Collective2: extreme-os

Science Trader has a downloadable spreadsheet from his blog http://scitra.blogspot.com/ that records the actual trades he took from the extreme-os system on Collective2.

This topic discusses his trades.

Science Trader has an interesting posting in his blog today: extreme-os modifiction where he mentions:

"...I think I might have discovered a rule that outperforms the exits issued by the vendor (taking into account the slippage they generate). I am planning to test this rule on a limited number of trades this week, to see if it works as I expect it to work..."

This adds an interesting dimension to using a Collective2 system as he has done. The entries are apparently easier to get right than the exits and so he is (I am guessing) going to be implementing a "second guessing" part to try and get the trade out at a better level.

Looking forward to seeing the results Science Trader.

There's an update on Science Trader's Blog called End of Portfolio where he states:

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As you've probably noticed, my portfolio has not been doing well for almost the entire past 5 months. Despite all my efforts to analyze systems, I have not been able to pick a profitable set of systems. Whereas the S&P500 is almost exactly back to where it was when I started my portfolio, I am sitting on a loss of 13% (excluding the P/L from my various put options to hedge, the loss would be even larger).

The main problems I have encountered can be summarized as follows:
- Technology issues with auto trading (extreme-os)
- Vendor decided to terminate/change system after major losses (Trend Plays #1, Longstoch-ST)

In addition, I was close to signing up for Positive Forex, which completely collapsed shortly thereafter.

Time to move on!

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Thanks for the updates Science Trader! Sorry that none of those systems ever worked out for you.