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Ok, thanks. I'm checking it out now...

Jitu

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <fctonetti@xxxx> wrote:
> 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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