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RE: [amibroker] Coding Question (new user)



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Yuki,

I disagree about making sure your system beats B&H. Most issues go 
thru severe drawdowns that would make most people sell, only to have 
it rise again. imho, it is a very misleading stat.

Regards,

John

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi DIMITRIS,
> 
> Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 10:16:31 PM, you wrote:
> 
> DT> "IMO, if you can't beat B&H, why subject yourself to the
> DT> emotional stress of trading?"
> 
> DT> Yuki, do you really mean it ? I would be more than happy if I 
was
> DT> following B&H from 1997-2000 and then make a double from
> DT> 2000-2003, when B&H went fishing. Take a closer look at
> DT> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/56593 and,
> DT> perhaps, you will agree. It is obvious that we never know when
> DT> the B&H will turn against us. This is a great reason to expose
> DT> ourselves to the  "emotional stress of trading" and I think you
> DT> know it very well... Dimitris Tsokakis
> 
> What I know very well, I think, is that one needs to beat B&H over a
> substantially lengthy time period to justify trading.  If B&H beats
> you over the long haul, you're wasting your time, and maybe your
> money.  The problem is that one person's long haul is someone else's
> something else.  Sure, we never know when the market is going to 
take
> off on a tear.  But if we can't beat the market over ten years, what
> are we doing.
> 
> Yes, I meant it.
> 
> Yuki


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