SignalsTradeBot started in 2017 as an online dashboard for monitoring funds on the Amsterdam stock exchange. The starting point was: what does the data have to tell us. The graphs and analyzes were all based on advanced data analysis and not on ‘Technical Analysis’. In fact, we had no knowledge of Fundamental and Technical Analysis at all. Our roots were in consultancy and how you can help companies to optimize their commercial and business processes with data analysis.
In order to better serve investors, we wanted to show as little complicated charts as possible. We just wanted to ‘interpret automatically’ the graphs. Our goal was: given all those charts and tables, which funds should you buy or not buy, which should you keep and which should you sell. This created an algorithm that took over the ’thinking work’ from us. So we could focus on making the smart algorithm even smarter.
But we also wanted to be transparent: how much money do you earn if you follow the ‘signals’ of the algoritme. And not just for the last month. new! Over the last 12 months. So we made a program that calculates the return over more than 30 periods and then the average over all those periods. Okay, you know the old saying: past returns are no guarantee for the future. But we as data analysts also know better than anyone: the past is the best predictor of the future