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[amibroker] Re: Backtest Methods



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Ken,

That's excellent. Thanks.

Steve

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ken Close" <closeks@xxxx> wrote:
> Steve:
> 
> Assume you run the QQQ price thru your system and generate the buys 
and
> sells.
> 
> If you change your indicator so that it uses the QQQ, then the buy 
and
> sell rules will trigger the prices in each member of your watchlist.
> 
> So, say I am trading and optimizing a ma.
> 
> Price = C;
> KeySignal = Cross(Price,MA(Price,10);
> 
> Buy = Keysignal;
> 
> Now to maintain the signal but trade a watchlist, you must alter the
> Price line
> 
> Price = Foreign("QQQ","C");
> 
> All the rest remains the same.
> 
> When you cycle thru the watchlist each buy command is executed 
against
> the arrays of each stock in your watchlist, but the Keysignal line
> remains the same, using the QQQ array.
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve_Almond <steve_almond@xxxx>
> [mailto:steve_almond@x...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:10 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Backtest Methods
> 
> Is it possible to take the trade dates generated by backtesting an 
> Index, and use those same dates to 'trade' a basket of stocks?
> 
> Simple example:
> Backtest QQQ using a buy signal when it closes above the 50 day 
EMA, 
> a sell signal when it closes below the 50 day EMA. This generates a 
> list of Buy/Sell trade dates.
> Now use these same Buy/Sell trade dates on the individual stocks in 
> the NDX index.
> 
> Possible?
> 
> Steve
> 
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