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Table of ConTenTs

Swissquote SQORE User Guide

I. Introduction 3

II. Technical information 4

1. Technicalrequirements 4

2. TradeModelDevelopment 4

3. PriceFeeds 4

4. LinkingAdvancedTradertoSQORE 5

III. Main Features 11

1. TradesTab 12

2. ModelsTab 24

3. DashboardTab 31

4. SentTradesTab 36

5. MenuBar 38

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I. InTroduCTIon

A groundbreaking portal offering institutional-quality trade ideas free of charge to all traders.

SwissquoteSQOREisaninnovativeanduser-friendlyplatformwheretraderscanfindtradingmodelscoveringthemost

importantassetclasses,suchasG10andEMcurrencies,commoditiesandequityindices.

Tradeideasaregeneratedusingseveraldifferentinvestmentmodelsbasedonthelatestquantitativealgorithms.These

featuresweremadepossiblebythecollaborativeworkofprofessionaltraders,quantitativeanalystsandprogrammers.

Eachmodelcombinesmathematicalandstatisticaltechniquesthatpowerthequantitativealgorithms.

Althoughitsalgorithmicmodelsarerathersophisticated,SwissquoteSQORE’ssimpleweb-basedinterfaceisaccessibleto

novices.Theinterfaceisdividedintofourmainareas:a«Models»tabofferingawealthofinformation,adescriptionofthe

methodsandkeystatistics;a«Trades»tab,whereyou’llfindallthetradeideasfromalltheavailablemodels;a«Dashboard»

tab,wherethetradeideasselectedbytheuseraretrackedandacustomisedportfolioiscreated,replicatingthetradeideas

andmodelsformonitoringpotentialreturns;aSentTradestab,listingallthetradessenttoyourexecutionvenue.

ThephilosophyofSwissquoteSQOREistoprovideonlyinstitutionalqualitytradingideas,correspondingstatisticaldataand

modeldescription.Wepurposelyleftoutotherdecisionmakingtoolssuchasnewsfeed,analysis,chartswhichuserscanfind

elsewhereontheSwissquotewebsiteandtradingplatforms.Withtheresultingclarityandtransparency,SwissquoteSQORE

isanexcellentunbiasedalternativetotheanonymoustradeideaspublishedonsocialnetworks.

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II. TeChnICal InformaTIon

1. Technical requirements

SwissquoteSQOREisaWebplatformwhichyoucaneasilyaccessfromanycomputerwithaninternetconnection.Thereis

nosoftwaretodownloadandtheplatformworksmostpopularbrowsers(Firefox,Chrome,Explorer)andoperatingsystems,

includingApple®,Windows®andGNU/Linux.SwissquoteSQOREhasalsobeenconfiguredtoworkonmobiledevices.

2. Trade Model Development

CurrentlySwissquotedevelopsallthemodelsinternallyutilizingtheexperienceoftheStrategyDeskandQuantitative

AssetManagementDepartment.Unlikemanypeertopeerorsocialtradingcommunities,usersknowexactlywhereeach

modelcomesfrom.Wecombinetradingmethodologiesfrombanks,financialfirmsandacademia,thenbringinourown

understandingofhowmarketsfunctioninordertostartthealgorithmicdevelopmentprocess.

Creating the IT infastructure and collecting data for

backtesting

Starting with a basic market theory, then

researching techniques to capture its concept

The model is built and backtested with our

proprietary framework. It is then optimized

based on the results

framework methodology analysis

Release

Weareconstantlyresearchingnewtheoriestobuildintomodels.Thenlaunchingonesthatwebelievewillbeprofitableinthe

longterm.

3. Price Feeds

SwissquoteSQOREdataispoweredbySwissquote’sproprietarypricesviaFIXAPIfromAdvancedtrader.

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LinkingallowsSQOREtradeideastobesenttoyourtradingaccountforexecution.

SQORElinkingfunctionalitywillonlybeavailableusingSwissquoteBankAdvancedTraderAccounts,andlinkscanonlybe

accessedonSQORE.com(SwissquoteBank).

LinkscannotbecreatedfromSQORE,howeverexistinglinkscanbedeletedfromSQORE.

4. Linking Advanced Trader to SQORE & Sending Trades

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Step 1: Login to your Advanced Trader account

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Step 2: Click ‘SQORE > Create new Link’ button at top-right of Advanced Trader

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Step 3: Enter your details to create link

TocreateanewlinktoSQORE,youmustentertheirSQORELogin&password,aswellasanAlias(name),whichwillbeused

toidentifythelinkinSQORE.

Dependingonmouserollover,weshowtooltipsforeachfieldinthe‘Help’section.YouwillalsoneedtoaccepttheRisk

Disclaimerifyouhavenotdonesoalready.

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Step 4: ‘SQORE Links’ window is displayed

ThiswindowshowsallexistinglinkstothecurrentAdvancedTraderaccount.Activelinkscanbedeletedfromthiswindow,as

wellasfromtheappropriateSQOREaccount.Youcanalsocreateanewlinkbyclickingthe‘Addalink’button.

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Step 5: Click ‘Link’ to authenticate the SQORE login credentials.

IfSQORElogindetailsaresuccessfullyauthenticated,thislinkalsowillappearinSQORE>Preferences>‘Linkto

ExecutionVenue’page.

WithinSQOREthislinkcanbemadethedefaultlink,whichwillpopulatethe‘SendTrade’ticketwiththislinkbydefault.

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III. maIn feaTures

SwissquoteSQOREcomprises4mainsections,whichyoucanaccessbyclickingonthe4correspondingiconsontheleftside.

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TheTradespageistheprimarypointformostusers.Itgathersthetradeideasfromallmodelsinchronologicalorder.ItisdisplayedbydefaultwhenyoustartSwissquoteSQOREandyoucanalsoaccessitbyclickingonthecorrespondingbuttonintheQuickViewBar.

1. Trades Tab

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A. Circles

CirclesplayabigpartinthevisualisationschemeofSwissquoteSQORE.Circlesallowthetradertoquicklyandeffectivelyevaluatethecurrentstatusofatradeidea.

Blue Circlesrepresenttradesthatareactive(havenotreachedstop-lossortakeprofit).Pleasenotethatthatthebluecolordoesnotinitselfindicateprofitorlossofasignal,onlythatthetradeideaisactive.

Red Circles representtradesclosedbyreachingtheirstop-loss.TheirP&Listhereforenegative.

Green Circles representtradeideasclosedbyreachingtheirtake-profit.TheirP&Lispositive.

Gray Circles representtradeideasthathavebeeninthemarketlongerthannaturalforthatmodelandareconsidereddecayed.WewouldsuggestthatsuchtradeideasarenolongerrelevantandthereforeshouldbeclosedregardlessofP&L.

Filled Circles representtradeideasthatyouarelookingtotrack.TheywillbereplicatedinyourDashboardandwillbeusedinperformancecalculations.Justclickonanactivecircletoswitchitsstatusfromemptytofull(andviceversa).

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B. Trade Ideas Panel

TheTradeIdeaspanelshowsallthesignificantinformationforthelatesttradeideas.Eachtradeideabarcontains:

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IndicatesifthetradeideaisActive,ClosedorDecayed.Youcanactivatethetrackingfunctionbyclickingthecircle.

Avisualindicatorshowingwhichmodelgeneratedthatparticulartradeidea.

Providestheabbreviatedmodelnameandwrittenstateofthetradeidea.

Clickingthetrackfillsthecircleandactivatesthetrackingfunction.TraderscanunclicktheTrackcircle(empty)onlywhenthetradedisactive.OncethetradeideaiscloseditalwaysremainstrackedandthereforeintheTradersDashboard.

OnceyouhavelinkedyourSQOREaccounttoanexecutionvenue,theSendTradebuttonwillbehighlightednexttoactivetradeideas.ClickittoopentheSendTradeTicket.Pleasenotethattradeideasinvolvingmorethanasingletrade(suchastheonesgeneratedbytheStatArbmodel)cannotbeexecuteddirectlyfromSwissquoteSQOREatthetimebeing.Youwillhavetoexecutethemmanuallyfromyourexecutionvenue.

Thisistheaggregatesreal-timeProfit&Lossofalltheassetswithinatradeidea(representedasapercent).Atradeideacanhaveoneassetormultiple.

Thisistheentrypriceforthetradeidea.

Thedirectionofthetradeidea.Buy(long)orSell(short).

Showstheactualassetsymbolbeingtraded.

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Send Trade Idea for Execution

Tosendatradetoyourtradingaccountforexecution,withinSQOREclickthe‘Send’buttonnexttorequiredTradeIdea.

Youatthispointcanamend&confirmthetradedetailstobesenttotheirtradingaccount.

Youcan:

• Amendtradequantity/size

• Amend/deleteSLand/orTP

• ChooseanAlias(thetradingaccountthattradeideawillbesent)

Clicking‘SendTrade’willshowyouaconfirmationthattheideahasbeen

successfullysent(orappropriateerrormessage).

Thistradeidea(includingSL/TPasnecessary)willthenappearinyoulinked

AdvancedTraderaccount.PreviouslysenttradesalsoappearinSQORE>‘Sent

Trades’tab.

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Expanded Trade Idea Bar

Simplyclickonatradeideabartoexpanditandaccessadditionalinformation:

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Take-Profitshowninpipform.

Forsingle-assettradeideasthequantityisalways1.Formulti-assettradesqualitywillbeadivisionof1.1quantityshouldbeviewedasthetotalsizeofatrader’saverageposition.

Areferencenumberspecifictoeachidea.

Providestheexactdateandtimewhenthetradeideawasenteredintothemarket.

Indicateswhichmodelprovidedthetradeidea.

Givestheexactdurationatradeideahasbeenactiveinthemarket.

Stop-Lossshowninpipform.

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ClickonthefilterbuttonatthetopoftheTradeIdeasPaneltodisplaytheassetfilterpop-up.Hereyoucanfiltertradeideasbyunderlyingassettype.Selecttheassettypesyouareinterestedin,andyouwillonlyseetradeideasforthatassettype(FX,Commodities,Indices,other).

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C. Visualization Panel

Thereisvaluableinformationinhowatradeideamoves.TheVisualizationpanelprovidesyouwithaglobalviewofhowtradeideasareperformingduringtheirlifecycle.

Inordertoseeadditionalinformation

aboutaspecificidea,justhoverover

acircleandapop-upwillappearwith

allthepertinentdata.Inaddition,

therelevanttradeideabarwillbe

highlightedinblack.

TheX-axis(horizontalaxis)showsP&L

inpercentage(%)change.

TheY-axis(verticalaxis)showsTime.

Timeisbrokendowninto3sections.

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Thissectionvisualizesthebeginning

ofthecyclefortradeideas.Most

tradesenterthemarketslightlyin

thenegativeduetospreadcosts.The

markersontheY-axis(Now,-3h,-

6h,-9h,-12h)indicatethehourssince

inception.Ifatradeideahasbeenin

themarketfor3hrs,thecirclewill

beonthe-3hline.Thelongeratrade

ideaisinthemarket,thelowerthe

circledrops.Afterthefirst12hours

thetradeideamigratesintothenext

section.

a) Top secTion

C. Visualization Panel

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Thissectionvisualizesrestofthetrade

ideascycle.Thedistancefromthe

section’stoptothebottomrepresents

thetimeatradeideaisviable.As

timeprogressesthecirclemoves

downwardsrepresentingthepassage

oftime.Eachtradeideahasa

frequency(daily,weekly,monthly)were

therationalsupportingthetradeis

viable.Outsidethatperiodthetrade

isnolongeraviabletrade.Soadaily

tradeidea’smiddlesectionbottomis

located12hoursaftermigratingfrom

thetopsection,whileaweeklytrade

idea’sbottomislocated4daysand

12hrsaftermigratingfromthetop

section.

b) Middle secTion

C. Visualization Panel

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thissectionvisualisesthefinalstage

ofthetradeidea.Ifineitherofthetop

ormiddlesectionatradeideareaches

itsstoplossortakeprofitthetradeis

closedandmigratedintothebottom

section.Thismigrationishighlighted

byablinkingcirclewhichthenchanges

colour(redorgreen)inthebottom

section.Closedtradeideaswillstayin

thebottomsectionfor24hrs.

c) boTToM secTion

C. Visualization Panel

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Themodelspagecontainscriticalinformationtodecidewhichmodelsortradeideasmatchyourstyle.YoucanaccessitbyclickingonthecorrespondingbuttonintheQuickViewBar.Themodelspageisdividedintothreesections.

2. Models Tab

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A. Models Panel

AlistofalltheavailablemodelscurrentlyrunningonSwissquoteSQORE.Eachmodeltiledisplaysthemodel’sicon,name,annualizedreturnssincethestartingpointofthebacktestandgenericrisklevel.Clickonanytiletohighlightitanddisplayitsdetaileddataonthemiddleandrightpanels.

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B. Middle Panel

TheMiddlePanelprovidesallthecriticalinformationforthehighlightedmodel.

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a. ModelDescription:explainsthemethodologybehindthetradingmodel.Everystrategyhasauniqueapproach tocapturingreturns.UsetheMORElinktoexpandthedescriptionbox.

b. ModelSummary:outlineskeyinformationaboutthetradingmodel

i. Asset Class:displaysthemainassetclasstradedinthemodel.

ii. Win Ratio:indicateshowoftenamodelmakeswinningtradesversuslosingtrades.Itissimplythe

numberofwinningtradesdividedbythetotalnumberoftrades.

iii. Traded Assets:providesthespecificassetstradedinthemodel

iv. Open Positions:providesthenumberofactivetradeideasfromthemodelcurrentinthemarket

v. Trade Frequency:ageneralindicatorshowinghowoftenamodelgeneratestradeideas

vi. Risk Strategy:ageneralindicationofhowvolatileamodelis

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c. BacktestInformationTabs

i. Performancedisplaysachartshowingthemodel’sperformanceoverthepast5years

ii. Statisticsdisplaysseveralkeystatisticsfroma5-yearbacktest:

1. Totalclosedticket–totalnumberoftradeideasgeneratedsinceinception

2. Expired–numberoftradeideasthatdecayedbeforereachingalimit

3. WinRatio–indicateshowoftenamodelmakeswinningtradesversuslosingtrades.Seethe

formulaintheModelSummaryabove.

4. P&L–profitorlosssinceinception.TheP&Liscalculatedandupdatedevery5minutes.

Sincethereare288intervalsof5-minperday,P&Lisbeupdated288timesperday.TheP&L

iscalculatedbyusingDailyReturn(DR).

5. AnnualizedReturn-Foreachdaywecalculatethecumulatedreturnofallthe5minaverage

logreturnstogetthedailyreturn:

WhereNB=288,whichisthenumberof5-minintervalsduringoneday.Foreachday,itis24

hours,whichis24*60minutes.Thereare24*12=288ALRsduringoneday.Wesumthese

288ALRstogethertogettheDailyReturn(DR).

FromDRwecancalculateannualizedreturns

WhereNisthenumberofdaysforthestatscalculation

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6. AnnualizedVolatility

7. AnnualizedSharperatio

8. AnnualizedSortinoratio:NEGDRiareallthenegativedailyreturns,Nnegisthenumberof thenegativedailyreturns.

iii. Allocation isacleanvisualizationtoolthatshowswhatassetsandhowmuchofeachasset(asa

percentage)wastradedsinceinception.Hoveringoverthedifferentcolorswillchangetheassetand

percentageinthemiddle.

iv. Monthly Performanceisasimplewaytoviewhistoricalbacktestedperformanceonamonthlyand

yearlybasis.Positivemonthsareingreenandnegativemonthsaregray.Themonthlydataisupdated

onadailybasis(17:00CET).

d. Star–clickingonthestarnexttothemodelnameatthetopwilltrackallthetradeideasfromtheselected

model.Thismeansthateveryactiveandincomingtradeideawillbeautomaticallytracked(circlesfilled)and

placedintoyourDashboard.

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C. Trade Ideas side panel

Showsashortenedversionofthetradeideabarwithonlystate,type,assetid,entrypriceandP&L.Itlistsallthelatesttradeideasgeneratedbytheselectedmodel.

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TheDashboardisthewaytocustomizeyourSwissquoteSQOREbychoosingthemodelsandtradeideasthatappealtoyou.AllyourtrackedtradeideasarereplicatedintheDashboardandbecomepartofyourportfolio.YoucanaccesstheDashboardbyclickingonthecorrespondingbuttonintheQuickViewBar.TheDashboardismadeupoffourelements.

3. Dashboard Tab

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Showsalltheactivetrackedtrade

ideas.Thex-axis(horizontalaxis)

showsthedistancefromStopLoss&

TakeProfitpoints.They-axis(vertical

axis)istime.

Thecircleswillalsodecreaseinsizeas

thetimeinmarketincreases.Atrade

ideawitha2%takeprofitand1%stop

loss,andatradeideawitha0.5%take

profitand0.25%stoplosswillhavethe

samestartinglocation.

However,innormalconditionsthe

tradeideawithlargerlimitswillmove

moreslowly(unlessvolatilityinthat

assetisextremelyhigher).

A. TrAcked TrAde ideAs:

3. Dashboard Tab

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Apersonalizedportfolioaggregating

alltheunderlyingstatisticsforyour

trackedtradeideas.Thedefinitionsfor

eachstatisticsarethesameasatthe

modellevel.

b. My sTATisTics:

3. Dashboard Tab

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Achartshowingtheannualreturnsfor

yourportfolio.

c. My perforMAnce:

3. Dashboard Tab

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Avisualrepresentationofkeystatistics.

d. diAls:

3. Dashboard Tab

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4. Sent Trades Tab

TheSentTradesTablistsallthetradesthatyousentforexecutionfromSwissquoteSQORE.Beforeyoucanusethisfeature,youmustfirstlinkSwissquoteSQOREtoanexecutionvenue.

Afteryouhaveestablishedoneormorelinks,allthetradesthatyousendforexecutionfromtheTradesTabwillbelistedherealongwiththefollowinginformation:

Thenamethatyouchoseforthatspecificlinktoanexecutionvenue.

IconrepresentingtheModelwhichgeneratedthetradeidea

NameoftheModelwhichgeneratedthetradeidea

BuyorSellorder

NameoftheExecutionVenue

Nameofthetradedasset

Timeatwhichthetradeideawassentforexecution

Atthemoment,onlyManualexecutionisavailable

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4. Sent Trades Tab

AlltradessenttoyourexecutionvenuefromSQOREareshownintheSentTradespage.Informationregardingthetime&datesent,Asset,directionandexecutionvenuedetailsaredisplayed.

Additionally,theprevious5senttradesareshownintheSentTradesquickviewbar.Thisquickviewbarisdisplayedafteryousendyourfirsttradetobeexecuted,andisviewablefromallpageswithinSQORE.

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5. Menu Bar

Themenubaratthetopofthescreenremainsthesameregardlessofthetabyouareviewing.Itprovidesaccesstothefollowingoptions:

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ThePreferencesbuttonallowstheuser

tocustomiseSQOREtotheirliking.

A. preferences

4. Menu Bar

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StrategySelectionallowsyouto

customizeSwissquoteSQOREtoyour

preferredrisklevel.Youcanalsotweak

theStrategySelectiontoseehoweach

modelwouldperformunderdifferent

parameters.TheStrategySelectionis

basedonavolatilitymultipliertoadjust

tochangingmarketdynamics.

Pleasenotethattheinformation

provideontheModelspageisforthe

defaultsettinganddoesnotchange

withthestrategyselection.Swissquote

SQOREwillalwayscalculatethe

modelsbasedonthedefault

preferences.

A. preferences - sTrATegy selecTion

4. Menu Bar

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EachofthefiveoptionsadjuststheTakeprofitandStoplossstrategy.

a)Default:thebasicTP/SLlevels

generatedbythealgorithms.

b)Aggressive:fortradersthat

arewillingtotakemoreriskby

enlargingthedownside(SL)and

tighteningtheupside(TP).In

theorythiswouldincreasethe

probabilityofhigherwinning

tradesandalsoincreasethesize

ofthedownsidedrawdown.

c)Balanced:inthisstrategythe

TP/SLpointsareequidistantly

spacedapart.

4. Menu Bar

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d)Conservative:fortradersthat

aremoreriskaverse.Thisstrategy

setsatightdownside(SL)and

expandstheupsidepotential(TP).

Intheorythisstrategywillhavea

highamountofsmalllosingtrades

(lowwinratio)andbigwinning

trades.

EachofthefiveoptionsadjuststheTakeprofitandStoplossstrategy.

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SQORE.TherewillbenoSLorTP

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(whichmaytakeupto1month).In

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TrackedTradeIdeassection.

EachofthefiveoptionsadjuststheTakeprofitandStoplossstrategy.

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