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I guess I must have come close to tugging on Superman's Cape ....
Phsst said with a wink and a nod.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 1. Does your Visual Basic backtester handle:
> a) stops
> b) futures
> c) interest rate
> d) position sizing
> e) drawdown calculations
> f) equity
> g) futures mode
>
> 2. Did you ever think about the fact that your AFL formula
> is INTERPRETED at the run time by C++ program
> while your VB hard-coded formula is compiled.
>
> 3. Did you ever think that in case of QP2 database
> the QP2 is the MAJOR limiting factor.
>
> Try running this on AB native database and you will see the difference.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <phsst@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:55 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Developer Kit
>
>
> > <2x speed improvement>
> >
> > I benchmarked my own VB 6.0 backtesting software against Amibroker.
> >
> > The specs for the backtest included full QP2 database over a 3000 bar
> > period. Stradegy was the same for both pieces of software (I'm trying
> > to switch to AB, so I want to be sure I have matching results.)
> >
> > Run time for VB 6.0 = 972 seconds
> > Run time for C++ = 838 seconds
> >
> > Computer speed is 1.7 mhz.
> >
> > Not a 2x speed improvement.
> >
> > I would express the opinion that if you already know VB 6.0 and don't
> > know C++, you might have a steep learning curve ahead of you.
> >
> > JMO... Phsst
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > You could expect:
> > > - 2x speed improvement
> > > - automatic syntax highlighting of your functions exported from
C++ DLL.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > amibroker.com
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <gmulhall@xxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:22 AM
> > > Subject: [amibroker] Developer Kit
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've built a COM object using Visual Basic. All works well but
I'm
> > > > wondering how much improvement I could expect by recoding and
> > > > recompiling in C++.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas anyone ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Geoff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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