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[amibroker] Re: Back testing only some results showing



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Mike

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tridean34" <tridean34@xxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks guys,
> I fixed the problem when I added a position size line to the code.
> 
> Out of curiosity, I find it hard to read for lengths of time and I 
> also find the help file a bit of a maze. Is this the only section 
or 
> available material that teaches all the aspects of using Amibroker 
to 
> back test ideas?
> 
> Are there online videos etc available? I found the wizard helped me 
> quite nice thanks, but it is limited to just entry and exit signals.
> 
> Many thanks
> Dean
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sidney Kaiser <skbiker@> wrote:
> >
> > Your backtest is running out of money because so many stocks are 
> meeting your criteria.  Increase the funds to $100k or $1M.
> >   Sid
> > 
> > tridean34 <tridean34@> wrote:
> >   That's OK - I was hoping the answer would have been an obvious 
> one. I 
> > did a scan and that does fine, scanning all tickers no probs. 
> > 
> > I changed the Max# number of postions to 1000 and stil did 
nothing.
> > 
> > I'll have to go thorugh the help files again...
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike" wrote:
> > >
> > > Sounds like you have a very loose strategy with a fixed maximum 
> > > number of positions allowed (see Settings), and that you are 
not 
> > > using a PositionScore value to alter the default prioritization 
> > > (which is either alphabetical or perhaps order of appearance in 
> the 
> > > watchlist, I don't recall).
> > > 
> > > That being the case, any of the following would help; Make your 
> Buy 
> > > crieria more restrictive, or work with a smaller number of 
> symbols, 
> > > or increase the number of allowable positions, or add 
> PositionScore 
> > > logic to your code, or ...
> > > 
> > > Mike
> > > 
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tridean34" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Guys,
> > > > I recently bought the standard version and I noticed when I 
> > > backtest 
> > > I 
> > > > a getting a low of results from tickers starting with 'A', 
and 
> > then 
> > > > jsut a trickle of some others.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > For example, there are around 160 results for tickers 
starting 
> > with 
> > > A, 
> > > > and the other 40 go only up to G, and then nothing.
> > > > 
> > > > I've gone through the Automatic Analysis settings and I can 
not 
> > > find 
> > > > anything that tells me what is doing this
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Dean
> > > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
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