Dynamic Trading Indicators: Presented by David Stendahl

Dynamic Trading Indicators
New Techniques for Evolving Markets
Presented by David Stendahl

Disclaimer
ALL HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS,

SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE
THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR
TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS
SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE
LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCES RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE
GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION,
HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK AND NO
HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT
OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO
WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN
SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY
AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS
RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY
SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE
PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH
CAN ADVERSELEY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.
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The Trading Plan
Fitting Value Charts and Price Action Profile

into your daily trading requires perspective.
Let’s begin with the big picture . . .

The Trading Plan
Long-term trading success begins with a

well designed trading plan. This is easier
said then done unless you follow a process.
The Big Picture . . .

The Performance Analysis Process is a
systematic approach used for evaluating
and constructing trading portfolios. This
process will determine where and how to
use Value Charts and Price Action Profile.

The Trading Plan
The Performance Analysis Process

consists of six steps. Each step must be
followed in suit to build the final portfolio.
ä Methodology Design
ä System Development
ä Robustness Analysis
ä System Evaluation
ä Risk Management
ä Portfolio Construction
Let’s review these steps in greater detail . . .

Performance Analysis Process
Step One: Methodology Design >>>

Conceptualize the trading methodology.
Methodology Design
The Performance Analysis Process begins
with trading concepts that are based on
technical analysis trading logic.
The methodologies behind trading systems
should be based on time tested trending
and non-trending trading concepts.
Note: The final portfolio should consist of a

variety of technical tools including Value
Charts and Price Action Profile.

Step Two: System Development >>>

Programming/coding the trading methodology.
System Development
Once we have designed our trading
methodology, we begin the process of
developing or programming the systems.
Programming a system entails instructing
the system to buy/sell and liquidate a trade
following set procedures. Programming a
system allows traders and investors to
thoroughly evaluate the trading programs.
Note: At Landmark we actively monitors

and trades 70+ separate trading systems.

Step Three: Robustness Analysis >>>

Ensuring trading stability into the future.
Robustness Analysis
Once we have programmed our systems,
the next step is to determine how stable or
robust the system is over time and across
variable settings. The robustness process
begins by optimizing our system and
selecting variable settings that offer stable
results. This stage is critical to avoid curve
fitting the system to the past.
Note: This step does not attempt to
maximize return instead it centers on
stability to ensure as best as possible
continued performance into the future.

Step Four: System Evaluation >>>

Is the system worth trading?
System Evaluation
This next step is to thoroughly evaluate our
trading system to answer two primary
questions:
u Does the system offer suitable
risk/reward ratios to justify its trading?
u Will the system offer stable trading
results to build a diversified portfolio?
This evaluation step will determine if
a system is worth trading.
Note: Landmark principals have co-created
evaluation software used by 40,000 traders.

Step Five: Risk Management

Improving results by adjusting position size.
Risk Management
Next we improve our trading system by
applying a variety of money management
strategies designed to alter the position size
taken by the system. Essentially this entails
increasing the number of contracts traded
during profitable periods and limiting
position size during unprofitable periods.
This is the step that will allow a system to
take full advantage of the trading
methodology.
Note: David Stendahl’s book ”Profit
Strategies” covers this step in greater detail.

These five steps complete the analysis for

a single trading system. Next we move
onto the portfolio construction level.
Methodology
Design
Risk
System System
A
Management Development
System
Robustness
Evaluation
Analysis

To build our diversified portfolio we

continue the process for each of our
trading systems. Once complete, we have
the required building blocks to construct
our diversified portfolio.
A B C

Step Six: Portfolio Analysis
Constructing a diversified portfolio.
A Portfolio Analysis
Once our proprietary trading
methodologies have been
applied to the markets,
B
evaluated and adjusted with
risk management strategies,
we combined them together to
construct our portfolio.
Note: Landmark actively
trades 70+ systems applied to
over 30 global markets. We
C offer diversification across
methodologies and markets.

The Performance Analysis Process is

used to systematically evaluate and
construct trading portfolios to ensure:
ä Each trading system offers appropriate

risk/reward ratios for trading.
ä The risk management strategies contribute

to improved trading performance.
ä The portfolio is well constructed offering

full diversification and a smooth equity curve.

Value Chart Introduction
Value Charts is an innovative charting

technique designed to pinpoint overbought
and oversold territory.

Value Chart Basics
A relative chart oscillates around a

traditional moving average.

Value Chart Basics
Relative chart calculations.

Value Chart Basics
Value Chart oscillates around a traditional

moving average but adjust for volatility.

Value Chart Basics
Value Chart calculations.

Value Chart Basics
Comparison between Value Charts

and a relative chart.

Price Action Profile Basics
Construction of a Price Action Profile

base on one Value Chart bars.


base on two Value Chart bars.


base on three Value Chart bars.


base on four Value Chart bars.

Value Chart Profile
The profile of the Value Chart has a bell

shaped curve which lends itself well to
statistical analysis.
Note: This frequency

distribution (i.e. bell
shaped curve) is due to
the Volatility Units
used in the calculation
of Value Charts.

Relative Chart Profile
The profile of a relative price chart has no

statistical value due to its thorn like shape.

Price Action Profile: SPX

Price Action Profile: Stats
1 Standard
Deviation ~68%
2 Standard
Deviations ~95%
3 Standard
Deviations ~100%

Price Action Profile
The Price Action Profile breakdown based

on 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations.

Price Action Profile
The Price Action Profile linked to the

Value Chart levels.

Price Action Profile: GM

Price Action Profile: AMX

Price Action Profile: CL

Price Action Profile: GC

Price Action Profile: US

Price Action Profile: S

Price Action Profile: SPX

Systematic Trading
Trading from a systemic approach

entails following specific buy and sell
signals generated by a computerized
trading program.
The following charts illustrate the systematic

trading style in action . . .

Systematic Trading Overview
Trading systems can generate buy signals

indicating when to trade bullish markets.
The system buys in

the blue circle and
exits the position in
the red circle.
Exit Signal
Buy Signal

Systematic Trading Overview
Trading systems can also generate sell signals

indicating when to trade bearish markets.
Sell Signal
Exit Signal
The system sells in
the red circle and
exits the position
in the blue circle.

Value Chart Introduction
Value Charts and Price Action Profiles

can be used in a variety of ways to
improve trading performance.
ä Risk management scale trading
ä Momentum based trading
ä Trading filter
ä Pattern based trading

Value Charts: German Bund
High probability scaling technique using

Value Charts to add to long positions.

Value Charts: Corn
High probability scaling technique using

Value Charts to add to short positions.

Value Charts: Russell 2000
A momentum based trade within a longer

term trending trade using Value Charts.
X X X

Value Charts: S&P 500
A momentum based trade within a longer

term trending trade using Value Charts.
X X

Value Charts: Comex Gold
Delayed entry into a long position

using Value Charts

Value Charts: Coffee
Delayed entry into a short position

using Value Charts.

Value Charts: Natural Gas
The bearish divergence trade with in a

longer term trend using Value Charts
Bearish Divergence
A bearish divergence occurs when a new
high in the underlying contract is not
confirmed by a new high in Value Charts.
In other words Point B is greater then Point
A but this is not confirmed in the indicator
as Point D is less then Point C. The key is
to look for the indicator to lead the way.
When if fails to confirm the direction of the
price action, it is considered to be short-
term bearish.

The bearish divergence trade with in a

B
A
C D

The bullish divergence trade with in a

Bullish Divergence
A bullish divergence occurs when a new
low in the underlying contract is not
confirmed by a new low in the Price
Oscillator (POS).
In other words, Point B is less than Point A
but this is not confirmed in the indicator as
Point D is greater than Point C. The key is
to look for the indicator to lead the way.
When if fails to confirm the direction of the
price action, it is considered to be short-
term bullish.

The bullish divergence trade with in a

AB
CD

Value Scan
Landmark published the daily Value Chart

levels for a number of markets on our web site.

Real World Trading
A systematic trading approach is designed

to realize profits from a variety markets.
ä The systems trade from a long (bullish) and short

(bearish) perspective offering profit potential in
rising and falling markets.
ä Each market could be traded by as many as three

different trading systems from a short, intermediate
and long-term time horizon.

Real World Trading
Careful consideration must be given to key

areas of research and development to
ensure the integrity of the trading program.
ä Individual trading system stability.

ä Risk management enhancements.
ä Portfolio construction techniques.

Real World Trading
Systemic trading style offers a number of

distinct advantages.
ä Historically evaluation capabilities that help to

ensure the integrity of the portfolio.
ä Removal of the inherent problem that plagues

most traders >>> human emotion (i.e. indecision).
ä The ability to effectively trade multiple markets

based on a short, intermediate and long-term
trading horizons.

Real World Trading
Legitimate long term trading performance is

built on back of true portfolio densification.
A well balance portfolio is constructed with
two forms of diversification:
Horizontal Diversification: Building a portfolio
with either a) multiple asset classes (stocks,
bonds, managed futures) or b) a variety of markets
(energies, grains, interest rates).
Vertical Diversification: Building a portfolio with

multiple trading systems across a single market.
Systems could include trend, momentum and
pattern recognition.

Real World Trading
A well balance portfolio trades multiple

sectors with a variety of systems for full
diversification.
Landmark Asset
Management
actively trades
over 30 global
futures markets
in 8 different
sectors. We
monitor 70+
systems across
these markets.

Value Charts
Value Charts and Price Action Profile offer the

typical trader a number of advantages.
ä Universal levels across all stocks and futures

markets.
ä Statistically sound and applicable to a variety of
trading systems.
ä Easy interpretation for traders and investors alike.

Landmark Asset Management
4380 Gulf Shore Blvd. North, Suite 806
Naples, Florida 34103
Toll-free Tel: 866.536.7825

Local Tel: 239.262.6077
www.LandmarkAssetManagement.com
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New Techniques for Evolving Markets

Presented by David Stendahl

ALL HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS,

Landmark Asset Management Call Toll-free: 866.536.7826

Fitting Value Charts and Price Action Profile

Let’s begin with the big picture . . .

Landmark Asset Management Call Toll-free: 866.536.7826

Long-term trading success begins with a

The Big Picture . . .

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The Performance Analysis Process

Let’s review these steps in greater detail . . .

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Step One: Methodology Design >>>

Note: The final portfolio should consist of a

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Step Two: System Development >>>

Note: At Landmark we actively monitors

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Step Three: Robustness Analysis >>>

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Step Four: System Evaluation >>>

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Step Five: Risk Management

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These five steps complete the analysis for

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To build our diversified portfolio we

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The Performance Analysis Process is

ä Each trading system offers appropriate

ä The risk management strategies contribute

ä The portfolio is well constructed offering

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Value Charts is an innovative charting

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A relative chart oscillates around a

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Relative chart calculations.

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Value Chart oscillates around a traditional

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Value Chart calculations.

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Comparison between Value Charts

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Construction of a Price Action Profile

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Construction of a Price Action Profile

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Construction of a Price Action Profile

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Construction of a Price Action Profile

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The profile of the Value Chart has a bell

Note: This frequency

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