Hi Laisze,

Yes, I downloaded the VST video and addon and found it to be excellent.
I have inserted some crude code to filter the entry and have increased the win rate a little.

To use your own system, and test it, you would need to purchase the VSTPro.
Looking at the Pro version info I can see it would be a top rated system development tool, I have 2 addons from Jose and the one I use all the time is the URSC kit.

I have used the VST Exploration on the Australian ASX top 100 stocks and some of the results look very good.

Using the default settings ..... Code Profit/Risk Ratio
IPL 5.7-1
FMG 6.7-1
AOE 6.5-1

Also the GOLD EFT gave good results with a Profit/Risk Ratio of 4.7-1

The big advantage of this plug-in is it is totaly VISUAL.

Just remember to REFRESH each time you make a change.

david

12.8 to 1 profit/risk ratio? Surely that can't be right!

Thank you very much, David, please post your chart soon. Those are truly amazing results. What I cannot believe is that something like the VST seems to go almost totally unnoticed here! I mean, profitable systems are the reason we are here, right?

Laisze,

Have uploaded the files....

http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/4naBADcw/sharing.html?rnd=23

The system is open coded so some forum members may be able to use another entry
system eg. Breakout or RMO, I added a filter and thats about my limit with coding.

When I purchase the VST Plus I will add more charts.

Once I can enter my own systems, fine tune and see the results at the click of the REFRESH button
I will be able to better evaluate the VST system.

I don't know about the level of interest in the free VST, maybe if Elliott, Fibonacci or Gann was in the
title?
I too would like to see some of the experenced forum member giving it a solid test and posting the results (good & bad).

david

David, thank you very much for the impressive VST charts. I am amazed to see a system which seems impervious to downtrends. Would I be imposing too much if I asked you for more information about your custom filter? You can email me directly at laisze2001@yahoo.com if posting any of your code here is inappropriate. I emailed Mr Silva about my worries about the VST not being a real system, and his reply came back surprisingly quickly: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Lai, Thanks for your interest in the Visual Strategy Trader and for the forum link. I understand your concerns, so let me assure you that both the free and Professional versions are full trading systems, and neither of them use hindsight in any way or form. The "FormulaPrimer" poster at the Equis forum seems inexperienced with technical analysis and doesn't seem to understand ATR-based bands, as there is no element of hindsight whatsoever in the Average True Range. He also doesn't get it that risk is only one component of the VST - profit & risk are like night & day, i.e., they compliment each other. The other poster (Henry) should be aware that the CRE technology has nothing to do with optimization or curve-fitting, but is all about saving an incredible amount of time by instantly seeing Profit/Risk results after any parameter/strategy changes. I also think that he may have the programming skills to help you with your custom VST system request. Re optimization issues, please see the Intelligent Strategy Optimizer section of the VSTpro manual: http://www.metastocktool...st/manual/index.html#opt I'm not able to post in the Equis forum, but you are most welcome to post any questions you may have re the VST at the Traders' Consortium forum. http://tradersconsortium...ndex.php?showtopic=28387 Regards, Jose Silva +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

For anyone trading the Hang Seng, this is a very impressive VST chart. I think that you can request additional VST charts there or at the VST forum.

VST is a very impressive system.It quantifies the entries vs the amount of risk at the time of the trade.I have to give Jose Silva a tip of the cap for sharing this. It is far more impressive and robust a system than any add-on that equis sells.

When I was experimenting with the entry/exit signals eg.. 6/1, 5/3 etc.
I entered 3/3 by mistake on a stock and the result was an entry but NO EXIT.

This displays a Buy/Hold result.

I have uploaded some charts.......

http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/4naBADcw/sharing.html?sId=VXRvce1w8lD1gFCy

This did not work on all stocks but may be of interest to some forum members.

I found it useful to see the results in a visual form on the charts as sometimes
you do see buy/hold compared to different trading strategies.

david

I have uploaded some charts to this address…..

http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/4naBADcw/sharing.html?sId=Tf7SQLuGhwv1hosH

Using a template that allows the insertion of your own Entry/Exit code in to the VST.

Out of interest I entered the code for a system that performs well on the ASX stocks
when the market is trending up.

The system is called TechTrader and some forum members may know of the code used.

Entry = Cross(H,Ref(HHV(H,10),-1)) AND H > Mov(C,40,E) AND HHVBars(H,70)=0;

Exit = Cross(Ref(Mov(L,180,E),-1),C);

The stocks selected were from a group discussed on another forum this week
and were thought to have performed OK in the current market conditions.
The results are mixed

I decided to use the VSTPro to test the ASX-XJO using Lunar Cycles after reading a thread on the Aussie Stock Forums.

This is the link to the PDF document with details of a study on the Lunar Cycle and trading.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/17324418/945690453/name/RBS%2BMoon%2BPhase.pdf

The best test results for the ASX-XJO was using Entry=FM / Exit=NM.

I have posted several charts to thehttp://vstcharts.blogspot.com/"> VST charts blog.

Below is the Lunar Cycle indicator downloaded from Jose Silva metastocktools.com.

MetaStock -> Tools -> Indicator Builder -> New
-> copy & paste complete formula below.


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Lunar cycles
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{Full/New/Q1/Q3 Moon signals indicator Mk XV.

Plots:
+1 signal on Full Moon; -1 on New Moon;
+0.5 on first Quarter; -0.5 on last Quarter.
Accurate to within 2 hours every 19 years.

Signals that fall on holidays or weekends
are plotted on the next trading day.
Use the signal advance input to view
approaching signals.

Adj lunar signals to market's local Time Zone
(generally add 1hr for Daylight Saving Time):

New Zealand: +12hrs
Australia: +10
Japan: +9
SE Asia: +8
Thai/Indonesia: +7
India: +5.5
Dubai: +4
Moscow: +3
Europe: +1
UK & Portugal: 0
USA, NY: -5
Chicago: -6

http://www.travel.com.hk/region/timezone.htm

Copyright © 2001-2009 Jose Silva.
The grant of this license is for personal use
only - no resale or repackaging allowed.
All code remains the property of Jose Silva.
http://www.metastocktools.com }

{ User inputs }
TZ:=Input("Market's local Time Zone? [-12hrs to +12hrs]",-12,12,-5);
shift:=Input("Advance signal by x calendar days",-30,30,0);
plot:=Input("Plot Q1 and Q3 (half) signals? [1]Yes, [0]No",0,1,0);

{ Lunar cycle length in days (synodic month) }
LunarMonth:=29.53059;
offset:=4.86;

{ Calendar engine }
y:=Year()-(Month()<3);
leap:=Int(y/4)-Int(y/100)+Int(y/400);
mth:=Int((2+153*(Month()-3+12*(Month()<3)))/5);
dayNr:=DayOfMonth()+mth+y*365+leap-657382
-offset-TZ/24+shift;

{ New/Q1/Full/Q3 Moon cycles }
NM:=Frac((DayNr+LunarMonth/2)/LunarMonth);
Q1:=Frac((DayNr+LunarMonth/4)/LunarMonth);
FM:=Frac(DayNr/LunarMonth);
Q3:=Frac((DayNr-LunarMonth/4)/LunarMonth);

{ Lunar cycle signals }
cycle:=FM-NM;
FM:=cycle<0 AND Alert(cycle>0,2);
NM:=-(cycle>0 AND Alert(cycle<0,2));
cycle:=Q1-Q3;
Q1:=(cycle<0 AND Alert(cycle>0,2))*.5;
Q3:=(cycle>0 AND Alert(cycle<0,2))*-.5;
signals:=If(plot=1,NM+Q1+FM+Q3,NM+FM);

{ Plot Lunar signals in own window }
signals

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