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[amibroker] Re: Best backtest report metric to evaluate and pick optimization settings



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no takers on this one ? Am I the only one pondering on this - or is 
the answer simple and self evident?

regards

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tiedemj" <home@xxx> wrote:
>
> Ultimately, a high CAR will give the best results overall - but 
when 
> constructiong trade systems using many symbols/stocks - RAR is 
also 
> very valuable. However, picking optimization values around an 
> extremely high RAR might lead to curve fitting (this situation 
will 
> never come around again, as this RAR might be based on a very low 
> number of trades). So what result metrics are in your view the 
best 
> to pick optimization values on in this situation. Some 
suggestions: 
> 
> - RAR
> - Avg Profit/Loss%
> - Recovery Factor
> - Profit Factor
> - Payoff Ratio
> 
> Or one could calculate a meassurement like:
> 
> - RAR * CAR
> 
> But would be interested if somebody else has grabbled with this - 
> and come to some conclusions...
> 
> Best regards
>







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