Markos Katsanos’s “Trading The Loonie”

Mar 29, 2016 | EDS code, Expert Design Studio, indicators

Here is some code for use in AIQ based on Markos Katsanos’s article in this issue, “Trading The Loonie.” The code and EDS file can be downloaded from www.TradersEdgeSystems.com/traderstips.htm.

The code I am providing contains both the divergence indicator and a long-only trading system for the NASDAQ 100 list of stocks. Along with fx trading online, I wanted to try the divergence idea and the author’s entry rules on the NASDAQ 100 stocks. The stocks are traded long using the author’s entry rules with two of the parameters adjusted as shown at the top of the code file. The exit has been changed completely to use a profit protect (protect 50% of profits once a 20% profit is reached), a stop-loss (protect 75% of capital), and a time-stop exit (exit after 21 days). I used the NASDAQ 100 index (NDX) in place of the crude oil futures. The assumption is that since the stocks on the list are all in the NDX, they would generally be correlated to the index. The author’s entry rule filters out those with a negative correlation to the index. Note that I changed the minimum correlation from a -0.4 to 0.0. In addition, I found that increasing the minimum divergence from 20 to 2,000 increased the Sharpe ratio and decreased the maximum drawdown without affecting the annualized return.

Figure 6 shows the equity curve versus the NASDAQ 100 index for the period 1/5/2000 to 10/14/2015. Figure 7 shows the metrics for this same test period. The system clearly outperformed the index.

!TRADING THE LOONIE
!Author: Markos Katsanos, TASC December 2015
!coded by: Richard Denning 10/17/15
!www.TradersEdgeSystems.com

!Set parameters:
 Define Len        20. !Default is 20
 Define F1          2. !Default is 2
 Define F2          4. !Default is 4
 IDX is         "NDX". !NASDAQ 100 index 
 IDXsLen is        40. !Default is 40
 minDIVERG is    2000. !Default is 20
 minROC is          0. !Default is 0
 minCorrel is     0.0. !Default is -0.4

!Close percent relative to BB band width for stock:
Variance is Variance([close],Len).
StdDev is Sqrt(Variance).
SMA is simpleavg([close],Len).
stkBB is 1+([close]-SMA+F1*StdDev)/(F2*StdDev).

!Close percent relative to BB band width for index:
IDXc is tickerUDF(IDX,[close]).
VarianceIdx is Variance(IDXc,Len).
StdDevIDX is Sqrt(Variance).
SMAidx is simpleavg(IDXc,Len).
idxBB is 1+(IDXc-SMAidx+F1*StdDevIDX)/(F2*StdDevIDX).

DIVERG is (idxBB-stkBB)/stkBB*100.     !PLOT AS CUSTOM INDICATOR
DIVERG1	is valresult(DIVERG,1).
ROC2 is ([close]/val([close],2)-1)*100.
ROC3 is ([close]/val([close],3)-1)*100.
ROC3idx is tickerUDF(IDX,ROC3).
IDXsma is simpleavg(IDXc,IDXsLen).
IDXsma2 is valresult(IDXsma,2).
HHVdiverg is highresult(DIVERG,3).

Setup1 if highresult(DIVERG,3) > minDIVERG.
Setup2 if DIVERG < valresult(DIVERG,1).
Setup3 if ([close]/val([close],2)-1)*100 > minROC.
Setup4 if IDXsma > valresult(IDXsma,2).
Setup5 if pCorrel > minCorrel.

Buy if 	Setup1 and
	Setup2 and 
	Setup3 and
	Setup4 and 
	Setup5.

BuyAlt if Buy.

LongExit1 if MACD<sigMACD and valrule(MACD>sigMACD,1) and
	     Stoch > 85.
LongExit2 if lowresult(DIVERG,3)<-20 and ROC3idx<-0.4.
LongExit3 if [close]<loval([close],15,1) and pCorrel<minCorrel.
LongExit if LongExit1 or LongExit2 or LongExit3.

AlterLongExit if {position days} >=21 or [close] <= (1-0.25)*{position entry price}.

!Code to Calculate Pearson's R [for entry]:
! PeriodtoTest is the number of lookback days.
! IndexTkr is the Instrument that you which to compare your list to.
PeriodToTest is Len.
IndexTkr is IDX.
ChgTkr is ([open] / val([open],PeriodToTest)-1)*100.
ChgIdx is TickerUDF(IndexTkr,ChgTkr).
Alpha is ChgTkr - ChgIdx.

ValUDF is (([close]-[open])/[open]) * 100.
ValIndex is TickerUDF(IndexTkr, ValUDF).
ValTkr is ValUDF.
SumXSquared is Sum(Power(ValIndex,2), PeriodToTest).
SumX is Sum(ValIndex, PeriodToTest).
SumYSquared is Sum(Power(ValTkr,2), PeriodToTest).
SumY is Sum(ValTkr, PeriodToTest).
SumXY is Sum(ValTkr*ValIndex, PeriodToTest).
SP is SumXY - ( (SumX * SumY) / PeriodToTest ).
SSx is SumXSquared - ( (SumX * SumX) / PeriodToTest ).
SSy is SumYSquared - ( (SumY * SumY) / PeriodToTest ).

!Pearson's R and Pearson's Coefficient of Determination:
pCorrel is SP/SQRT(SSX*SSY).

!Code to Calculate Pearson's R [for exit]:
! PeriodtoTest is the number of lookback days.
! IndexTkr is the Instrument that you which to compare your list to.
PeriodToTestX is 3*Len.
IndexTkrX is IDX.
ChgTkrX is ([open] / val([open],PeriodToTestX)-1)*100.
ChgIdxX is TickerUDF(IndexTkrX,ChgTkrX).
AlphaX is ChgTkrX - ChgIdxX.

ValUDFX is (([close]-[open])/[open]) * 100.
ValIndexX is TickerUDF(IndexTkrX, ValUDFX).
ValTkrX is ValUDFX.
SumXSquaredX is Sum(Power(ValIndexX,2), PeriodToTestX).
SumXX is Sum(ValIndexX, PeriodToTestX).
SumYSquaredX is Sum(Power(ValTkrX,2), PeriodToTestX).
SumYX is Sum(ValTkrX, PeriodToTestX).
SumXYX is Sum(ValTkrX*ValIndexX, PeriodToTestX).
SPX is SumXYX - ( (SumXX * SumYX) / PeriodToTestX).
SSxX is SumXSquaredX - ( (SumXX * SumXX) / PeriodToTestX ).
SSyX is SumYSquaredX - ( (SumYX * SumYX) / PeriodToTestX ).

!Pearson's R and Pearson's Coefficient of Determination:
pCorrelX is SPX/SQRT(SSXX*SSYX).

!MACD code:
S is 12.
L is 25.
X is 9.

ShortMACDMA is expavg([Close],S).
LongMACDMA is expavg([Close],L).

MACD is ShortMACDMA-LongMACDMA.
SigMACD is expavg(MACD,X).

!Stochastic
StochLen is 30.
Stoch is 100 * (([Close]-LoVal([Low],StochLen)) /
	(HiVal([High],StochLen) - LoVal([Low],StochLen))).

List if 1.

—Richard Denning
info@TradersEdgeSystems.com