[amibroker] Simulating adding captial and an intrest setting question

["jamesfarrow2003" <jamesfarrow2003@xxxxxxxxx>]

While I am still trying to train myself on some of the fundamentals of 
trading, I am trying to just play around with the S/W to learn that at 
the same time.

I am not sure if AmiBroker has this capability...What I am trying to 
do right now is to code something that will simulate periodic addition 
of capital.  For instance, if I wanted to create a system for an IRA, 
I would like to determine the effect that adding capital each year 
makes to the equity curve.  Another thing I could get from this is 
after how many years does adding capital cease to have a significant 
impact on the equity.  

All of the above would be useful for my own information, but I would 
also like to creat some charts that I could use to train my kids when 
they are a little older on the power of investing early in life.

One the interst setting topic, I have been readin a book by Van Tharp 
and he indicated a prefernce of setting interest to 0 while back-
testing.  It seems to me that if you want to realistically compare 
your system to another result ( say buy and hold, or another system), 
you would need to model the interest you believe your capital will 
earn when not in the market.  I am curious how other people handle 
this issue, and their reasoning behiund it.  

Thanks for any input


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