CA Strategy of the Week Q & A · The Midas Touch Challenge Key Rules for the Midas Touch Challenge...
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CA Strategy of the Week Q & A1:00 p.m. EDT - Jan 26, 2015
Stan Heller Presenter
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To Submit A Question
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The Midas Touch Challenge
Key Rules for the Midas Touch Challenge (Check all the rules in the VIEWS – 1/23/2015)
1. Develop a trading system that delivers a higher score than the VectorVest
BackTest shown in the special presentation Jan 16, 2015.
DEADLINE: By Midnight, Friday, February 13.
2. Grand Prize - $2,500 Cash
3. Second Place - $1,500 Cash
4. Third Place - $750 Cash
5. One entry per participant only! Active subscribers only.
6. Account Settings: $100,000 initial investment. $9.95 Commission. Don’t use margin. Do not
account for interest. Execute Buys/Sells at next day’s open.
7. SEARCH. Your search must return stocks from the VectorVest Midas Touch WatchList. Price
(Actual) >= $1.00. AvgVol – (50 day MA Vol) >= 100,000. You may create and use your own
custom searches as long as they DO NOT use a non-VectorVest created WatchList.
8. BackTest Settings: Odd lots. Invest Average Value. Maintain a minimum of 10 positions
(legging in allowed, for example, you can buy 1, 2, or 3 stocks per day).
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1.The contest is open to any subscriber who has an active U.S. Database subscription. That includes all Canadian subscribers.
2.You must use the U.S. Database to create your contest entry.
3.If you own the ProTrader plug-in module, you can use or modify any ProTrader technical search. You can use any custom fields that you have created such as moving averages.
4.You must ‘maintain at least 10 positions’ in your BackTest settings. However, you can ‘leg in’ with no limits on how few or how many positions you open each day.
5.You can go long and/or short, however, the search must use the Midas Touch Stocks WatchList.
Clarifications
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The Challenge – Beat VectorVest’s Score
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The Challenge – Beat VectorVest’s Score
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Contest Basic Rules
The Midas Touch Stocks
WatchList Filter must be
included in whatever search
you use:
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Brian’s 10-Step Checklist
Step #1 – Get the AutoTimer - www.vectorvest.com/autotimertrial (free two week trial)
Step #2 – Create a new BackTest (BackTester tab)
Step # 3 – Name Your Backtest (SRH – Contest Entry) Example of naming convention.
Step #4 – Select an Existing Trading System (once you have Autotimer added to your account)
Step #5 – Select a Midas Touch Challenge template.
Step #6 – Modify the Trading Plan System Template.(Choose: Customize Trading System tab)
Step #7 – Change the Test Period
Step #8 – Check the Score vs VV Challenge Score – www.vectorvest.com/tradingsystemscore
Step #9 – Do More Testing (Modify: Stop Criteria/Market Timing/Search)
Step #10 – Email: [email protected]
Fill in the Blanks on Bottom Row
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Send In Your Winning Results!
Brian D’Amico (Your name as it is on your VectorVest Account)
555-555-5555 (Include your Phone Number)
BPD – Contest Entry (Name of your official Backtest entry)
BPD – Long (Custom Search Name. Use Long, Short or Neutral)
Did You Beat VectorVest’s 63.51 Score?
Send in your results CORRECTLY for a
chance to win $2,500, $1,500 or $750!
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