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[amibroker] Re: K-Ratio Question



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Fred,

I had already tracked down your formula for KRatio, but it 
requires "Equity" to work (as in a backtest). I was hoping for 
something which could calculate K-Ratio from price data. Am I asking 
the impossible?

Steve

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Fred" <ftonetti@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I think I posted an article some time back regarding the formula 
for 
> KRatio and you could probably find something related on the web.  
> However the older, seeming incorrect ( although I like it better ) 
> version of the formula can be found inside either of the 
> portfolio.afl's in IO.zip in the files section as it's one of the 
> statistics that I show in the title of the equity curve I like to 
> use.  The number will NOT match what comes out of AB's statistics 
as 
> that has the newer version in it.  However it wouldn't be 
difficult to 
> modify the calc to the newer version as it's only a slightly 
different 
> from the original formula.
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "steve_almond" <steve2@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > 
> > I know the backtest report includes the (new) K-Ratio. 
> > Is it possible to calculate the K-Ratio and add it to an 
Amibroker 
> > Exploration AFL? I'm thinking to try and use it as a measure 
> > of "Quality of Return" for comparing stocks over the past year 
(for 
> > example). I'm trying to identify stocks which have a consistent, 
> > rather than extremely high, return.
> > 
> > Any help with the formula would be much appreciated.
> > 
> > Steve





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