Chapter 29 of 39 · Money
Trading: the algorithm and Signal Bot
Winston's algorithm combines several strategies. Each one votes buy or sell on each asset, and a strategy's vote counts for more when it has been earning on that asset lately. Positions are sized so calmer assets get more, each has a trailing stop-loss, and the size is halved while the algorithm's recent record on an asset shows no edge. The Signal Bot puts those calls to work in your paper account, every day after the US market closes.
How it works
What you can do here
- See today's buy and sell calls and the vote behind each
- Test the strategy over two years with return, worst drop, Sharpe, Sortino and win rate
- Set your risk level, holding period, budget and markets
- Apply a ready-made strategy from the Marketplace
- Let the Signal Bot trade your paper account daily, pause it, or run it now
1. Your settings
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Open Settings
These shape every score, position size and stop-loss on the desk.
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Risk level
Careful, Balanced or Bold.
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Holding period
Weeks, Months or Years.
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Budget and markets
How much to invest, and whether you trade stocks, crypto or both.
2. Reading the Signal Bot
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Open Signal Bot
Today's calls lists each asset with Buy or Sell, and a note when the size is halved.
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How it decides
Shows each strategy's vote and weight.
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Two-year test
Pick a starting amount to see how the rules would have done: return per year, worst drop, Sharpe and Sortino (return for the risk taken), a bad day (1 in 20), and win rate.
3. Running it from the Control Panel
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Open Control Panel
Run, pause and fund Winston's paper trading. If you have no paper account yet, press Deposit.
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Turn on daily trading
Switch on Trade every day after the US market closes. The Signal Bot then trades your paper account daily.
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Run it now
Press Run now to trade on today's calls straight away.
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Pause
Switch it off to pause the Signal Bot.
4. The Marketplace
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Browse strategies
Ready-made strategies for Winston's algorithm.
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Apply one
Applying a strategy changes your risk level and holding period.
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See it illustrated
The Strategy illustrator draws how the strategy behaves.
Try it yourself
Doing is the fastest way to learn. Open the tab and try these:
- Set your risk level to Balanced and run the two-year test with $10,000.
- Turn on daily trading and check back tomorrow.