Aphna Base

Starting settings for a symbol, so you never begin from a blank page. You finish them yourself in Aphna Builder.

What a base is

• Settings that came close to passing: 3 to 5 of the 7 standards in-sample, with at least 52 trades over the year.
• A starting point, not a finished strategy. You finish it, and the strategy you finish is yours.
• Other traders may be given the same base. Each finishes it differently. Two traders can never run identical settings: approval is refused if the exact settings already trade for someone else.

Getting bases

1. In your dashboard, open Base.
2. Choose the symbol. Only symbols with bases are listed. The name in brackets is the price feed the base was found on, for example XAUUSD (FXCM). Use the same feed on your chart; in TradingView that is FX:XAUUSD.
3. If you like, narrow it down: chart timeframe, direction, trades a year (52+, 70+ or 90+), profit and drawdown. Leave them on Any for the most results.
4. Press Search. You get up to 5 new bases, best first. Click one to see its settings.
5. Search again for more. Bases you were given before are kept under You've had these before.

Symbol not listed? Use Tell us which. We read every request, but can't promise when, or whether, a symbol will be added.

Entering a base

1. Open a chart of the same symbol, on the same feed and timeframe.
2. Add Aphna Builder and accept the disclaimer.
3. Enter the settings from top to bottom, in the order shown. They follow the Builder's own order.
4. Leave everything else at the Builder's default.

The Builder should show a similar in-sample score. Small differences are normal: bases are up to 30 days old, and the months tested move forward.

Finishing a base

Finish it the same way as any strategy, as guide 3 explains:

• Work on the in-sample months only until the strategy passes all seven standards with enough trades.
• Then check OOS once. If it fails, don't tune it until OOS passes: that is fitting to the test. Start again from another base.
• Only a strategy that passes is ready to go live (guide 6).

A base comes from past prices. Like any strategy, a finished one can lose money.