LESS is MORE – A Strategy That Grows Quietly
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I mentioned hijacking your Thead (not Strategy) 😉 But yeah, we are on this website because we are enthusiasistic about coding Strategies for Trading. We kinda immediately go into … ‘wonder what is behind that’ type of brain mode! 🙂 When JS posted, I tried to duplicate his results with a moving average Strategy. Didn’t turn out quite as good!! 🙂
Haha, no worries at all about the thread hijack, you’re actually helping LESS is MORE strategy evolve, so it’s much appreciated! 😄 I love how quickly everyone jumps into that “wonder what’s behind it” mode, that kind of curiosity is what leads to real progress. Once again, it’s a good sign that something’s been done just right in the LESS is MORE strategy.
And I love that you gave JS’s post a go with your own twist, even if the results weren’t quite the same, it’s great that you explored it. Sometimes, refining the edges comes from these side experiments. Sometimes, the magic is in those experiments, and who knows, maybe the key is in a little “LESS is MORE” approach! 😉Keep experimenting, you never know when the next breakthrough will come!
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I would like to share what I have found but don’t know what Rebel Wing thinks of that…
Hey! Thanks for wanting to share, we love hearing fresh perspectives. Don’t worry about what we think; it’s all about what you believe is right, so just bring it on! We’re all about exploring different viewpoints, even if they shake things up a bit. Looking forward to hearing what you’ve found! 😊
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I haven’t really looked into it deeply yet, but when you look at the statistics (200k, 10m timeframe), you can see that out of 1350 trades, 1188 are Long positions. So I first focused on the Long trades…
When you check the “list of closed positions,” you’ll see that all Long trades are opened at 00:00:00, so this is essentially the foundation of the system: a Long trade is opened every day at 00:00:00.
A Take Profit and a Stop Loss are used. When you again look at the “list of closed positions” and sort by “Abs Perf,” you’ll see that the Stop Loss is set at 146 points and the Take Profit at 509 points.
Additionally, a trailing stop is used, which starts trailing around 65 points…
I haven’t looked further than that yet.
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253DefParam CumulateOrders=FalseTimeFrame(10 minutes, UpdateOnClose)If Time>=000000 and Time<=010000 thenBuy 1 contract at MarketEndIfIf Time=225000 thenSell at MarketEndIfSet STOP PLOSS 146Set Target PProfit 509//TRAILING STOP FUNCTIONtrailingstart = 65 //trailing will start @trailinstart points profit//trailingstep = TStep //trailing step to move the "stoploss"//reset the stoploss valueIF NOT ONMARKET THENnewSL=0ENDIF//manage long positionsIF LONGONMARKET THEN//first move (breakeven)IF newSL=0 AND close-tradeprice(1)>=trailingstart*pipsize THENnewSL = tradeprice(1)//+trailingstep*pipsizeENDIF//next movesIF newSL>0 AND close-newSL>=trailingstep*pipsize THENnewSL = newSL+trailingstep*pipsizeENDIFENDIF//manage short positionsIF SHORTONMARKET THEN//first move (breakeven)IF newSL=0 AND tradeprice(1)-close>=trailingstart*pipsize THENnewSL = tradeprice(1)//-trailingstep*pipsizeENDIF//next movesIF newSL>0 AND newSL-close>=trailingstep*pipsize THENnewSL = newSL-trailingstep*pipsizeENDIFENDIF//stop order to exit the positionsIF newSL>0 THENSELL AT newSL STOPEXITSHORT AT newSL STOPENDIF1 user thanked author for this post.
I haven’t really looked into it deeply yet, but when you look at the statistics (200k, 10m timeframe), you can see that out of 1350 trades, 1188 are Long positions. So I first focused on the Long trades…When you check the “list of closed positions,” you’ll see that all Long trades are opened at 00:00:00, so this is essentially the foundation of the system: a Long trade is opened every day at 00:00:00.A Take Profit and a Stop Loss are used. When you again look at the “list of closed positions” and sort by “Abs Perf,” you’ll see that the Stop Loss is set at 146 points and the Take Profit at 509 points.Additionally, a trailing stop is used, which starts trailing around 65 points…I haven’t looked further than that yet.Thanks so much for sharing your insights and the reverse engineered code, it’s great that you took the time to dig into the details and break down the key elements. Understanding these building blocks is really valuable. What you’re doing actually helps support the LESS is MORE strategy because focusing on clear, simple rules like consistent with well-defined rules can often lead to more reliable and trustworthy results.
However, the real challenge and the point we all care about is building trust in a strategy so that others feel confident using it. As we all know, it’s not just about the numbers, but also about consistency, robustness, and how the strategy performs across different market conditions, from the user’s perspective and experience.
I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughtful analysis; your effort truly helps and support the LESS is MORE strategy to develop and strengthen. I truly value what you’re doing!Looking forward to seeing what else you discover as you dive deeper!
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It seems that @GraHal your preferred market is the DJI which is great to see! Interestingly, The LESS is MORE strategy also has a DJI vision that performs well. In fact, there’s also a version tailored for XAUUSD. While I can’t speak for others, I personally prefer the Nasdaq vision as it tends to have a lower maximum drawdown. That said, the most important thing is to trade a market and strategy that you trust, and feel comfortable and confident with.
For your @GraHal interest, You’re very welcome to download the LESS is MORE DJI version, it follows the same straightforward logic, with a few parameter tweaks to the DJI’s price level. 📥 LESS is MORE download
If you do run a backtest or give it a try, it would be lovely to hear how you get on and what your experience has been. It would be great to hear your insights, they could offer valuable perspective to others exploring the LESS is MORE strategy.
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