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Re: [amibroker] Difference betwee OOS and IS



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Louis,

in the IS period your system is optimized, then the best values from the 
optimization are used to perform a test over the IS and OOS periods.

If the OOS results are worse than the IS results, this means that the 
system doesn't generalize well enough. BTW: This topic is very well 
explained in chapter 20 of Howard's book. I also suggest to look at 
http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2008/02/12/getting-started-with-automatic-walk-forward-optimization/ .

I must say, that walk forward testing has completely changed my way of 
thinking. It's much easier to see now if a trading system is worth a 
second look.

Greetings,

Thomas

> Hi,
>
> I've been experimenting with walking-forward, and I have some
> questions regarding how it works.
>
> I ran a complete random optimization or buying/selling using the
> variables I set (a MCS in fact), and systematically OOS results were
> worst than IS.  I don't understand how it works, because whatever if
> the sampling is IS or OOS it is always the same variables that are in
> place.
>
> Anyone could explain how this work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Louis



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