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Re: [amibroker] Re: TJ, Dynamic Portfolio capabilities



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Hello,

You are correct. This mode will be (much) slower but the option to turn this off will be available
to retain AFL original speed.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "b519b" <b519b@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:32 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: TJ, Dynamic Portfolio capabilities


> Tomasz,
> 
> I understand it will be a major overhaul of the backtest engine. I 
> look forward to using it when it comes. 
> 
> I also expect it might slow the backtester down to a degree. 
> Therefore I hope it can be an option that can be turned off to get 
> the fastest speed possible for running optimizations. 
> 
> Hope your vacation was refreshing. Hope you also take a few 
> afternoons off to enjoy the Polish sun this summer. 
> 
> b
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> wrote:
> > Richard,
> > 
> > Yes I plan to support by the end of this year this but please 
> understand that this is complete overhaul
> > of the backtester.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Richard Alford 
> > To: amibroker@xxxx 
> > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 3:13 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] TJ: Dynamic Portfolio capabilities? was TJ -
> Plug-in capabilities?
> > 
> > 
> > This is an important and widely held desire, to be able to 
> backtest "dynamic portfolios", i.e. portfolios which select from the 
> sub-universe based on criteria and then update periodically or as 
> necessary based upon criteria.
> > 
> > This has been mentioned in the past, and I thought Tomasz has 
> replied in the affirmative although I could be wrong about the 
> latter.
> > 
> > Please comment Tomasz, and hopefully in the affirmative. What 
> are your plans for Dynamic Portfolios?
> > 
> > Cordially,
> > 
> > Richard
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Steve Dugas 
> > To: amibroker@xxxx 
> > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 7:34 AM
> > Subject: [amibroker] TJ - Plug-in capabilities?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi TJ,
> > 
> > Hope you had a very nice vacation. Welcome back!
> > 
> > My employer will pay for me to take classes, so I am thinking 
> about signing up for a class in object-oriented programming. I just 
> have a couple of questions regarding what types of testing it would 
> be possible to do in AB with scripts/plug-ins. What I would like to 
> do is this:
> > 
> > On the 1st day of the backtest period, test all stocks in list 
> for my buy signals, evaluate the ones that pass and buy the one that 
> best meets my criteria. Later, when I get a sell signal, sell that 
> stock and buy a (probably) different one using the same test 
> procedure as before. So, for example, over a 2 year period, my test 
> would consist of buying and selling maybe 10 or 20 different stocks, 
> using the same system. My questions are:
> > 
> > 1. Using a script or plug-in, would it be possible to do this 
> now in AB?
> > 
> > 2. If not, any plans to add this capability in the future?
> > 
> > 3. If not possible now, could I instead write a stand-
> alone .exe which would access the AB database directly via Object 
> Model or some other method and do this? In this case, I guess I 
> would not actually be using AB itself, just its database. The idea 
> would be to do this type of multi-stock testing and get the results 
> by creating my own report. Thank you very much for any help or 
> advice!
> > 
> > Best Wishes,
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
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