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Re: [amibroker] dollar cost averaging?



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try the advanced backtester stuff, can pyramid positions. See help screens

On 6/23/05, Ted Tanaka <ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there a way to do dollar cost averaging in Amibroker?  I can't seem
> to figure out how.
> 
> I'd like to model my 401K, which contributes equal amounts of money
> each month.  However, I can't seem to figure out how to adjust the
> equity.  Would I need to create an array for equity which increases
> each, say, month?  If so, if I set the variable "Capital" to this
> array, would it recalculate the capital for each pass in a back test?
> 
> Even if I could adjust the equity over time, another challenge is to
> calculate the total return on equity, since not all equity was
> available one day one.
> 
> Or would I need to run an exploration and export the results into Excel?
> 
> Ideas, thoughts, advice?
> 
> Thanks!
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Cheers
Graham
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