Trade Systems

When building trading models a common error is to focus mainly on entry signals. Experience told me that exit methodology and sound money management will have far more effect on individual model… more

Within my role at CQG, one of the primary was to assist customers in Building Systems. Very quickly it became apparent that the vast majority placed most of the emphasis on the entry point and… more

This video, presented by CQG Product Specialist Helmut Mueller, walks you through using his Super Template for developing and testing a trading system.

The Super Template is installed in CQG… more

This video, presented by CQG Product Specialist Helmut Mueller, walks you through applying the CQG Trade System Optimizer (TSO) to a basic system programmed in CQG IC. This video is a follow up to… more

This video walks you through the basic steps to building your first trading system in CQG IC.

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After renewing the Super template in July 2022 I also created a set of trading systems based on very commonly used indicators. The exits are summarized at the end.

1. AMA trading system… more

It has been a while since I introduced the Super Template as a shortcut to build trading system inside CQG. In a nutshell, the Super Template is a trading system ready to run, that has a long and… more

It has been a while since I introduced the Super Template as a shortcut to build trading system inside CQG. In a nutshell, the Super Template is a trading system ready to run, that has a long and… more

A long time ago, I wrote two articles about divergence for our CQG blog that are probably still worth reading. Especially in the second article, I was using peaks on the indicators to measure… more

Related: Using the Super Template

The idea is to have a few standard trading systems that have many customizable exits already built in: