Strategies
8 articles
- Trading
A timeframe change is a new test
A 20-bar rule on the 1 hour chart looks at 20 hours. The same 20 bars on the 4 hour chart look at 80 hours. That second run is a different experiment.
- Trading
What a moving average shows
A moving average is the mean of the last N prices. When a new price arrives, the oldest price drops out of the window and the average is calculated again.
- Trading
What a risk to reward ratio means
A risk to reward ratio divides the planned gain by the planned loss. For example, a profit target 10 points away and a stop 5 points away is a ratio of 2.
- Trading
What long and short mean in trading
A long position gains when the price rises and loses when it falls. A short position does the opposite, so one price move produces two opposite results.
- Trading
An indicator is not a strategy
An indicator turns price into a number. A strategy is the rule that decides what to do with that number, including the entry, the exit, and the stop loss.
- Product
Strategy, bot, and execution
In Tradee, a strategy is a saved rule, a bot binds that rule to instruments, and an execution is one run of the bot with its own mode and modeled funding.
- Trading
What is automated trading?
Automated trading uses software rules to make trading decisions. Signal generation, routing, execution, and custody are separate parts of the full system.
- Trading
Why win rate is not enough
Win rate counts profitable trades, but ignores payoff size and sample uncertainty. Compare it with breakeven win rate, expectancy, costs, and drawdown.