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Is there a hill-o-beans chance this day trading system could work?

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I have written a simple ES day trading system on 1 minute bars. It relies on limit orders being filled, which is probably the failure point of the strategy. But... with encouraging results, I'm not ready to ditch it yet.

I am using TradeStation. Of course it is profitable backtesting as long as I configure TS to assume the limit order was filled on touch. It loses profitability if I configure the backtest engine to assume a fill only if price goes through the limit order price. At that point the equity curve looks more like a seismograph rather than something you would want to put into your bank account.

Changing the fill assumption to "pass through" changes this:



to this:



A new limit order is placed every 60 seconds. Wouldn't this present a problem with always being last in the order queue, making my order "low man on the totem poll?"

Then... there are latency issues. What type of server connection would I need in order to make this possible? Would an AWS server close to TradeStation's server suffice? Or would I need something closer to the exchange?

What else am I not missing, or perhaps I should say, is it even possible to trade a strategy based on 1 minute bar limit orders?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Dave

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I have written a simple ES day trading system on 1 minute bars. It relies on limit orders being filled, which is probably the failure point of the strategy. But... with encouraging results, I'm not ready to ditch it yet.

I am using TradeStation. Of course it is profitable backtesting as long as I configure TS to assume the limit order was filled on touch. It loses profitability if I configure the backtest engine to assume a fill only if price goes through the limit order price. At that point the equity curve looks more like a seismograph rather than something you would want to put into your bank account.

Changing the fill assumption to "pass through" changes this:



to this:



A new limit order is placed every 60 seconds. Wouldn't this present a problem with always being last in the order queue, making my order "low man on the totem poll?"

Then... there are latency issues. What type of server connection would I need in order to make this possible? Would an AWS server close to TradeStation's server suffice? Or would I need something closer to the exchange?

What else am I not missing, or perhaps I should say, is it even possible to trade a strategy based on 1 minute bar limit orders?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Dave

1.

Let's say you pay $5 round trip for commissions...

75 trades (bottom graph) x $5 = $375

All the profits are gone.

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A new limit order is placed every 60 seconds. Wouldn't this present a problem with always being last in the order queue, making my order "low man on the totem poll?"

Yes.

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Then... there are latency issues. What type of server connection would I need in order to make this possible? Would an AWS server close to TradeStation's server suffice? Or would I need something closer to the exchange?

Latency is the least of your worries with this system.

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Of course it is profitable backtesting as long as I configure TS to assume the limit order was filled on touch. It loses profitability if I configure the backtest engine to assume a fill only if price goes through the limit order price.


I think you've already answered your own question. What's your equity curve look like after 4000 trades assuming a fill on a pass through?

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1.

Let's say you pay $5 round trip for commissions...

75 trades (bottom graph) x $5 = $375

All the profits are gone.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the $5 round trip commission was already factored in. So the graph is after-commission profit.

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Latency is the least of your worries with this system.

Fills and order queue being the primary concerns, then? Or are there other factors to consider?

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I think you've already answered your own question. What's your equity curve look like after 4000 trades assuming a fill on a pass through?

It's absolutely dismal when assuming a fill on price pass through:

It's amazing how something that looks good 'on paper' is simply not mechanically viable. I was hoping that I was missing something.

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It's amazing how something that looks good 'on paper' is simply not mechanically viable. I was hoping that I was missing something.

Well, look at the bright side too. You can move on immediately to your next strategy and not waste any further time with this one.

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Well, look at the bright side too. You can move on immediately to your next strategy and not waste any further time with this one.


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It's absolutely dismal when assuming a fill on price pass through:

It's amazing how something that looks good 'on paper' is simply not mechanically viable. I was hoping that I was missing something.

This answers the question.

But keep at it @risingfire, each system you design, create, and test can teach you the things you need to know about successful system design.


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This answers the question.

But keep at it @risingfire, each system you design, create, and test can teach you the things you need to know about successful system design.

Thanks so much, TradeSlinger! I am certainly having great opportunity to do that again... and again!

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