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QAM PORTFOLIO BUILDER

All my live trading accounts based around the QAM Trading Strategy will be posted to this thread.

It will make viewing far easier if everything is in one thread.

If the number of trading accounts exceeds the allowable for viewing via the TE then they will be visible on myfxbook.

All Accounts will commence with a starting capital of US$1000.

Each live trading account will be identified by a numerical sequence starting from #1 and continue.

Account #1 [QAM 7* High Gainer #1] will commence June 1, 2017
Account #2 [QAM 7* High Gainer #2] will commence July 1, 2017
Account #3 [QAM 7* High Gainer #3] will commence August 1, 2017

* This value represents the maximum number of traded instruments on a given trading account.
* An account that trades from only 4 pairs would be identified as QAM 4 High Gainer #1 ... etc.
* An account may be traded with either 4, 5, 6, 7 or more pairs (if the account has 5 in its TE title then only a max of 5 pairs are being traded).

Note: Each new account may use a different broker.

Additional Account Criteria (Birth Account)

If any 'Master' account achieves an available equity >=3000 then it can generate a maximum of 1 'Birth' account.

For example,

Master_Account #1 >= 3000 (Equity)

then becomes.......

Master_Account #1 = 2000 (Equity) and will continue being traded to its conclusion.
Birth_Account #1 = 1000 (Equity/starting balance) will then give birth to 1 new 'birth' account when its equity is >= 3000.

A Birth_Account may be traded on the same broker as its Master_Account.
All live accounts will commence with a start balance of US$1K.
However, some accounts may be started using broker bonuses and therefore may have 'larger' starting balances but an equivalent equity gain on the account must occur before a new 'Birth_Account' is generated.

Portfolio Development

If trading conditions are favorable and the equity gain over these accounts continues then trading account numbers will also increase.

3 Master_Accounts with staggered monthly starts (June, July and August) under 'ideal' trading conditions are expected to produce a new Birth_Account after at least 3-4 months but this time frame may vary greatly in the 'real' trading arena.

A maximum number of live trading accounts may be set in the future including the number of allowable Birth_Account generated from a Master.

Based on the Equity% gain overall other non-FX instruments such as stocks, futures and options may be purchased.

QAM Trading Strategy

This has been outlined in my other 2 threads about QAM Trading but in short it considers the following:

1. Expert Advisor uses the Quantum indicator to generate multiple trades from higher highs or lower lows subject to period settings.
2. Lots produced can be constant lot size (CLS) or progressive lot size (PLS)
3. Limits may be placed on number of pairs traded, entry conditions, start and end trading time, total running trade count and other settings
4. Trader manual over-ride techniques
5. ECTM control (Equity Curve Trace Management) currently managed via a manual approach with automation in the pipeline (MT4/5 coding)
6. Equity Phase Number 1 through 7 apply different settings in each phase with Phase 1 being the most risky and reducing as Equity% gain increases.
7. Many other trade management and market considerations.

Important:

This method should be viewed as risky.
QAM does not form part of my main trading and investment strategies.

I do enjoy the challenges that it poses of which there are many.
A goal of mine for this approach is to take 1000 to 10K so I will continue with this endevour.

Trade Explorers and myfxbook will be used throughout to track performance.

A demo account trading the QAM High Gainer approach is attached to this thread but may be removed in time to make room for the live accounts.

Masterrmind............

Sub'd!

Many thanks my friend.

Hopefully at the end of all of this I have something worthwhile that can be shared.

Masterrmind............

QAM PORTFOLIO COMMENCEMENT

June Start

Master _Account #1 = QAM 7 High Gainer #1

Trading will commence at the start of a fresh new week meaning next Monday June 5, 2017.

TE:

ps. myfxbook link provided later.

Masterrmind............

QAM 7 High Gainer #1

This account is now live in the market.

Equity Phase 1 - any gain up to 100%, potentially the riskiest section and where the account can come under pressure because this is where I want to get to the 100% gain in Equity level as fast as possible but with a limit placed on lot size (all CLS @ 0.01 lots) and maximum trade count.

Lets see how the floating DD plots out over time.

Masterrmind..............

QAM 7 High Gainer #1

myfxbook link as follows:

https://www.myfxbook.com/members/MAS...iner-1/2138861

Masterrmind.............

Master Account #2 = QAM 7 High Gainer #2


myfxbook link as follows:

https://www.myfxbook.com/members/MAS...iner-2/2168562

Masterrmind............

QAM 7 High Gainer #1
Progress after 1 month is as follows:

Less than impressive!

Masterrmind.............

that 50%+ drawdown does look alarmingly high.

Agreed.

This current approach it is more to do with getting to the 100% gain in Equity level than the DD level required to get there.

An EA is in the pipeline which will control the DD by using an Equity Curve Trace Management (ECTM) system.

The purpose of the ECTM system is to 'control' DD and smooth out the equity curve moving forward.

Instead of waitng for the ECTM system and EA to have the coding completed I decided to test a few live accounts but at times when I'm away from the screen (eg sleeping) the running trades are simply left to the mercy of the market although hard SLs and TPs are always applied.

Plenty of useful information is coming out of the live accounts so too the demo account which has been running for a longer period of time.

Regarding QAM 7 High Gainer #1 (Pepperstone) it will be interesting to see if the account can make a recovery or if it sinks deeper into the red.

QAM 7 High Gainer #2 (IC Markets) will commence trading from Monday.

Then from the start of August there will be another account QAM 7 High Gainer #3 (X.M) which will commence.

The idea is to run all 3 accounts and 'produce' additional accounts of 1K after they have hit the 200% gain in Equity mark.

Very early days yet so I'm looking forward to the progress (if any) of all accounts.

Masterrmind............

please dont misunderstand.

i read your thread, and thus familiar with the plan of account slippting, etc.
100% with your about getting data from forward testing the idea...in my opinion backtest can only serve as proof of basic concept.

my comment was for exactly what it said, only about the drawdown.

Master Account #3 = QAM 7 High Gainer #3

myfxbook link as follows:

https://www.myfxbook.com/members/MAS...iner-3/2203276

Masterrmind............

The 3 Master Accounts each at an initial US$1000 are now all in action.

Time to allow each account to work through the trading hurdles and produce enough equity to generate a 'birth account'.

Should all 3 accounts fail or be likely to fail then this venture will be rested until the Expert Advisor is completed, tested and ready for the live market.

As it currently stands I decided not to wait for the EA to be completed but as a result there are many times when I cannot physically apply the logic of the ECTM system and this tends to generate nasty swings in the equity curve due in part to the nature of the QAM cycles trading on a Quantum indicator.

Time will tell how the current Auto/Manual approach turns out but it is not the optimal setup because for this to occur the ECTM system is needed so that the equity curve and DD is contained at all times. With the Auto/manual approach as it current stands this is not the case.

Masterrmind.............

QAM Master Accounts.

The 3 master accounts (1K each) are currently struggling to make any growth and in fact are slowly going backwards.

This has been assessed in great detail and the main reason is the inability to control the floating DD at all critical times using a manual control approach because there are simply far too many trades to manage.

Therefore closer to the end of this month the 3 trading accounts most likely will be ended.

Once the advanced Expert Advisor is completed in code and test run to remove all bugs and the vital plugins are functioning correctly then 3 master accounts will again be traded live each starting at US$1000.

The state of all 3 current master accounts will be posted here at the end of this month and then I will apply recovery techniques to increase the balances to at least BE before closing the accounts.

Good trading,

Masterrmind............

Testing phase of an MT5 EA is currently being undertaken.

If testing looks favorable then 3 master accounts will be opened and traded live in the market with specially coded specific equity curve plug ins based on this strategy.

Masterrmind........