Waiting for a fill

I built a fully-automated system. However, I'm not getting any fills. I can tell from back-testing, that I would've gotten some great trades the day before I launched. I suppose I should have patience, and just let it run, but the waiting is killing me.

I suppose it is good that I'm not trading manually. Otherwise, I would probably be making lots of stupid trades. I'm working on some other strategies for other markets, but I feel frustrated. What do people think?

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cronian said:

I built a fully-automated system. However, I'm not getting any fills. I can tell from back-testing, that I would've gotten some great trades the day before I launched. I suppose I should have patience, and just let it run, but the waiting is killing me.

I suppose it is good that I'm not trading manually. Otherwise, I would probably be making lots of stupid trades. I'm working on some other strategies for other markets, but I feel frustrated. What do people think?

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Congratulations, you haven't lost any money. It's working perfectly.

Peter

wackypete2 said:

Congratulations, you haven't lost any money. It's working perfectly.

Peter

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Actually, I'm technically up 10%. Basically, when I started running the system it went long, and the market has gone up. I just don't feel like I'm winning. I'm worried I'm just lucky. I put in a little bit a of money, and I intend to put in more when I feel confident it is working, but how do I know.

I had some bugs when I started. It may have been supposed to go long when I started it, but I'm not sure. I suppose I'm winning, so I shouldn't complain. Maybe, I'm just not used to winning. I've never succeeded at any sort of trading before.