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DataShaper: Overview

DataShaper is an integrated product for real-time strategy design, backtesting and implementation. It is available in spreadsheet form that allows production of targeted keys for our online platform. The spreadsheet is truly interactive: when you modify a sample key or stock prices, all the formulas including the daily return and the return chart are automatically updated. The easily accessible formulas give you a high level of control and understanding on how the strategy is working. The spreadsheet is delivered with sample keys to help you create your strategies. To deploy one of your keys, and make it live on our online platform, follow this link.

Features:

  • Works for any stock or index with a large volume
  • Provides daily trending signals: up, down or neutral
  • Incorporates adjustable trading costs
  • Offers an interactive return chart that is instantly updated when you update the spreadsheet
  • Provides separate return for the three substrategies, allowing for easy and visual stepwise optimization
  • Relies on a few intuitive parameters
  • Compatible with DataShaping's online platform: offered with one to twelve months worth of credits
  • DataShaper Elite is offered with selected sample keys
To view a screen shot, you can download a hard-coded, non-interactive version of DataShaper (available as a compressed Excel spreadsheet).

Upgrades from the DataShaper Light to the Professional or Elite version can be purchased separately. Extra credits for your keys can be added later. You are authorized to resell your credits. To obtain the statistical optimizer (source code and technical support), please contact us.

  DataShaper
Light
DataShaper
Pro
DataShaper
Elite
Optimizer
     
 Features        
   displays buy and sell signals yes yes yes yes
   displays trending signals yes yes yes yes
   easy access to all formulas yes yes yes yes
   after-cost analysis yes yes yes yes
   interactive return chart yes yes yes yes
   professional sample keys - - yes yes
   credits for your keys 40 200 500 500
   newsletter free for life yes yes yes yes
   advanced technical support - yes yes yes
   optimizer source code- - - yes
   training and consulting- - - yes
   maintenance and customization- - - yes
     
 Price $95 $295 N/A N/A
   Your selection:
     

 

DataShaper: Technical Details

Technical Support: see contact information.

We provide one active key in the worksheet ActiveKey and a selection of inactive sample keys associated with various stocks, in worksheet SampleKeys. These keys have been designed with our optimizer. The active key is a set of 10 parameters found in cells B9:18. To make a key active, copy and paste its 10 parameters from worksheet SampleKeys into cells B6:15 on worksheet ActiveKey. Then by slightly modifying the parameters you can see the impact on the return chart.

A key is associated with three substrategies, depending on stock movement: up, down or stay neutral. You can track the performance of each of these substrategies in cells B27:D31. You can then modify the 10 parameters to independently optimize each substrategy according to your criterion. Four parameters (cells B15:B18) are used to detect whether the stock is going up, down, or neutral. Then each substrategy is associated with only 2 parameters: one to determine the buy price, and the other one for the sell price. Play with these parameters, and check the result.

The historical stock prices are found in cells A37:F233. You can overwrite them to update the spreadsheet (e.g. with more recent data, or with another stock). Keep in mind that the key in question may be stock-specific and might not work with other stocks.

       
daily return gain zero loss
stock trend up neutral down
Color Code table

To view all the formulas, unhide the hidden columns in the spreadsheet. The color in column AK indicates the stock trend: green for up, red for down, and grey for neutral. Column AL is an indicator of daily return: green for gain, red for loss, grey if there was no actual trade.

How to obtain suggested BUY and SELL prices?

On any day, the actual buy and sell prices may depend on the price at close. In fact, if a suggested price is not reached during the day - because it is either too low or too high - then the transaction must be performed at close of market. If you want to obtain suggested (as opposed to actual) buy and sell prices for the next business day, set "high" to 99999, "low" to 0, "open" and "close" to N/A in the corresponding row in the DataShaper.

DataShaper: Algorithm

The notation B6, B7 etc. refers to cells in the spreadsheet. First, the daily trend (up, down or neutral) is determined, using four parameters: B12, B13, B14, B15. Then, based on the trend, target buy and sell prices for tomorrow are computed, using only two parameters.
  1. Determine stock trend

    If  (today high > (1+B12) * yesterday open) and
        (today high > (1+B13) * today open) then    
        
      trend = up
    
    Else If (today high < (1-B14) * yesterday open) and
            (today high < (1-B15) * today open) then  
    
      trend = down
    
    Else  
    
      trend = neutral
    

  2. Compute target buy and sell prices for tomorrow

    If trend = up Then
    
         buy  = today close * (1-B6) 
         sell = today close * (1+B9)
    
    If trend =  down Then
    
         buy  = today close * (1-B7) 
         sell = today close * (1+B10)
    
    If trend = neutral Then
    
         buy  = today close * (1+B8)
         sell = today close * (1-B11)
    

 
 
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