Wisdom77,

Sorry for the delay in my response. I guess I've been staying a bit busier than I thought.

1) This is a great idea. I'm all for it and will do everything I can to see the change made. I don't forsee this being a very difficult technical change so I hope it will be possible. High on the priority list for me though.

2) I got Tradency to help you out with some of these changes. You should see a new filter available from the Portfolio and Performance tabs. You can filter by MaxDD, Max Positions among other things. With regards to Max stop loss I'm not sure that will be the most helpful. Mainly because the stop losses are variable and those ranges certainly don't guarantee to be a maximum. But I'm all ears. A bit more persuasion might just do the trick.

3) On this point maybe I don't understand you correctly. There is currently an average trade time (in hours) data point on the FSS webclient. Are you looking for something different?

babytrader,

Thanks for the post. With regards to your first request, I'm not sure it's possible. You have to keep in mind that these are proprietary trading strategies and the system providers have to be confident of some level of protection of their strategy. If Tradency gave out the open, close, stop, limit, high and low they would be giving away "the strategy" in many respects. Know what I mean?

With regards to your other requests they are all already on the table. I think they are great ideas and hope to see all of them implemented. I can't say anything about the time that they will roll out. But when I have something more concrete I will certainly let you know.

Hi, thanks for responses
Sorry, I haven't seen the Average Time Trade before when asking it. Where can I get the backtest data for this systems? Some of great system still very early in the system - I need more data if possible. Thank you

Hey Wisdom77,

Tradency has never posted "back-tested" data for systems to my knowledge. All performance data is "forward looking" in the sense that the data is accumulated via live trades placed on a demo account from the time of inception. This can be very beneficial as it can provide you with a bit more of a realistic depiction of the actual performance of the system.

The problem you could run across with "back-testing" systems is that the system provider could adjust the strategy "to fit" the prior price history. Using "forward looking" performance data you at least know that the strategy was not adjusted to obtain the results you see. The performance data reflects the performance of the strategy based on executed trades on a demo account, going forward.

Now I also see some validity to wanting "back-tested" data on systems that just haven't been around that long. Trusting the performance results of a system that has only traded for a few days, weeks or even months can be risky. But in most cases, I'd say it's best to stick with the systems that truly have longer track records. However, I'll open up a line of communication on this one though to see what options we have to consider.

Hi Gavin.

I think the fixed ratio money management tool is great, but it would be better if we could place an upper limit on the amount committed to a trade.

For instance, I set fixed ratio base to 100 and delta to 1000. Because the system was performing well, the next time I checked the amount field of that system was at 5300, which is much more than I would ever commit to a trade - no matter how good!!.

It would be nice if I could program it to grow the amount by 100 subject to a maximum of 500, say.

Hope this makes sense.

I'd really want demo accounts to include $1 commission per trade at the close, just like the live accounts. This will make a lot of difference for smaller accounts or more active trading systems. Refer to my post here: System Reviews by DailyFX Course Instructors

Hi,

I wondered whether it would be possible to enter in the max number of total open positions you wanted to allow at any one time. If you have a range of systems, they would trade as normal unless you reach that limit, then it would prevent the systems opening any new trades until some close. The advantage might if you're diversifying over a range of currency pairs and systems. Often, one system will open a trade when another system might not. By using the above logic, you might be able to open and close more trades without ever getting above a comfortable limit of open positions.

Just an idea.

Is there a mobile web browser that will work with the fss platform? I have been unable to find one for my pda.

A added function I would love to see would be a option to disable all systems from starting new trades. A use of this would be for a long holiday weekend or before a knowen news release you may not what it to automaticly open new trades but If you delete the systems the currrent open trades will not close. This would be a nice option to have on each system line where the trash can is. That way you can set up the profile as you want and still stop new opens.

Hi Gavin and FSS Friends,

We all know classic FSS demo accounts only last 30 days and get killed on expiry. While its sensible to limit resources usage for non-customers playing on sandbox, that doesn't help Live Customers much.

Live customer like me need to test out new systems as well as portfolio changes and see how they perform in test trade before go live. This process can last, say, a quarter at least. This is even more important as we continue to see new exciting system coming into the platform. Would it be nice for FXCM / Tradency to introduce TEST ACCOUNTS that does not expire so we can test our portfolio easier? Just one TEST ACCOUNT for every LIVE ACCOUNT. This is very handy and I guess will be welcome by all FSS fans like me, right?


Cheers
Henry

A week ago I submitted some detailed suggestions and they have yet to be posted !!

What's Up??

My wish for my FSS platform is to have a pause button so that I can halt trading around news volatility without wiping my whole portfolio.

I like to shut the whole thing down going into NFP and FOMC and start back up once the dust settles. It'd be nice to avoid the need to rebuild the portfolio from scratch each time.

Thanks.