Mike, I'm still pretty new here, and wasn't positive where this post should go. . feel free to move it, or tell me to repost elsewhere, if this wasn't the appropriate section (apologies in advance, if so).
For those who don't know or remember me, here was my initial thread:
Things have been going well. . I now have some 50+ strategies running each day, covering almost all futures instruments and both long and short directions, about half live and half in simulation. . both balances solidly in the black, after 4-5 months or so. With the help of an associate (also here at nexusfi.com (formerly BMT)) I've been able to exhaustively track all trades, and break down the data in lots of useful ways. . and have learned quite a lot. More importantly, this process has enabled me to have some very effective tools developed, as well as means and methods, in regards to strategy creation.
I work virtually every waking hour creating new automated strategies, and figuring out ways to further refine the strategy factory I have up and running, like a man obsessed. . . and I realized that the main bottleneck at this point is new ideas, concepts, that can act as the core of a strategy (before I begin the intensive process of improvement). SO, long story short, I thought I'd offer a 'deal' of sorts, to all trusted parties on nexusfi.com (formerly BMT). My market knowledge is not equal to some of the best and brightest here. . possibly not equal to some of the worst and dullest, even. . ! . . so here is what I'm proposing:
I'm willing to turn any idea or concept of any real merit, into a ready-to-trade strategy, for anyone. When I say 'ready to trade', I mean that it won't leave my hands until I not only coded your basic idea, but have then engaged in my exhaustive (and exhausting!) process of improvement and refinement. This is my main strength, taking an existing 'foundation' of a solid idea regarding an entry or exit or both, and using the entiriety of the historical data for ALL instruments (with a focus on the instrument for which the strat is being coded for, of course, but also looking heavily at the most correlated instruments), in a time-weighted manner (counting present market conditions more heavily than market conditions of 5 or 10 years ago), with numerous steps of 'confirmation' for each rule or condition I add (or detract). Basically, I'm saying my one strength is that I can take a decent looking, perhaps breakeven, idea, and through time and effort and immense computing power, turn it into something I feel like I/you could potentially be confident to trade live.
All that I ask for from YOU is the idea itself, and for you to allow me to trade it as well. I can assure you the strategy will not leave my hands (I don't sell them, nor am I interested in doing so), and I won't even mention it, unless you specific give me the OK to do so. . . for all intents and purposes it is entirely YOURS, I'm just allowed to trade it (one or two contracts deep). I encourage feedback, both in private messages, and on the forums. . . the latter will hopefully build my reputation a bit, leading to even *more* ideas and concepts coming my way, and an even more efficient strategy-factory. . this is my hope! Any trade I send to anyone claiming that it is 'ready to trade' will be traded live, on my end. . which will obviously provide even more incentive for me to do my job as exactingly as possible.
A word of warning at the outset. . . the majority of the ideas given to me will likely not be coded, and please don't be offended by this, as I ONLY look at the numbers and the data. . . however, not a single idea or concept will be ignored, or not be given at least an immediate simple backtest or two or three, to determine the where and why of its falling flat. If nothing else, feel free to use me as a method to gather data, as I'd be happy to tell you on which days, or times of the day, your idea/strategy does best. . or over …