Newbie question on Underlying vs Portfolio view

[ignacio]

Whoah hold on a squeeky minute here? I have only just joined here, put my money where my mouth is in some real life Darwin's, asked a question and now I am complaining? Is this how you welcome your new members?

Sorry, the message was not aimed at you, @jumpergrog.

As you will soon find out, there are some users around that like to add controversy to pretty much everything we say and do, you were caught in the middle. Sorry for that.

The reply to your question is simply that the underlying strategy's trades are not displayed in real time. This is so on purpose among other reasons, to protect traders' intellectual property (if you were able to see what QUA is doing in real time, you could replicate his trades without rewarding him a 20% performance fee).

I hope the following article proves useful to get familiar with the VaR concept: http://help.darwinex.com/darwinex-algorithms/metrics-and-charts/var-metric

In regard to QUA, looking at his track record, you'll be able to find similar DD in the past. I do hope he's able to recover from this recent DD, as I can imagine this is not a good way to start.

In case you haven't done so, I would definitely recommend using SL orders, as explained in this article: http://help.darwinex.com/darwinex-for-investors/how-can-you-set-conditional-orders-on-the-investor-platform

Have a great weekend everyone!

[DAIICHI]

First of all , the god has just write and the guardian of the temple has immediately approved.

What @ignacio call some users can't be anyone other than me so it's better to name directly.

And what @ignacio call

to add controversy to pretty much everything

are just facts with numbers

[Quantessence]

Hi @jumpergrog,

if it concerns our strategy please post your question in our forum next time as I came across your question just because @CavaliereVerde linked to our it.

I posted a response in our forum:

QUA - Quantessence

Regards

[jumpergrog]

The reply to your question is simply that the underlying strategy's trades are not displayed in real time. This is so on purpose among other reasons, to protect traders' intellectual property (if you were able to see what QUA is doing in real time, you could replicate his trades without rewarding him a 20% performance fee).

Understood Igancio and thanks for the personal note

Whilst I completely understand that the traders individual strategy should be protected, it also completely leaves us, the investor exposed, to a position we cannot hedge. As you can see in the case of Qua, they openly admit to the algo making a big bet (a wrong one) and taking a big hit.

[ignacio]

Thanks a lot for your reply, @jumpergrog!

Going fwd, I would definitely recommend using SL and TP orders to avoid being caught in such DD.

I am very sorry to hear you first experience has been so bad, I do hope you can make it back to green in your portfolio!

Wishing you a great day ahead,
Ignacio

[jumpergrog]

Things happen in trading @ignacio - if they didn't have the track record I would have set a SL, but I am quietly confident they can bounce back from this, so I will just let it run. I am in no rush to pull money out

Sun is shining so a good day shall be had. Same to you!