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[amibroker] Re: Random Data Generator



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This is what I am looking for
< http://www.metronome-trading.com.au/ > HistoryMaker. Free download 
but only has 90 days data. I have tried emailing the owner and don't 
get a response.

Thanks,

John
---In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John" <jea55129@xxxx> wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> See Below
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Merrill" <dmerrill@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > maybe I'm being a non-mathematical wimp, but how could a trading 
> system
> > predict genuinely random behavior?
>  
>   I'm not looking to predict the market. Just react to it. So
> many 
> times I find a decent system on one equity, only to find that it 
> doesn't work on another.
> 
> >I'd think a trading system that did well
> > at that would be trading on residual non-random behavior of the 
> generator.
> > 
> > are markets actually random?
> 
> I personally think the markets are random but that's another 
> discussion. 
> 
> >. if they really are, excel and AB both can
> > generate random numbers.
>  
> I am looking for o/h/l/c  Can Ami produce that? How?
> 
> > if you mean something that's "random" but somehow
> > similar to "the market", I'd be even more afraid that a winning 
> strategy
> > would be trading on patterns in the generator itself, rather than 
> something
> > inherent in the market.
> 
> Yes I agree. I don't know if this will work or not. Its probably 
> already been tested.
> > 
> > dave
> > 
> >   I am looking for a random data generator. I have looked at Ami
> >   function and in excel. But neither produce o/h/l/c. I want to 
be 
> able
> >   to import the data into Ami and backtest on the same data. My
> >   thinking is to backtest over several sets of data and if the 
> results
> >   are close maybe I have something.
> > 
> >   Any thoughts
> > 
> >   Thanks
> > 
> >   John
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Merrill" <dmerrill@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > maybe I'm being a non-mathematical wimp, but how could a trading 
> system
> > predict genuinely random behavior? I'd think a trading system 
that 
> did well
> > at that would be trading on residual non-random behavior of the 
> generator.
> > 
> > are markets actually random? if they really are, excel and AB 
both 
> can
> > generate random numbers. if you mean something that's "random" 
but 
> somehow
> > similar to "the market", I'd be even more afraid that a winning 
> strategy
> > would be trading on patterns in the generator itself, rather than 
> something
> > inherent in the market.
> > 
> > dave
> > 
> >   I am looking for a random data generator. I have looked at Ami
> >   function and in excel. But neither produce o/h/l/c. I want to 
be 
> able
> >   to import the data into Ami and backtest on the same data. My
> >   thinking is to backtest over several sets of data and if the 
> results
> >   are close maybe I have something.
> > 
> >   Any thoughts
> > 
> >   Thanks
> > 
> >   John


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