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Filters · Lesson 07

My algo skipped 5 trades that hit their targets

The signals it passed on · paper-traded

Trades
about a dozen
Lost
5
A little green
2
Hit their targets
5
The question
saves more than it costs?

"Every filter throws out some winners with the losers."

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What it taught me

On the signals my algo passed on, the paper version of my strategy took about a dozen trades. Five lost, two finished a little green, and five hit their targets.

A filter isn’t wrong because it skipped a winner. The question is whether it saves more than it costs.

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