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Hi Fred
Yes, I want to use the composite fitness to compare different systems 
and or use it as a feedback in deciding on different parameter sets 
of the same system, This is not too dissimilar to how sensitivity 
analysis is incorporated into the fitness criteria. The only 
difference is that sensitivity analysis during optimization, and walk 
forward is done after a new fitness high is found. Instead of using 
the insample fitness as the selection criteria for the best fit 
system, the composite is criteria is used to choose among the various 
peak values in one system or in different systems.

What you said "the capability to automatically reoptimize when some 
condition related to the performance metrics occurs during the out of 
sample period i.e. MDD goes beyond some static threshold or when it 
goes beyond some relationship to the same" is particularly 
interesting. Because you are addressing a similar problem but using a 
different method, in your case, you change the time frame and 
reoptimize. In my case, I am looking at refining my fitness criteria 
so I might end up in choosing a different optimized parameter set in 
the same time frame.

Paul.

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fred Tonetti <ftonetti@xxx> wrote:
>
> Paul,
> 
>  
> 
> I understand what you are saying but I'm not sure what you do with 
the
> combined fitness when you get it . Do you use it to compare 
different
> systems to each other ?
> 
>  
> 
> Personally from the perspective of multiple automated WF's I am more
> interested in . When to reoptimize .
> 
>  
> 
> IO already has the capability to reoptimize based on:
> 
>  
> 
> - Some static amount of time occurring during the OOS i.e. 
> 
>  
> 
> //IO: WFAuto: Rolling: 2: Weeks
> 
>  
> 
> - or in some undefined amount of time based on some number of 
long/short
> entries/exits etc i.e. 
> 
>  
> 
> //IO: WFAuto: Rolling: 2: LongEntrys
> 
>  
> 
> What I've been playing with recently is something a little 
different that is
> also based on a variable amount of time in the OOS i.e. the 
capability to
> automatically reoptimize when some condition related to the 
performance
> metrics occurs during the out of sample period i.e. MDD goes beyond 
some
> static threshold or when it goes beyond some relationship to the 
same or
> different performance metrics of in sample.
> 
>  
> 
> For example . 
> 
>  
> 
> Assume the In Sample Performance Metrics are prefaced by IS and Out 
of
> Sample Performance Metrics are prefaced by OS then one should be 
able to
> write ( in terms of IO Directives )
> 
> //IO: WFAuto: Rolling: Condition: OSMDD > 10 or OSMDD > 0.75 * ISMDD
> 
>  
> 
> In reality I suspect this is what most people actually do i.e. find 
some
> yardstick(s) that tell them their system is broken or about to be 
broken and
> then reoptimize at that time.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf
> Of Paul Ho
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:41 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Fitness Criteria that incorporates Walk 
Forward Result
> 
>  
> 
> Howard calls it the objective function. Fred calls it Fitness. What 
I 
> meant by Fitness Criteria is a mathematical function on which 
fitness 
> or goodness of the system is judged, and is used as an objective 
> criteria to compare different systems, as a score in optimization. 
> 
> My currrent question is - So why not incorporate the fitness in 
walk 
> forward analysis into our fitness criteria? What I am talking about 
> is to formalise the visual inspection process. I am not proposing 
to 
> use out of sample data for optimization purposes. Rather the 
> parameter set that has been previously optimized is forward tested 
> and a fitness is obtained and incorporated into the original 
criteria 
> to form a composite fitness. 
> 
> For example. My current composite fitness is the geometric average 
of 
> In sample fitness and Out of sample fitness divided by the standard 
> deviation (?) of In sample and out of sample fitness. 
> 
> Are there anybody doing something is this area? What are your 
> thoughts?
> 
> If you are wondering why not use visual inspection. My plan is to 
use 
> the computer to do most of the work and thats why I need a fitness 
> criteria.
> 
> Cheers
> Paul.
>



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