Quote from: itod on October 18, 2013, 06:01:04 PM

Quote from: ZirconiumX on October 18, 2013, 05:21:53 PM

Quote from: pulsecat on October 18, 2013, 09:13:01 AM

Week 1 intermediate results are below:

sukiho http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/yum43RZwB8GoUVaE0
Balance: 1033.80 USD

Buy'n'Hold http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/zARf734zJ83Zdrv5W
Balance: 7.491 BTC (1078.53 USD)

itod http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/mZANuysIZGmIAorTT
Balance: 7.491 BTC (1078.53 USD)

Grinny http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/p59IEGkCox036kDsC
Balance: 7.491 BTC (1078.53 USD)

Diabolicus http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/TQ1n1cmtCsbVeMm9C
Balance: 6.689 BTC (963.05 USD)

cp1 http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/xLLvxM0OhN7O7Jhqj
Balance: 1.873 BTC (269.63 USD)+750.00 USD

ZirconiumX http://cryptotrader.org/backtests/I8rgZVdOqrsS0cMey
Balance: 7.491 BTC (1078.53 USD)

Most algorithms there don't sell, so don't assume this is drawn.

I doubt I'll win this...

Matthew:out

We are all doing much worse than expected. Nobody got that selling point on Oct 16th right. Buy'n'Hold proves to be hard to beat. I think there's so much to learn about trading logic, maybe we just need some more competition rounds to have a chance to figure it out properly.

On inspection, I think pulsecat may have misunderstood my entry, which seems to be causing me a major headache.

My data was from the beginning of 2013 until now, which required 4h candles, since cryptotrader couldn't handle the 1h candles.

Because of how my EMA system worked, I only get "correct" entries from the October 17th 12:00 candle, by which point the bubble has disappeared.

Still, a retest at 1h candles makes me slightly worse off.

In the interests of progress, here is an experimental bot I worked on in the past, before giving up. Maybe the ideas behind it will inspire someone.

Matthew:out