Trading System Troubleshooting Main Steps

Trading system troubleshooting is an important task that should be fulfilled as well as possible to receive more profit using any kind of trading systems. There are no such products that work smoothly without errors and faults. Perfection and excellence are the features that are rarely to be seen in our every day world. A good trader should keep an eye on his/her system to determine any deviations in time. Designing a trading system, trading system testing, trading system optimization, and trading system troubleshooting are necessary steps for those who are not afraid of solving difficult tasks and facing challenge.

Everyone knows that if a car does not move, it means that it is broken and needs repairing. The same thing is on the market: if trading systems do not make money for their owners, it means that something is wrong in their functioning and troubleshooting is needed. There are four main steps of any trading system troubleshooting: problem identification, problem evaluation, consideration of all possible alternatives, and implementation of the necessary solution. If one is like Julius Caesar (it means that veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) is not a big problem), then these stages may be not so important for him/her.

Nevertheless, close scrutiny of all processes is preferable in trading system troubleshooting. The basic condition is to determine the reason or maybe the reasons that have led to losses. The following factors should be the first consideration at the beginning of trading system troubleshooting: chart pattern/price series (constant instability of prices), volume (big volume at the beginning and low volume afterward), bid/ask spread (constant instability of prices on low volume often indicates a huge spread), and margin (if it is used). A good analysis and record of all errors will help determine more precisely where there is the reason of inappropriate system work.