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Re: NASDAQ signals: Clarification



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There are more problems here than just the test time involved.

The NASDAQ 100 is in a constant state of flux. Stocks are frequently 
added and deleted from the index. If you try to reconstruct the 
index from the individual component stocks you will find it an 
impossible task. NASDAQ does not make available a history of the 
changes in the component stocks (AFAIK) so you are out of luck there.

The current composition of the NASDAQ 100 represents a considerable 
survivorship bias that negates historical reconstruction for 
component stocks. ie: all the losers got dropped from the 
index....only the winners remain.

I believe that you will only be able to go back perhaps two to three 
years before the testing becomes meaningless.

Sorry
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