Using Fair Value Robots for Prop Trading

Apr. 14, 2023

No, it seems to me that prop firm trading needs lots and lots of wins. The more we win, the more we stay out of drawdown, even if if doing so greatly decreases our long-term profit potential.

But long-term profit potential doesn’t matter in prop trading. What matters is beating the challenge and getting funded (i.e. money for nothing). If we get funded, we get to make profits on other people’s money. And fortunes have been made using that mode of thinking.

That being said, what about using the no-stoploss style of trading of the Fair Value robot (like we talked about in the last Newsletter)? If we’re winning all the time and have equity curves like we did on the EURJPY 15M, wouldn’t that eventually pass the Challenge? Here’s that curve again:

Furthermore, wouldn’t adding more currency pairs add more profit while potentially not adding much drawdown? Hmm.

In the original Fair Value course I made six years ago, I used 5 different pairs. You can see all those pairs and all the details in the YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsR-RFHx6o0&list=PLvuTGCuHKnomDCBN3onZRcn-Eoxi-WM9A

But there’s a part of me that doesn’t think trading like this can stand the test of time. I worry about the Big Drawdown coming along and ruining everything.

So, I ran a test (using Portfolio Tester) on all 5 of those original pairs. Here’s the Report:

And here’s the portfolio Equity Curve since 2017 (exported w/Portfolio Architect):

According to the testing, the portfolio has held up.

Here are some takeaways and notes.

One, all of the pairs have slightly different settings. The ones I gave away for free in the last Newsletter are a good place to start. I give all the settings to people who purchase the Elite Membership or the Fair Value robot.

Two, all of them only use Long Only. Could Short trades be used, too? Probably. You would have to test it out (or wait for me to test it eventually).

Three, it’s probably not enough money to pass a draconian prop firm challenge in a restrictive time window. But more pairs could be added to try to counteract that. Again, that’s something that could be tested.

Four, the drawdown is really good. Trading all of these together has a hypothetically miniscule drawdown amount.

In short, if I were to try prop trading, this would be a great place to start.

Winning a lot and seeing low drawdowns is a great way to attempt to get funded.

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