Virtual Strategies

• A Virtual Strategy is a strategy running in parallel with the real ATS, but having additional STRAT indicators as input, turning the ATS on and off.

• The bars represent the ATS, the green line the Virtual Strategy.

• STRAT 2 is used to turn the ATS off, when the value of the STRAT is below 80%.

• STRAT Indicators used for Virtual Strategies are using BUY only setting (all green).

• Virtual Strategies can have a dramatical effect on the results. In this case trades are down from 198 to 53, gain is up from 4 to 35.

• Virtual Strategies has typically a major effect on Draw Down, and thereby on the risk. In this example the Virtual Strategy never turn negative.

• Using Virtual Strategies is what we call "Conceptual Trading".

• The list of trades shows the result from both the ATS the Virtual ATS (right columns).

• Virtual Strategies can also be used during optimizing and batch-testing.