 Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
68%, 0.77
Notes:
Bull Beater
  • Determine when market is quiet or sideways, to capitalize on up or down market moves
2 Volatility intraday 5 min - 1/98-3/98 DSP8H Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
58%, 0.79
Notes:
  • $1625 profit in 3 months on $16800 gross profit, -$15175 gross loss
Opening Gap
  • Market opening above previous days high, or below previous days low - indicates sudden extreme move
  • Expects uptrend market, opening down, will rally
  • Fast and slow exponential moving average of daily bars to determine direction of market
  • Symbol as Data1 with intraday time period, and same symbol as data2 with daily
2 Volatility intraday 10 min, 1/98-3/98 DSP8H Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
44%, 4.52
Notes:
  • $19900 profit, 16 trades
Determining Short-Term Market Outlook
  • Determine statistics for buy at open of first day of week, sell at end of the day
  • Used to give stats about performance of up days, how often up, average of the up days
  • Data can be used as a filter for another dtrategy
2 Stats Dai;y '89-'98 $INDU Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
64%, 1.14
Notes:
Buy Dips/Sell Rallies
  • Buy after a countertrend decline, but only after uptrend continues
  • RSI above or below 50 is used to determine trend
3 Trending Weekly - '78-'98 Intel Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
30%, 6.99
Notes:
  • Concern: Largest trade is 60% of total net profit
Bullish & Bearish Engulfing Patterns
  • Indication of reversal
  • 10 day EMA used to determine market trend
3 Trending Daily '79-'98 Intel Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
58%, 1.19
Notes:
  • Only 12 trades, not statistically significant
Open - Close Histogram
  • In an uptrend, market closes above open
  • OC Histogram Indicator
3 Trending Weekly '70-'98 IBM Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
38%, 2.39
Notes:
  • Improvements for adding 4 point money management stop
Bollinger Bands
  • Bell curve price distribution during sideways market
3 S&R intraday 5 min 1/98-3/98 S&P DSP8H Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
47%, 1.56, $5400
Notes:
  • High drawdown of $10K without money management stop
  • Use Maximum Adverse Excursion chart shows $300 is a good maximum: Now results: 47%, 2.21, $9275 profit
  • Trends are the worst enemy of S&R systems
On Balance True Range
  • Long side of bolinger bands, and use of on balance true range as a filter
3 S&R intrday 5 min 1/98-3/98 S&P 500 DSP8H Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
51%, 2.58 $7375
Notes:
  • Adding filter to only take trades when on balance true range is under 9 period EMA - improvement - 44%, 3.97, $12150
Micro-M & Micro-W Formations
  • Micro M Tops and Micro W Bottoms help find significant turning points in the market
3 S&R Weekly '70-'98 F Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
43%, 3.71
Notes:
  • Some instability or inconsistency in performance of winning trades because of standard deviation
Variable Zones
  • Uses dynamic variable method to calculate oversold and overbought bands for RSI indicator
3 S&R intraday - 5min 1/98-3/98 S&P 500 DSP8H Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
41%, 1.54, $2425
Notes:
  • Fixed values of 35 and 75: 39%, 1.45, -$4400 with drawdown of $20,000
Inside Day Breakout Failure
  • Prices often continue to move higher after breakout above the high of an inside day
3 Volatility intraday - 30min S&P 500 Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
unknown
Notes:
  • Only 6 trades in 6 months
Standard Deviation - Volatility
  • Try to identify significant move up or down, movement greater than usual movements
3 Volatility intraday - 5 min '79-'98 ALCOA Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
72%, 1.00, $5800
Notes:
Volatility Clusters
  • high volatility periods tend to cluster as groups
3 Volatility Daily '79-'98 ALCOA Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
64%, 0.65, $20.10
Notes:
Directional Movement Index System 4 Trending Daily 1/88-7/98 ALCOA Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
45%, 1.47, $3586, profit factor $1.20
Notes:
  • Made $6801 on long trades, and lost $3215 on short trades, during a bull market
  • Optimized the ADX level to 35
Keltner Channel System
  • Keltner channel is a moving average and an average true range, then bands that are some multiple of average true range around the moving average
4 Trending weekly-20 years AMEX Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
38%, 2.11, $3132, profit factor $1.27
Notes:
Linear Regression & Momentum System
  • theory is that prices pull back to regression line
  • regression line also points the trend
  • regression line smoothed with EMA
4 Trending Daily '80-'98 AT&T Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
32%, 2.59 $2717 profit factor $1.24
Notes:
Herrick Payoff Index & Channel Breakout on Close System 4 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Consecutive Close System 4 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
The Momentum-retracement system 4 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Three exponential moving average crossover system 4 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Investing a fixed dollar amount 4 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Spread System: Beta Up 4 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Spread System: Beta Down 4 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Displaced Moving Average & Volume System 4 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Price Distribution System 4 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Currency/Bond System 5 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Intermarket I System 5 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Intermarket II System 5 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Fibonacci .382 Retracement System 5 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
High/Low Oscillator System 5 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Stochastic Overbought/Oversold System 5 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Pivot Point Support & Resistance System 5 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Currency Four-Day System 5 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Channel Breakout with Pullback System 5 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Displaced Standard Deviation Bands System 5 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Accumulation Swing Index System 6 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
ADX & Moving-Average Channel System 6 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Displaced Moving-Average Channel & Range Leaders System 6 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Four sets of moving averages crossover system 6 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Commododity channel index average system 6 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Minor reaction/trend resumption 6 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
First pullback system 6 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Parabolic & Volume system 6 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Volume-weighted momentum system 6 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Dow Theory 7 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Derivative Moving Average 7 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Short term support/resistance system 7 S&R ? ? n win to n loss Notes:
Moving Average support/resistance 7 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Intraday breakout system 7 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Intermarket S&P/Bonds/Bills 7 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
Fibonacci Retracement System 7 S&R ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
n win to n loss
Notes:
S&P 500 Implied Volatility System 7 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown:
Notes:
Trading Range Breakout 7 Volatility Breakout ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Escalator Trading System 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Jack-in-the-box System 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
ActivityBar Price Distribution System 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Fixed Ratio Money Management by Ryan Jones 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Ryan's Hope Trading System 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Stampede Trading System 8 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Double your fun 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Luxor 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
No Hurry 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
OBV Revisited 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Red Rover, Red Rover 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Skinny Dipper 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
International Index Composite System 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Swinger 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Traffic Jam 9 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
JK Monday We Trade 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
The Serendipity Entry Trigger, by Chuck LeBeau 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Serendipity System 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Eight Ball 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Measuring & Comparing Performance 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Going in Style 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Who's Minding the Store 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Gemini 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
The Reference Deviation System, by William Brower, CTA 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Superman 10 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
High Five
  • uses five moving averages (5,10,20,40,80) to find high-probability setups and a price move in the direction of the setup to activate a
    trigger.
  • Buy setup: All five moving averages greater than 1 bar ago
  • Also: ATR protective stop, ATR breakeven stop, lastbar exit
11 Trending Daily-7 years AXP (long only), CSCO (long only), Japanese Yen Futures Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: AXP 80% profitable $586 avg per trade - 9.47 win to 1 loss
CSCO 61% profitable, - $27.03 win to $1 loss
Notes:
  • May be possible to optimnize the multiplier relating the moving averages.
  • Might also optimize each average in a range of values
Hit the Bull's Eye
a price-channel breakout and an exponential moving average to determine the trend and a price pattern to
locate logical entry points
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
MISER (Murray's Intermarket Strategy Revisited)
adaptation of an intermarket strategy by Murray Ruggiero.
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
JK Night Train
simple short-term strategy by Joe Krutsinger
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
The Symmetrical Triangle Strategy
Based on classical chart pattern
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
TrendScore
based on an idea by Tushar Chande, plus three stops and optimized two of
TrendScore's original components.
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Triple Play
improve Charles Lindsay's venerable Trident strategy, with addition of Bollinger Bands, which enable us to mechanically identify Trident's three chart
points.
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Win One for the Gapper
Gapper takes an indicator that measures a market's "trendiness," adds a chart pattern created by Larry Williams, and selects four stops from StrategyBuilder to create
a very promising strategy
11 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
First Prize
  • buys the first pullback in a new uptrend and sells the first pullback in a new downtrend
  • uses: exponential moving average, and MACD indicator
  • pullbank defined by MACD crossing below signal line for first time since cross above zero
  • Buy on return to previous bar high
  • stops:
    • The initial protective stop is set at the entry price minus 3 ATRs.
    • The breakeven stop exits on a return to the entry price after the trade has accumulated an open profit equal to or greater than 3 ATRs.
    • The trailing stop for a long position is set at the highest close since entry minus 6 ATRs,
    • and the trailing stop for a short position is set at the lowest close since entry plus 6 ATRs
12 Trending Daily '90 - '99 AXP, CSCO, IBM, NXTL, QCOM, SUNW Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
  • Unoptimized: AXP +$7353, CSCO +$4748, IBM +$3753, NXTL +$4000, QCOM +$10433, SUNW +$4039: Total $34,326
  • Optimized: AXP +$8259, CSCO +$5469, IBM +$7563, NXTL +$9563, QCOM +$11834, SUNW +$6006: Total $48,694
In The Zone 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Jailbreak 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
LR Crossing by Julio Zayas 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Not that Way, the Other Way 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Springs & Upthrusts 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Three Musketeers 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Tigers in the Mist #2 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Trendiness in the Futures Markets 12 Type? ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Open-Close Histogram 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
DMA and Range Leaders 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Linear Regression and Momentum 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
LUXOR 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Currency/Bonds/Dollar Index Strategy 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Momentum Retracement 13 Trending ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Advance-Decline Divergence 13 Countertrend ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Triple Play 13 Countertrend ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
VolEx 13 Event ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:
Volatility Clusters 13 Event ? ? Profit%: Ratio: ProfitFactor: NetProfit: MaxDrawDown: Notes:

Index for Volume 1 to 1:

Arrays ..............................................................................1-24, 1-32

Channel Breakout System .....................................................1-70
Charts daily ..................................................................................1-9
Charts intra-day ...........................................................................1-9
Charts weekly ..............................................................................1-9
Counters ................................................................................1-17

Daily Charts .............................................................................1-9
Defining your Trading Rules tips ....................................................................................1-9
Directionless Market ...............................................................1-7
Drawing Trend Lines ............................................................1-55

General System Development Concepts .................................1-5

Intra-Day Charts ......................................................................1-9

Market Type directionless .....................................................................1-7
Market Type selecting ...........................................................................1-6
Market Type trending ............................................................................1-6
Market Type volatile ..............................................................................1-8
Moving Average Convergence Divergence Breakout ..........1-21
Moving Average Crossover System ......................................1-12

Pivot Points Intra-Day System .............................................. 1-65
Pivot Points System ............................................................... 1-60

Selecting market type .......................................................................1-6
Selecting system type .......................................................................1-6
Selecting time frame ........................................................................1-9
Spread System ....................................................................... 1-44
Support & Resistance System .................................................1-8
Support and Resistance Levels System ................................. 1-49
Swing Highs .......................................................................... 1-50
Swing Lows ........................................................................... 1-50
System Development Concepts ...............................................1-5
System Type selecting ...........................................................................1-6
System Type support & resistance .........................................................1-8
System Type trending ............................................................................1-6
System Type volatility expansion system ..............................................1-8
Systems - channel breakout ............................................................ 1-70
Systems - MACD Breakout ............................................................ 1-21
Systems - moving average crossover .............................................. 1-12
Systems - pivot points ..................................................................... 1-60
Systems - pivot points intra-day ..................................................... 1-65
Systems - spread ............................................................................. 1-44
Systems - support and resistance levels .......................................... 1-49
Systems - trend follower ................................................................. 1-35
Systems - trend line automatic ........................................................ 1-28
Systems - volatility expansion ........................................................ 1-76

Time Frame daily charts .......................................................................1-9
Time Frame intra-day charts .................................................................1-9
Time Frame selecting ...........................................................................1-9
Time Frame weekly charts ....................................................................1-9

Tips for Defining your Trading Rules .....................................1-9
Trend Follower System .........................................................1-35
Trend Line Automatic System ...............................................1-28
Trend Lines - drawing ...........................................................................1-55
Trending Market ......................................................................1-6
Trending Systems ....................................................................1-6

Volatile Market ........................................................................1-8
Volatility Expansion System .............................................1-8, 1-76
VolEx System ........................................................................1-76

Weekly Charts .........................................................................1-9

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Volume 2

Advance Decline Divergence System ...................................2-36
ADX Differential System ......................................................2-12
Arrays ....................................................................................2-25

Bull Beater System ................................................................2-62

CCI Bollinger Bands - Overbought and Oversold System ...2-48
Comments on Volume 1 ........................................................2-79

Determining Short-Term Market Outlook ............................2-75

Entry, Concept of ....................................................................2-6
Error Codes, Trendlines ........................................................2-27
Errors in Volume 1 ................................................................2-79

Feedback on Volume 1 ..........................................................2-79
Functions - MarketPosition ...............................................................2-16
Functions - MRO ...............................................................................2-46

General System Development Concepts .................................2-5

Head and Shoulders System ..................................................2-19

Limit Orders ............................................................................2-9

Market Orders .........................................................................2-8
Market Outlook, Determining ............................................... 2-75
MarketPosition Function .......................................................2-16
MRO Function ...................................................................... 2-46

On Balance Volume - New Highs, New Lows System ......... 2-29
Opening Gap System ............................................................. 2-68
Order Types............................................................................. 2-8
Order Types - Limit Orders .....................................................................2-9
Order Types - Market Orders ..................................................................2-8
Order Types - Stop Close Only Orders ...................................................2-9
Order Types - Stop Orders ......................................................................2-9

Percent Change Channel System ........................................... 2-58

Setup and Entry .......................................................................2-6
Statistical Analysis using Systems ........................................ 2-75
Stochastics System ................................................................ 2-42
Stop Close Only Orders ..........................................................2-9
Stop Orders ..............................................................................2-9
Support & Resistance Systems - Advance Decline Divergence ......................................... 2-36
Support & Resistance Systems - CCI Bollinger Bands ...................................................... 2-48
Support & Resistance Systems - Stochastics ...................................................................... 2-42
Swing High Bars ................................................................... 2-21
Swing Low Bars .................................................................... 2-21
Systems - Advance Decline Divergence ......................................... 2-36
Systems - ADX Differential ........................................................... 2-12
Systems - Bull Beater ..................................................................... 2-62
Systems - CCI Bollinger Bands ...................................................... 2-48
Systems - Using to determining short-term market outlook ........... 2-75
Systems - Head and Shoulders .......................................................2-19
Systems - On Balance Volume .......................................................2-29
Systems - Opening Gap .................................................................. 2-68
Systems - Percent Change Channel ................................................2-58
Systems - Stochastics ......................................................................2-42

Trending Systems - ADX Differential ............................................................2-12
Trending Systems - Head and Shoulders ........................................................2-19
Trending Systems - On Balance Volume .......................................................2-29
Trendline Error Codes ...........................................................2-27

Volatility Breakout Systems - Bull Beater ......................................................................2-62
Volatility Breakout Systems - Opening Gap ..................................................................2-68
Volatility Breakout Systems - Percent Change Channel ................................................2-58

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Volume 3

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Arrays ....................................................................................53
Down Buffering .............................................................53
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Bollinger Bands .....................................................................36
Bullish & Bearish Engulfing Patterns system .......................21
Buy Dips/Sell Rallies system ................................................14

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Data Streams - multiple .........................................................68
Divergence ............................................................................47
Down Buffering .....................................................................53

+
Engulfing Patterns .................................................................21
Equity Curve ...........................................................................8
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Feedback on Volume 2 ..........................................................84
Frequency of Trade section .....................................................9
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General System Development Concepts .................................5

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Inside Day Breakout Failure System .....................................68

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Japanese Candlesticks ...........................................................21
2
Largest Losing Trade field ......................................................7
Largest Winning Trade field ...................................................7
Limit Orders .......................................................................... 37
Loops ..................................................................................... 53
Losing Trade Analysis .......................................................... 57
3
MaxBarsBack ........................................................................71
Maximum Adverse Excursion graph .......................................9
Maximum Favorable Excursion graph .................................. 10
Maximum Intra-day Drawdown field .....................................7
Maximum Number of Bars Study will Reference setting ..... 71
Micro-M & Micro-W Formations System ............................ 47
Money Management Stops .................................................... 33
MRO Function ...................................................................... 26
Multiple Data Streams ........................................................... 68
MaxBarsBack setting ..................................................... 71
4
Naming Signals ..................................................................... 32
Nested Loops ......................................................................... 53

5
On Balance True Range System ............................................43
Open-Close Histogram system .............................................. 28
Orders - Limit ........................................................................37
6
Percent Profitable field ............................................................6
Portfolio Maximizer ................................................................9
Frequency of Trade ..........................................................9
Maximum Adverse Excursion .........................................9
Maximum Favorable Excursion ..................................... 10
Standard Deviation of Avg Winning Trades/
Std Dev of Avg Losing Trades ..........................9
Time Analysis ..................................................................9
8
Ratio Avg Win/Avg Loss field ...............................................6
Report - System .......................................................................6
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Signal Names .........................................................................32
Standard Deviation ................................................................36
Standard Deviation - Volatility System ................................72
Standard Deviation of Avg Winning Trades/
Std Dev of Avg Losing Trades field .........................9
Stops - Money Management ..................................................33
Support & Resistance Systems
Bollinger Bands ..............................................................36
Micro-M & Micro-W Formations ..................................47
On Balance True Range .................................................43
Variable Zones ...............................................................58
System Equity Curve ...............................................................8
System Evaluation ...................................................................6
System Report .........................................................................6
Enhanced Report ..............................................................9
Largest Losing Trade .......................................................7
Largest Winning Trade .....................................................7
Maximum Intra-day Drawdown .......................................7
Percent Profitable .............................................................6
Ratio Avg Win/Avg Loss .................................................6
Total # of Trades ..............................................................7
Total Net Profit .................................................................6
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Time Analysis section .............................................................9
Total # of Trades field .............................................................7
Total Net Profit field ...............................................................6
Trending Systems
Bullish & Bearish Engulfing Patterns ............................21
Buy Dips/Sell Rallies .....................................................14
Open-Close Histogram ...................................................28
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Variable Zones System ..........................................................58
Volatility Breakout Systems
Inside Day Breakout Failure ..........................................68
Standard Deviation - Volatility ......................................72
Volatility Clusters ..........................................................77
Volatility Clusters System .....................................................77
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Winning Trade Analysis ........................................................57

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Volume 4

AT$ .................................................................................30
(
Beta Down System .........................................................67
Beta Up System ..............................................................64
)
Consecutive Close System .............................................39
Counters .........................................................................23

Directional Movement Index (DMI) System..................12
Displaced Moving Average & Volume System .............76

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Functions
Kurtosis ....................................................................82
NumUnits ................................................................62
Skew.........................................................................81
StdDev .....................................................................83
Fundamental Data Fields ...............................................64
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General System Development Concepts.......................... 5
.
Herrick Payoff Index & Channel Breakout on
Close System ...................................................32

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Investing a Fixed Dollar Amount ...................................62
1
Keltner Channel System .................................................19
Kurtosis ..........................................................................82

2
Linear Regression & Momentum System ......................25
3
Market Guide Fields .......................................................64
Momentum-Retracement System ...................................46

4
NumUnits Function.........................................................62

5
Open Interest ..................................................................33
Optimization .....................................................................5
avoiding over-optimization .......................................8
choosing criteria ........................................................8
number of tests ..........................................................8
simple numeric inputs ............................................... 6
stops ..........................................................................8
what is it? ..................................................................6
6
Points ..............................................................................15
Price Distribution System ..............................................81

9
Simple Numeric Inputs, optimizing .................................6
Skew ...............................................................................81
Spread System, Beta Down ............................................67
Spread System, Beta Up .................................................64
Stops, optimizing ..............................................................8
Support & Resistance Systems........................................63
Spread System, Beta Down .....................................67
Spread System, Beta Up ..........................................64
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Systems
Consecutive Close ............................................... 39
Displaced Moving Average & Volume .............. 76
Directional Movement Index (DMI) ................... 12
Herrick Payoff Index & Channel Breakout on Close

32
Keltner Channel .................................................. 19
Linear Regression & Momentum ....................... 25
Momentum-Retracement .................................... 46
Price Distribution ................................................ 81
Spread System, Beta Down ................................ 67
Spread System, Beta Up ..................................... 64
support & resistance............................................ 63
Three Exponential Moving Average Crossover . 56
trending ............................................................... 11
volatility breakout ............................................... 75

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Three Exponential Moving Average Crossover System ........................................ 56
Trending Systems ....................................................... 11
Consecutive Close ............................................... 39
Directional Movement Index (DMI).................... 12
Herrick Payoff Index & Channel Breakout
on Close ................................................ 32
Keltner Channel .................................................. 19
Linear Regression & Momentum ....................... 25
Momentum-Retracement .................................... 46
Three Exponential Moving Average Crossover . 56
Tying price to bar of entry ......................................... 30
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Volatility Breakout Systems ...................................... 75
Displaced Moving Average & Volume .............. 76
Price Distribution ................................................ 81
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What Can be Optimized ............................................... 6

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Volume 5

Bar Assumptions ..............................................................8
Bouncing Ticks ................................................................8

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Channel Breakout with Pullback System .......................77
Choosing a Data Compression .........................................6
Comments on Volume 4 ................................................93
Currency Four-Day System ...........................................72
Currency/Bond System ..................................................12
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Data Compression, choosing ............................................6
Displaced Standard Deviation Bands System ................85

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Feedback on Volume 4 ..................................................93
Fibonacci Retracement System ......................................34
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General System Development Concepts
Your Trading Objectives ..........................................6
The Character of the Market ......................................6
The Analysis You Have in Mind ...............................6
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High/Low Oscillator System ..........................................42

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Intermarket 1 System .....................................................20
Intermarket 2 System .....................................................26

6
Pivot Point Support & Resistance System .....................57

9
Stochastic Overbought/Oversold System .......................48
Support & Resistance Systems .......................................33
Fibonacci Retracement ............................................34
High/Low Oscillator ...............................................42
Pivot Point ...............................................................57
Stochastic Overought/Oversold ..............................48

Systems
support & resistance ................................................33
trending ...................................................................11
volatility breakout ...................................................71

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Trending Systems ...........................................................11
Currency/Bond ........................................................12
Intermarket 1 ...........................................................20
Intermarket 2 ...........................................................26

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Volatility Breakout Systems .......................................... 71
Channel Breakout with Pullback .............................77
Currency Four-Day .................................................72
Displaced Standard Deviation Bands ......................85

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Volume 6

A
Accumulation Swing Index System.......................................18
ADX & Moving-Average Channel System............................26
B
Bearish Range Leader.............................................................34
Bullish Range Leader.............................................................34
C
Channel Break Intrabar System..............................................97
Commodity Channel Index Average System.........................50
D
Displaced Moving Average Channel &
Range Leaders System...........................................................34
F
First Pullback System.............................................................70
Four Sets of Moving Averages Crossover System.................41
G
General System Development Concepts..................................9
Backward test..................................................................11
Benefits............................................................................10
Entry................................................................................11
Exit...................................................................................11
Forward test.....................................................................11
Profit target......................................................................11
Setup................................................................................10
ShowMe study.................................................................10
Ten-step plan..............................................................10-11
Trailing stop.....................................................................11
M
MACD....................................................................................70
Minor Reaction/Trend Resumption System...........................58
Moving-Average Crossover System.......................................99
O
Optimization......................................................................11,98
P
Parabolic & Volume System...................................................79
R
Range Leaders........................................................................34
Bullish..............................................................................34
Bearish.............................................................................34
S
Simple Moving Averages.......................................................41
Systems
Support & Resistance......................................................49
Trending...........................................................................17
Volatility Breakout...........................................................69
Support & Resistance Systems...............................................49
Commodity Channel Index Average System..................50
Minor Reaction/Trend Resumption System....................58
T
Trending Systems...................................................................17
Accumulation Swing Index System................................17
ADX & Moving-Average Channel System.....................26
Displaced Moving Average Channel & Range Leaders
System.............................................................................34
Four Sets of Moving Averages Crossover System.........41
U
Universalization......................................................................97
V Volatility Breakout Systems...................................................69
First Pullback System......................................................70
Parabolic & Volume System...........................................79
Volume-Weighted Momentum System............................88
Volume-Weighted Momentum System...................................88

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Volume 7

D
Derivative Moving Average System ......................................21
Dow Theory System ...............................................................14
F
Fibonacci Retracement System ..............................................60
G
General System Development Concepts ................................11
I
Intermarket S&P/Bonds/Bills System ....................................54
Intraday Breakout System ......................................................45
M
Movng Average Support/Resistance System..........................39
S
Short Term Support/Resistance System .................................32
S&P 500 Implied Volatility System .......................................70
Stops........................................................................................11
Support and Resistance Systems ............................................31
Fibonacci Retracement System.........................................60
Intermarket S&P/Bonds/Bills System...............................54
Intraday Breakout System.................................................47
Moving Average Support/Resistance System...................39
Short Term Support/Resistance System............................32
SystemBuilder.........................................................................83
T Trading Range Breakout System............................................74
Trending Systems ...................................................................13
Derivative Moving Average System.................................21
Dow Theory System .........................................................14
V Volatility Breakout Systems ...................................................69
S&P Implied Volatility System .........................................69
Trading Range Breakout System ......................................74
Volume in Review ..................................................................87

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Volume 8

A
ActivityBar Price Distribution System.................................61
Appendix A.........................................................................109
ATR Big Profit Stop............................................................101
ATR Protective Stop............................................................103
ATR Trailing Stop...............................................................104
ATR Volatility Stop.............................................................106
C
Common Exits.....................................................................101
Creating New Systems..........................................................12
E
Escalator Trading System......................................................19
Exits.....................................................................................101
F
Fixed Ratio Money Management..........................................69
Forecasting.....................................................................34 - 43
I
Importing your work from older versions.............................16
J
Jack-in-the-Box Trading System...........................................45
Jones, Ryan......................................................................69, 75
L
Last Bar Exit.......................................................................107
M
Money Management..............................................................69
P
Price Distribution..................................................................61
ProbabilityMaps....................................................................35
Pyramiding......................................................................14, 91
R
Ryan Jones.......................................................................69, 75
Ryan's Hope Trading System................................................77
S
Space to the right...................................................................33
Stampede Trading System.....................................................89
Stops....................................................................................101
SystemBuilder.......................................................................11

Volume in Review...............................................................109

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Volume 9

A
Appendix A .........................................................................119
ATR Breakeven Stop...........................................................122
ATR Profit Target ................................................................125
ATR Protective Stop............................................................119
ATR Trailing Stop ...............................................................120
C
Common Exits.....................................................................119
D
Displaced Moving Averages .................................................11
Double Your Fun System ......................................................11
Exits.....................................................................................119
I
Index....................................................................................128
International Index Composite System .................................81
L
Luxor System ........................................................................30
M
MarketScanner.....................................................................114
Momentum ............................................................................91
N
No Hurry System ..................................................................39
O
OBV Revisited ......................................................................49
Oscillator ...............................................................................91
P
Price Oscillator......................................................................95
Pyramiding ............................................................................29
R
RadarScreen Indicator .........................................................113
Red Rover System.................................................................62
S
Skinny Dipper System ..........................................................71
Stops ....................................................................................119
Support ..................................................................................61
Swinger System.....................................................................91
T Ten-Step Plan for Building a
Traffic Jam System..............................................................103
Triangular Moving Averages.................................................11
V Volume in Review ...............................................................127
W Weighted On-Balance Volume ..............................................49

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