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I am trying to optimize a function using scipy.optimize, but it does not converge. I have a trading strategy with a default stop-loss based on the lowest price over 20 days. I want to optimize this stop-loss with 2 variables (i.e. I want it to be higher or lower depending on these variables). The result of the objective function is the total return. What is the best way to do this?

>> df close stop_loss variable_1 variable_2 0 111.79 114.080429 -1.124674 -0.573896 1 113.04 114.080429 -0.750894 -0.574460 2 113.07 114.080429 -0.653854 -0.572659 3 111.06 114.080429 -1.014128 -0.520336 4 109.65 112.613320 -1.258951 -0.424078 def objective(x, df): long_ = df['close'] > (df['stop_loss'] * (df['variable_1'] * x[0] + 1) * (df['variable_2'] * x[1] + 1)) returns = ((df['close'].pct_change(1).shift(-1) * long_).dropna() + 1).cumprod() return -returns[-1] res = minimize(objective, np.array([1, 1]), args=(df), method='nelder-mead', options={'tol': 1e-8, 'disp': True})
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    $\begingroup$Did you tried other optimization algorithms, for example genetic algorithm?$\endgroup$
    – Allan
    CommentedAug 8, 2022 at 13:41
  • $\begingroup$I am not familiar with genetic algorithms. Is there a particular one you would suggest?$\endgroup$
    – Pier-Olivier Marquis
    CommentedAug 8, 2022 at 18:09
  • $\begingroup$Try the simplest one that you find for start. If you're using python try this one github.com/rmsolgi/geneticalgorithm$\endgroup$
    – Allan
    CommentedAug 9, 2022 at 14:29

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Hi and welcome to the DS community. A couple of quick questions.

  1. Any specific reasons using 'nelder-mead' method
  2. You mind sharing the a sample dataset in order to better gauge the problem
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  • $\begingroup$1. No. I also tried BFGS and the result is the same. 2. I added it to the question. + The first line of code acts as an indicator function. This might not be appropriate to use with scipy.optimize. The issue is the result I am trying to optimize depends on variables that themselves are optimized. I think it can be solved with reinforcement learning, but perhaps not with traditional optimization.$\endgroup$
    – Pier-Olivier Marquis
    CommentedAug 8, 2022 at 12:47

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