Pathfinder Trading System

Reiner · Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:00:38 +0000

Hi guys, this topic is for all discussions related to the Pathfinder trading system strategies. The system based on four components that work perfectly together. signalline – instrument trend line based on two smoothed averages (Wilder and Time Series) breakout levels – previous daily, weekly and monthly high/lows in combination with fast and slow averages as filters because not every breakout is profitable saisonal behavior – position size will be boost with a multiplier for each month depending on the historical seasonal behavior smart money and position management – grid orders, maximal position size monitoring, superordinate stop loss/take profit, trailing stop and maximum holding periods are used mechanisms The Pathfinder breakout logic works well for many instruments with 24 hour quotes such as DAX, DOW, FTSE, Hang Seng, NIKKEI in 4 hours timeframe. All versions are optimized for an 10k Euro account. Pathfinder strategies offer a statistical advantage but are of course not a holy grail and there is no guarantee to make money with it. The systems are optimized for historical data and historical gains are not a guarantee to be successful in the future. I strictly recommend to adjust the position sizes to your personal account size and try first in demo mode. The results in life trading will differ from the backtest results. I also recommend to start in life trading with a small account size. Anyone can use the programs for free and at their own risk. Pathfinder is my private and fully transparent algorithmic trading project exclusively implemented for ProRealTime 10.3. The status is experimental and I don’t trade all the systems presented here. I would also like to thank all members who have helped to improve the system with their contributions. Please find below the last released Pathfinder trading system versions for suitable instruments. Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xyymvk6gscxbfbe/AABaOs9_ZExILA18HxKW9kdqa Best, Reiner 04.02.2018 Updated dropbox with new algos V7-FEB-2018 with automatic scaling for ASX, DAX, DOW, FTSE, GOLD, HS, NIKKEI, SAF and STXE (#post-61450) 08.01.2017 Checkout the results from 2017 (#post-56978) || introducing new PF algo category DAX-1H-V8 (#post-57005) || new algos in dropbox DAX-V7-2018 (#post-57521), DOW-V7-2018 (#post-57524) and HS-V7-2018 (#post-57528) 02.08.2017 Updated dropbox with new algos FTSE-V7 and Nikkei-V7 (#post-42223), ASX-V7 (#post-42249) and STXE-V7 (#post-42332) 31.07.2017 Updated dropbox with new algos DAX-V7-2, DOW-V7-2 and HS-V7-2 (#post-41811) 18.07.2017 Release V7 containing error fixes, improvements and new features for DAX-V7 (#post-40798) and DOW-V7 (#post-40880)

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01/09/2017 at 7:20 PM #20322

Mark

Just checked and my back test triggered correctly at 12:00 UK time at 11531

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01/09/2017 at 8:08 PM #20331

Mark

Hi Guys,

I have worked out a chart for determining my position sizing for the DAX 4H V6.

I have adapted my seasonal multiplier and max position sizing in my code as detailed in the picture.

The plan is too reinvest the profits and increase my position size by 1 every 5000 account increase.

Does this look right? What are your thoughts.

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01/09/2017 at 8:20 PM #20334

winnie37

@traderfred

Not very academic but simple! I think i will do the same…

however, when you stop the system, profits with this system are reset. Is it a problem for increasing the allocation (equity = Capital + StrategyProfit) in the next trade on this instrument?

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01/09/2017 at 11:01 PM #20355

traderfred

@ Winnie37: I think that when you only stop the bot, but keep it in ‘waiting mode’, profits are still there.

But that’s the first time i’m doing that, so I maybe wrong!

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01/10/2017 at 6:52 AM #20381

CN

Would this TS work with a smaller account-size? Say 1k euro’s insted of 10k?
What do I need to change for it to work?

Loving your work Reiner!

Best regards,

CN

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01/10/2017 at 8:59 AM #20389

Alco

Hi guys,

I’m running Heng Sang v5b3 at the moment. It closed a long position at 02:49:58 this night. But opened a new long position 1 second later. Isn’t that weird?

Regards,

Alco

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01/10/2017 at 9:10 AM #20390

dajvop

Mine did too.

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01/10/2017 at 12:46 PM #20459

Reiner

Hi Christian and welcome,

Please set your country code in your profile. Smallest account size for Pathfinder DAX 4H V6 is in my opinion 4k (2 x max drawdown + margin * max.position size). For a 4k account size you have to reduce the max position size to 3 contracts and all saisonal multiplier to 1. I know here are some guys trading Pathfinder with a lower size but that is their own decision and they know the risk.

Best, Reiner

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01/10/2017 at 5:10 PM #20556

Alco

Hang Seng opened a new position at 22835 17:00.

But it’s night time in China. Why is pathfinder taking positions at night? Do I need to change some settings so pathfinder only open trades when the market is open or in his after market hours?

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01/10/2017 at 5:23 PM #20560

Alco

Never mind, after changing the start and endtime it’s solved.

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01/10/2017 at 7:54 PM #20594

arke

@Reiner

Pathfinder DOW 4H opened a Long Position yesterday 09.01.2017 at 9pm(21Uhr) at 19904.5. It was closed today.

In backtest i cant see this Position, even if i’m testing the last 4 years till today. Any idea?

Regards,

Armin

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01/10/2017 at 9:02 PM #20613

MichiM

For information Dow 4h V6 is short 10.01.2017 21:00 @ 19876.60

MichiM

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01/10/2017 at 9:15 PM #20615

Reiner

Hi Kasper,

I have seen that you still made some contributions in cfta’s great topic about grid orders. I wonder if the used exit mechanism used there could be useful in Pathfinder. Nicolas has recommended to replace trailing stop with this exit mechanism.

What do you think or better it would be great if you could verify it with your version for small accounts.

Thanks, Reiner

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01/11/2017 at 2:06 AM #20640

dajvop

@arke

I am running DOW v6 and mine did not open a long position on the 9th..

As MichiM a short position opened yesterday at 9 pm.

Best regards, David

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01/11/2017 at 1:06 PM #20697

arke

@dajvop

when did you start the pathfinder dow 4h, last year or this year?

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