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Jitu,

As Gary has already mentioned FastTrack is a good sourse.  There are 
probably others as well.

Fred

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jtelang" <jtelang@xxxx> wrote:
> Fred/Gary,
> 
> Thanks for the very informative post. Seems I've got lots of
> reading to do before I even ask another question. So I might
> come back to this after doing some RTFM'ing at the sites you
> pointed to.
> 
> Just one quick follow-up question before I start reading up
> on it... So who would you recommend as the data vendor? I'm 
> currently using QP3 for stocks. Is that not good enough (just
> for backtesting) in your opinion?
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Jitu
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <fctonetti@xxxx> wrote:
> > One other gotcha ...
> > 
> > MOST data vendors do NOT adjust for dividends and distributions 
so 
> be 
> > carefull where you get data from.
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <fctonetti@xxxx> wrote:
> > > See below ...
> > > 
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jtelang" <jtelang@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I was planning to run some backtests on MF data, but I've
> > > > never traded them before, so was hoping people who trade
> > > > them (Fred?) could offer some insights on some basic 
> > > > questions -
> > > > 
> > > > 1. What are the good measures to identify liquidity and
> > > > market cap of a MF?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > You can check their total assets at Morningstar or elsewhere.  
If 
> > you 
> > > mean the market cap that some particular fund invests in you 
can 
> > > usually tell by it's name and if not then at Morningstar.
> > >  
> > > > 2. Are there any funds that are more advantageous to trade
> > > > than others? Are the any gotchas in some, which should be
> > > > avoided?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Not to be silly but that's like asking if there are any stocks 
> that 
> > > are more advantageous than others.  In trading/investing in 
mf's  
> > > remember that you are basically trading the portfolio managers 
> > > ability to select companies to be included and his timeliness 
for 
> > > getting rid of dogs etc.  As far as individual companies that 
> they 
> > > select based on their fundamentals they will as a rule of 
course 
> be 
> > > much farther up on the knowledge curve then individual 
investors 
> > > are.  The main gotcha I would point out is that for the most 
> part, 
> > I 
> > > would not think of mf's as short term vehicles.  The industry 
has 
> > in 
> > > a variety of quarters started putting on early redemption fees 
> for 
> > > short term trading which can wind up being the same as slippage 
> for 
> > > those who short term trade.  By the same token however, there 
are 
> > > ways around this via hedging etc.
> > > 
> > > > 3. Any market signal better than others to identify market
> > > > trend when it comes to MF's, i.e. is RUT better than SPX or
> > > > does it not matter much? Any others that work better according
> > > > to market cap or type of the fund?
> > > > 
> > > As Gary points out in his Camtasia presentation a market timing 
> > > signal ought to be in tune with what one is trading so as a 
> result 
> > I 
> > > would say that if you are interested in trading small cap mf's 
> that 
> > a 
> > > timing signal that related to what RUT was doing would be 
> > > appropriate.  There are of course loads of index oriented funds 
> out 
> > > there but as a rule these are not where the best opportunities 
> are.
> > > 
> > > > 4. Using 0.1% as commission in backtests is realistic,
> > > > since there's no slippage involved, is that right?
> > > > 
> > > This is a function of what your brokerage charges and the size 
of 
> > > your trades.  But yes there should be no slippage.  EOD NAV is 
> EOD 
> > > NAV.
> > > 
> > > > 5. Is it reasonable to run tests with zero delay, with the
> > > > assumption that market trend and other external conditions
> > > > could calculated a few minutes before the close, and then
> > > > trade could be entered just in time?
> > > > 
> > > Yes, I do this evrey day.  Some but not most funds have cutoffs 
> > prior 
> > > to 4:00 but in general a trade that is entered at 3:59:45 is as 
> > good 
> > > as one entered an hour earlier.  I have never had a trade not 
go  
> > > through for any other reason than the fact that I executed it 
> late.
> > > 
> > > > 6. Are there any sites, books, etc. that talk about MF 
trading 
> > > > techniques?
> > > > 
> > > Look here http://www.madriver.com/~wwgansz/ for one of the more 
> > > knowledgable folks in this area, Werner Gansz who Gary referred 
> to 
> > in 
> > > his presentation.  This is fairly new site that I think Werner 
> > > started just for fun which he updates about once a week.  FT-
Talk 
> > > http://www.ft-talk.com/forums/ is also a good site but it's a 
pay 
> > > site where loads of stuff is openly published.  There are other 
> > > FT'ers here who are much more knowledgable about Trade & FT 
then 
> I 
> > am 
> > > who are also AB'ers.  I could name some, but maybe they'll step 
> > > forward.  If you are capable of picking up code from other 
> > languages 
> > > fairly quickly you could look here 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~dexf/ 
> > > for TRADE related code that has been published by folks from FT-
> > > Talk.  This is as the name implies a FastTrack board.  You'll 
> find 
> > > tutorials there for TRADE and links to where the full doc for 
> TRADE 
> > > and the s/w can be gotten for free.
> > > 
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > 
> > > > Jitu



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