Re: [amibroker] Re: Performance Survey

["mrdavis9" <mrdavis9@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Good trading is 100% due to your own thinking processes. Software is only a tool to enable you to search for setups which fit the criteria which you think you have discovered have a decent chance of resulting in a profitable trade.  Ron D
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Herman van den Bergen 
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:38 PM
  Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: Performance Survey


  You will find this poll on the Yahoo AmiBroker site
  http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/

  herman.

  Responses
  Choices Votes % 1 reply
  RAR greater than 200% 3 7.50%
  RAR between 100-200% 3 7.50%
  RAR between 50-100% 8 20.00%
  RAR less than 50% 5 12.50%
  DrawDown less than 4% 1 2.50%
  DrawDown less than 8% 4 10.00%
  DrawDown less than 12% 8 20.00%
  DrawDown less than 16% 3 7.50%
  DrawDown less than 20% 2 5.00%
  DrawDown greater than 20% 3 7.50%

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Frank Trautwein [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:59 AM
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Performance Survey


  Jim,

  I'm very well aware of what Amibroker, Wealth-Lab, Tradestation etc.
  is.
  I expect some people to be unsuccessful developing trading rules and
  formulas which outperform major indices (because they have just
  started using it, had bad luck, lack of programming skills,...), and
  others who will likely beat the indices.

  I have played a little bit with Wealth-Lab a good while ago, and it's
  not too difficult to develop a system which makes good gains in
  backtesting. But real world and actual money is a different story
  IMHO.

  So I'm just curious how the distribution of perfomance for "trading
  rule based" actual portfolios would be. Of course the milage will vary
  from user to user.

  Thanks and regards,

  Frank



  On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:25:08 -0000, you wrote:

  >Amibroker doesn't "pick" trades for you.
  >You set up your own individual trading formula.
  >Amibroker is software only that enables you to test your formula's
  >previous performance (backtest)
  >Garbage in = Garbage out
  >
  >Regards
  >Jim
  >


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