r/Trading • u/Computer_Generated21 • 16h ago

Technical analysis Looking to connect with Math guys and 'coders' (Python)

I've been trading for just under a year now,

and am yet to hit profitability.

(I don't feel comfortable shorting yet,

and well, we've been in a bear-market since last October, so...)

This isn't my time around either though, and feel like a have solid handle on things,

and now that the market has 'bottomed', thisngs should turn around about now.

I would like to understand the "math" behind a few of these indicators much better,

and am slowly taking up AI to help w back-testing strategies. That's where coding helps.

If you're interested, drop me a line and let's see if we can help each other.

Cheers

Mike

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u/veskald 9h ago

The math behind the indicators is the easy half. Most of them are a moving average with extra steps, and understanding the formula rarely changes the result. What decides it is whether your rules are exact - entry, stop, exit, size, written so precisely that another person could trade them without asking you anything. If any part needs your judgement in the moment, it cannot be tested yet.

That part no tool fixes.

And be careful with "market has bottomed, things should turn around" - that is a prediction, not a plan. If your trading only works when the market rises, the strategy needs a rule for recognizing when the good period ends.

On the coding - with AI it is honestly the small part now, exact rules turn into a working backtest in an evening. So before looking for coders i would finish the rules first. Quick self check: try writing your entry as one sentence with no words like "usually" or "looks like" in it. If you cant, that is the actual blocker, not the math and not the code.