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[amibroker] Re: Help - Unrealistic Results



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Stewart, the code you have produces this on DOW30 starting
Jan 2002 till last friday, and that is why I can't see the
"too good to be true" porblem.

nand


AmiBroker System Test ReportOverall performance summary
       
      Total net profit:-145877.35 Total commissions paid:80031.44
      Return on account:-48.63 %  Open position gain/loss-36.07
      Buy&Hold profit:-53466.63 Bars (avg. days) in test:9780 (471)
      Buy&Hold % return:-17.82% System to Buy&Hold index:-172.84%
       
      Annual system % return:-40.32% Annual B&H % return:-14.11%
       
      System drawdown:-8609.98 B&H drawdown:-8267.70
      Max. system drawdown:-10253.87 B&H max. drawdown:-8682.99
      Max. system % drawdown:-86.17% B&H max. % drawdown:-83.36%
      Max. trade drawdown:-5122.56   
      Max. trade % drawdown:-57.37%   
      Trade drawdown:-4563.20   
       
      Total number of trades:9654 Percent profitable:44.4%
      Number winning trades:4287 Number losing trades:5367
      Profit of winners:561880.48 Loss of losers:-707815.48
      Total # of bars in winners:8253 Total # of bars in losers:8367
      Commissions paid in winners:35548.72 Commissions paid in 
losers:44482.72
       
      Largest winning trade:2173.05 Largest losing trade:-3556.80
      # of bars in largest winner:2 # bars in largest loser:2
      Commission paid in largest winner:19.80 Commission paid in 
largest 
      loser:4.56
       
      Average winning trade:131.07 Average losing trade:-131.88
      Avg. # of bars in winners:1.9 Avg. # bars in losers:1.6
      Avg. commission paid in winner:8.29 Avg. commission paid in 
loser:8.29
      Max consec. winners:10 Max consec. losers:13
       
      Bars out of the market:31 Interest earned:0.00
       
      Exposure:99.7% Risk adjusted ann. return:-40.45%
      Ratio avg win/avg loss:0.99 Avg. trade (win & loss):-15.12
      Profit factor:0.79 



--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nkis22" <nkishor@xxxx> wrote:
> Not to me, not unrealistic, cos most systems lose a
> a lot and so does what u have coded. 
> 
> For unrelaistic means an outrageously high profit, which is
> typical of forward looking codes.
> 
> 
> nand
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stewart <stewart@xxxx> wrote:
> > this doesn't look unrealistic?
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "nkis22" <nkishor@xxxx>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 4:31 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Help - Unrealistic Results
> > 
> > 
> > > Results are very poor on DOW30 from Jan 02 till now, so I don't
> > > see the problem. Tested both weekly and daily bars
> > > nand
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stewart <stewart@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > I was experimenting with a system, similiar to the one below. 
> I'm
> > > getting very unrealistic results, and I can't figure out why.
> > > > I don't believe the system is forward looking, does anyone 
else
> > > have an idea?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Stewart
> > > >
> > > > System:
> > > >
> > > > Buy = C > Ref(C,-1) ;
> > > >
> > > > Sell= C < Ref(C,-1) ;
> > > >
> > > > Short= C < Ref(C,-1) ;
> > > >
> > > > Cover = C > Ref(C,-1);
> > > >
> > > > ApplyStop(Optimize( "Type", 1, 0, 3, 1 ),Optimize( "Mode", 
1,0, 
> 1,
> > > 1 ) ,Optimize( "Amount", 0, 0, 3, 1 ),1,1);
> > > >
> > > > Equity(1);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The system settings are:
> > > >
> > > >       Settings
> > > >
> > > >       Initial Equity: 10000  Periodicity/Positions:  
Daily/Long
> > > Short
> > > >       Commissions: 0.01 per share  Annual interest rate: 5.00%
> > > >       Range: 99 days  Apply to: Filter
> > > >       Include Filter    Exclude Filter
> > > >       Market -  Market -
> > > >       Group -  Group Indicies
> > > >       Sector -  Sector -
> > > >       Industry -  Industry -
> > > >       Watch list Main Universe  Watch list -
> > > >       Index -  Index Yes
> > > >       Favourite -  Favourite -
> > > >       Margin requirement: 75  Futures mode: No
> > > >       Def. round lot size: 1  Def. Tick Size 1
> > > >       Drawdowns based on: Close prices
> > > >       Long trades
> > > >       Buy price: Open  Sell price:  Close
> > > >       Buy delay: 1  Sell delay:  0
> > > >       Short trades
> > > >       Short price: Open  Cover price:  Close
> > > >       Short delay: 1  Cover delay:  0
> > > >       Stops
> > > >       Maximum loss: disabled  Profit target:  disabled
> > > >       Value: 15.00  Value:  0.00
> > > >       Exit at stop? yes  Exit at stop?  no
> > > >
> > > >       Trailing stop: disabled
> > > >       Value: 10.00
> > > >       Exit at stop? yes
> > >
> > >
> > >
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