| 
 To everyone who responded to my post, thank you. I 
have learned a lot about evaluating results. 
  
I ran my formula for each year from 1983 to the 
present. I used 10000 as my starting equity at the beginning of each 
year. 
I found that I had 2 losing years(2001 and 
2005).  My average profit was 2571 or 25%. I averaged 10 trades a 
year. 
  
If I had left the 10000 and the profit in the 
account for the same period, here are the results. 
  
  
    | 
          | 
    
       All 
      trades  |  
  
    | 
       Initial capital  | 
    
       10000.00  |  
  
    | 
       Ending capital  | 
    
       3799267.04  |  
  
    | 
       Net Profit  | 
    
       3789267.04  |  
  
    | 
       Net Profit %  | 
    
       37892.67 
    %  |  
  
    | 
       Exposure %  | 
    
       69.05 
  %  |  
  
    | 
       Net Risk Adjusted Return %  | 
    
       54875.75 
    %  |  
  
    | 
       Annual Return %  | 
    
       28.89 
  %  |  
  
    | 
       Risk Adjusted Return %  | 
    
       41.83 
  %  |  
  
    | 
       
       
       
      
  |  
  
    | 
       All trades  | 
    
       362  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Profit/Loss  | 
    
       10467.59  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Profit/Loss %  | 
    
       1.83 
%  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Bars Held  | 
    
       12.41  |  
  
    | 
       
       
       
      
  |  
  
    | 
       Winners  | 
    
       274 (75.69 
      %)  |  
  
    | 
        Total Profit  | 
    
       7063956.02  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Profit  | 
    
       25780.86  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Profit %  | 
    
       3.97 
%  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Bars Held  | 
    
       10.85  |  
  
    | 
        Max. Consecutive  | 
    
       19  |  
  
    | 
        Largest win  | 
    
       358176.16  |  
  
    | 
        # bars in largest 
win  | 
    
       33  |  
  
    | 
       
       
       
      
  |  
  
    | 
       Losers  | 
    
       88 (24.31 
    %)  |  
  
    | 
        Total Loss  | 
    
       -3274688.98  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Loss  | 
    
       -37212.37  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Loss %  | 
    
       -4.82 
  %  |  
  
    | 
        Avg. Bars Held  | 
    
       17.30  |  
  
    | 
        Max. Consecutive  | 
    
       3  |  
  
    | 
        Largest loss  | 
    
       -477622.43  |  
  
    | 
        # bars in largest 
    loss  | 
    
       21  |  
  
    | 
       
       
       
      
  |  
  
    | 
       Max. trade drawdown  | 
    
       -618708.69  |  
  
    | 
       Max. trade % drawdown  | 
    
       -35.45 
  %  |  
  
    | 
       Max. system drawdown  | 
    
       -897749.00  |  
  
    | 
       Max. system % drawdown  | 
    
       -38.47 
  %  |  
  
    | 
       Recovery Factor  | 
    
       4.22  |  
  
    | 
       CAR/MaxDD  | 
    
       0.75  |  
  
    | 
       RAR/MaxDD  | 
    
       1.09  |  
  
    | 
       Profit Factor  | 
    
       2.16  |  
  
    | 
       Payoff Ratio  | 
    
       0.69  |  
  
    | 
       Standard Error  | 
    
       584378.51  |  
  
    | 
       Risk-Reward Ratio  | 
    
       0.19  |  
  
    | 
       Ulcer Index  | 
    
       11.96  |  
  
    | 
       Ulcer Performance Index  | 
    
       1.96  |  
  
    | 
       Sharpe Ratio of trades  | 
    
       1.31  |  
  
    | 
       K-Ratio  | 
    
       0.02  |    
  
Although I may adjust this formula somewhat, I have 
decided that it is ok for now. I feel that I can handle the DD with 75% winners 
and almost 30% annual profit. With only 2 losing years in over 24 full years and 
with the largest loss only 16%, it seems fairly consistant. I used the dow 30 
stocks as the stocks in this test. I really appreciate all the comments and 
suggests.  
  
Thanks again, 
Tom 
  
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