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[amibroker] Re: The transcendental use of Data: An application



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So be it ...

The IDEA I was trying to share was validity of system testing which 
includes out of sample results and why when this isn't done your 
likely to find out the hard way.  I find it of no particular surprise 
that this has no particluar value to discretionary traders, but then 
I also have no idea why discretionary traders need/want tools like AB.

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx> wrote:
> Fred,
> 
> This is exactly what endears Dimitris to many of us here. He has 
provided
> you all the material needed to run the test your self. He has 
presented a
> well thought out argument for why he believes it holds value. There 
is no
> hidden code, no magic box just the system as he implemented it. Run 
your own
> tests and decide if the approach suites your own needs. If after 
running the
> system tests, optimized to your specifications and run over the 
time frame
> you deem necessary, you find his system holds no value then simply 
move on.
> If on the other hand you find some tid bit of it that holds promise 
in your
> eyes then run with it. Improve upon it and then, please, post your
> improvements. That is the goal of a group like this, to share ideas 
and
> hopefully grow from that sharing. Encouraging rather than 
discouraging this
> type of sharing is what keeps active groups productive else all we 
are doing
> is offering free tech support for the product.
> 
> Jayson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred <fctonetti@xxxx> [mailto:fctonetti@x...]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:18 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: The transcendental use of Data: An 
application
> 
> 
> > Fred, read please my
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/34143
> 
> Irrelevant ... You continue to very conveniently skirt the issue.
> 
> What timeframe was this optimization for ?
> 
> Show the results of trading the same system using the same 
parameters
> for some year long out of sample period prior to that.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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