Hello,

This is an update of the EUR,TRY,USD,JPY carry trade.

The equity on Wed Nov 07, 2007 was $26,431.
The equity today Thur Dec 06, 2007 is $38,453.
This is an increase of $12,022 or 45.5% in one month!

And the best thing is that the equity chart is still showing
a positive direction. The swap is a very important
component of this basket.

Coder



HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

I have tested this program, not as extensively as I wanted because of my lack of time, but anyway I checked all the main functions.
So here is my experience with it, my evaluation and then some suggestions.

installation:
with the help of the videos the installation is easy and simple. I am a bit old fashioned in the way that I would like to also have a pdf document as a support rather than videos, but the installation and usage is so simple that you don't need to review the videos many times.
On one of my computer I had trouble in installing the software, I don't know why (maybe some problems with registries). On the second computer it installed without problem.

usage of the Ea to generate the data:
Running the EA was straight forward. Only one small reserve: if you check the Journal, in some cases you may see errors. (ArrayCopySeries function internal error). In fact it doesn't matter and the EA works anyway, but it is just that it looks strange.

basket tester:
if you follow the usage rules it works as described.
The tick box for including the swap or not is a nice feature to visualize the effect of the swap.
This software can help you in finding the more "efficient" baskets, specially if you are interested in carry trading or hedging.

Suggestions for improvement:
- instead of having only the max DD I would like to see the DD curve (in % of the equity) below the equity curve. It shouldn't be difficult to calculate has the DD curve is directly derived from the equity curve.
- possibility to add simple logic to test a strategy like buying if equity drops of x% or x$. Of course that would request much more work that the first suggestion but it would be very nice.

support:
when I had some difficulties, Coder was quick to answer, so the support was good.

Global evaluation:
It should be clear to everybody that this tool is not a strategy tester (except if your strategy is buy and hold), it is a tool that is useful for choosing what are the optimal pairs to put in a basket. So as I said before mostly for carry traders and hedgers. I you fell into this category, I think that the price of the tool is not to high (70€ it is less than many losing EAs or 1 month in some PalTalk rooms), because it will save you a lot of hard work from, for instance, using Excel instead. So I invite you to test the evaluation version, there is anyway no cost and no risk. (again, we would be more than happy to see that for all products submitted to this forum)

PS: Coder if you disagree with some points on this mail, I am of course reday to discuss them and change them if I am wrong.

Hello,

This basket continues to power ahead.
There was a good 2k pullback which signaled another pyramid entry
into this basket.

Coder



HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

can it test the single currentcy to compare the basket pair for profit,lost and swap?
I have some idea :
1. and it's better the report can export the detail transaction into excel, so we can check the data, or to make a calculation and analyse the each currency and the basket data together in the excel file.
2. can we make some indicator like rsi, MA etc base on the basket data to plot into the chart, for us to decide when to entry ?

thanks

rgds bob

continue...
3. optimization for the lot size to see the best composition in basket pair.

thanks

rgds bob

Coder,
Im using your product..Its one of the best tools Ive used. Great stuff..

Excel exporting is a must I think