Fund uses TradingSolutions to achieve outstanding results - over 230% in 17 months! Bill Reid Algorithmic Trading Advisors LLC
Mr. Reid is a University Professor and a trading advisor at Algorithmic Trading Advisors LLC who works exclusively with both TradingSolutions Real-Time and End-of-Day capabilities. Before moving to academia Bill was with IBM Corporation in the artificial intelligence area. A friend mentioned artificial intelligence might be to the point where it could trade investments. After trying many products Bill settled on TradingSolutions as the platform for developing these new advanced methods and techniques.
Mr. Reid says “the unique characteristics of TradingSolutions software have enabled our fund from multiple vantage points. TradingSolutions has leading neural process technology that can optimize trading models. Also these neural trained models can execute in Entry/Exits rule-based systems combining both neutral optimum models and rule based solutions.”
We use a very large portfolio so the ability to process with Quad Core technology and Vista 64-bit processing have enabled us to sustain this fund as the investment market moved in recession and continuing slowdown. NeuroDimension was able to add Vista support and then 64-bit processing on the multi-threaded TradingSolutions offering in a timely fashion. Keeping step with the latest technology has been critical to our success. With the recent addition of Trader68 it will make our fund easier to manage without manual transfers.
We train a very large portfolio of standard and proprietary functions using the Jordan-Elman Neural Network topology. The ability of this network to process complex contextual relations is a key. A rule based Entry/Exit system then selects portfolio neural trained entries are based on a combination of each company's recent record of profit growth; a composite rating (which includes key measures such as return on equity, sales growth and profit margins); and relative price performance over the last 12 months rules.
Skilled traders know it is much easier to enter the market correctly as it is to exit the market correctly. Our fund uses multilevel exit processing using stop-loss, trailing stop, trailing stop limit and limit market processing. This requires a prime broker who can process one-cancels-all market driven processing. From January 2007 to May 2008 the World Stock Fund: VAMI has had a return of over 231%!
The large portfolio is made up of stocks, ETFs and Commodity Funds. So far we have been just adding to the portfolio entries and the portfolio is getting large with roughly 2400 entries. Later this year we will have to find the methods and criteria to limit the portfolio size. There is a finite time between when the market closes and the market re-opens during the market week that limits the processing time and defines technology requirements.
We would like to thank Mr. Reid for taking the time to write-up his experiences and success with TradingSolutions and wish him many more great years of returns.
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