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Hello,
I can think of only two reasons:
1. To compare to old results that you may have saved somewhere (from old versions of AB)
2. To run 'individual' optimizations quicker (old one is faster so it may be useful for quick checks)
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Close" <closeks@xxxxxxxx>
To: "AmiBroker List" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:05 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Backtesting and Backtesters
> Can someone tell me why one would use the old version backtester rather
> than the new Portfolio Backtester or even the Individual New Backtester.
> Can you give a specific example to illustrate please. If you continue
> to use the old backtest module would you mind explaining why you do so?
>
> I have been examining the issue of the benefits of the Portfolio
> Backtester over the old backtester, and while I conclude that it is very
> hard to make an apples to apples comparison, it can also be shown that
> the ranking portion of the new backtester leads to greater profits and
> lower drawdowns when the same total Equity is traded in both testers (of
> course, along with the same watchlist members tested over the same date
> range).
>
> Can I PLEASE have some comments on this topic from anyone who has an
> opinion or experience.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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