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Re: FW: [amibroker] Risk compounding with gains - I cannot get round it



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yes,
you're right, it was a bad idea to use 
PositionSize=Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C" )*0.2;
it is a bad idea to use 
PositionSize=Equity()*0.2;

so no others solution that 
PositionSize=-20;


> Hi Stephane,
> 
>  
> 
> Many thanks for your help.
> 
>  
> 
> However I suspect that the example below is picking up the previous 
equity
> line, or something like that. (can't pinpoint exactly what's 
happening!)
> 
>  
> 
> I first run it with positionsize=-10;  works fine - several 100 
trades
> taken. No problems
> 
> I then run it with positionsize = PositionSize=Foreign
("~~~EQUITY", "C"
> )*0.1;: works fine, and seems to be giving ok results 
> 
> BUT
> 
> I hit backtest again, and no trades are taken, implying that 
positionsize =
> 0.
> 
>  
> 
> Do you get the same thing I am getting?
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Claude
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Stephane Carrasset [mailto:nenapacwanfr@x...] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 21:01
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: FW: [amibroker] Risk compounding with gains - I cannot 
get
> round it
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Hi claude,
> 
> use 
> PositionSize=Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C" )*0.1; // idem as 
PositionSize=-
> 10;
> 
> for ex run this basic system and look the results.
> I complain that Amibroker turns less and less obvious.
> 
> stephane
> 
> 
> SetCustomBacktestProc(""); 
> function FindEquityAtDateTime( eq, dt, Value ) 
> { 
>       result=0;
>    for( i = 0; i < BarCount  ; i++ ) 
>    { 
>    if( dt[ i ] == Value ) 
>       result=eq[i];
>       }
>    return  result ; 
> } 
> 
> if( Status("action") == actionPortfolio ) 
> { 
>       bo = GetBacktesterObject(); 
>       bo.Backtest(1); // run default backtest procedure 
>       eq = Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C" ); 
>       dt = DateTime(); 
> 
>    for( trade = bo.GetFirstTrade(); trade; trade = bo.GetNextTrade
> () ) 
>    { 
>             EquityAtEntry = FindEquityAtDateTime( eq, dt, 
> trade.EntryDateTime );
>             trade.AddCustomMetric("Equity at entry", 
> EquityAtEntry); 
>    } 
> 
>    for( openpos = bo.GetFirstOpenPos(); openpos; openpos = 
> bo.GetNextOpenPos() ) 
>    { 
>             EquityAtEntry = FindEquityAtDateTime( eq, dt, 
> Openpos.EntryDateTime );
>             Openpos.AddCustomMetric("Equity at entry", 
> EquityAtEntry); 
>    }
>     bo.ListTrades();
> } 
> 
> Buy=Cross( MACD(), Signal() );
> Sell=Cross( Signal(), MACD() );
> SetOption("InitialEquity", 10000);
> 
> //PositionSize=-10;
> PositionSize=Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C" )*0.1; // idem as 
PositionSize=-
> 10;
> //BAD Usage is 01*Equity(0,-1) -1 is default settings of backtesting
> //it returns the decimal part of equity
> 
> 
> 
> >  
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > From: Claude Caruana [mailto:claude.caruana@x...] 
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 09:56
> > To: 'amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] Risk compounding with gains - I cannot 
get 
> round it
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I'm finding real problems with implementing this so I would really
> > appreciate if there is somebody out there with the answer!
> > 
> > The key is that I want my risk to be relative to current total 
> equity, not
> > position size.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I understand if I use 
> > 
> > Positionsize = -20 , then my position size is 20% of my current 
> equity.
> > Tried and tested - this works ok.
> > 
> > BUT,
> > 
> > If only I can assign a percentage of the current equity to a 
> variable other
> > than positionsize, it would solve all my problems - something like
> > 
> > CurrentEquity = XXXXX
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Can anybody help? I would be really grateful!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Claude
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > From: Claude Caruana [mailto:claudecaruana@x...] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 23:23
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] Risk compounding with gains - problem
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Hi again.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I found the problem to be that the equity() function will only 
work 
> if
> > placed after the buy/sell signals.
> > 
> > Problem is that I need it before the buy signal in order to 
> calculate the
> > position size.
> > 
> > Anybody can indicate a way to determine the equity value before 
the 
> buy
> > signal??
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any input.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Claude
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > From: Claude Caruana [mailto:claudecaruana@x...] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 13:12
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] Risk compounding with gains - problem
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Can anybody help me with this? I am trying to achieve a position 
> sizing
> > technique where half the current total profit (assuming there is 
a 
> profit)
> > is re-invested into risk. Problem is that it seems like equity(0) 
> is always
> > returning 250000 and the CurrentPL variable seems to always be 0.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > StartCapital  = 250000;
> > 
> > CapitalNow    = equity(0);                             
> > 
> > CurrentPL     = ((CapitalNow-StartCapital)/StartCapital);
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > RiskPerTrade  = 0.001+(CurrentPL/2);            
> > 
> > PositionSize = ((CapitalNow*RiskPerTrade) / stopPoints) * 
BuyPrice;
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > What I am expecting this to do is: let us say at one point the 
> equity goes
> > up 2% from 250,000 to 255,000 - then:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Current PL         = 255000-250000/250000 = 0.02
> > 
> > RiskPerTrade     = 0.001+(0.02/2) = 0.011
> > 
> > Risk per trade now should go up from 0.001 to 0.011, but this 
isn't
> > happening.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am aware I need to arrange this to handle losses, but I first 
> would like
> > to sort out this issue.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Should I in fact be using equity(0) to achieve this or should I 
be 
> using
> > some other function?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help :-)
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Claude
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
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> > 
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