Ha ha.
Just goes to show how people can get tunnel vision sometimes.
Since I
do a lot of custom backtester code, I immediately suggested
filtering
at that level.
But, your suggestion of a random value for
PositionScore directly
would be far easier and less prone to coding
error.
Mike
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"Edward Pottasch" <empottasch@...>
wrote:
>
> you
are right on this Mike. Testing a system like this using a
random
positionscore is a good indication if it can be made into a
system that
can be used in the practice. Andy has an idea that is
tough to execute but
not impossible in my opinion,
>
> regards, Ed
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: Mike
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:37 PM
> Subject: [amibroker]
Re: Sell and Buy on different days
>
>
> Andy,
>
> Use caution when backtesting EOD strategies where there are more
> signals than there are funds or positions to be filled;
>
> If your strategy is to buy OCA, what logic are you putting in
place to
> determine which symbol to buy when multiple symbols hit
your limit
> order on the same bar?
>
> Since you are
using EOD data, you have no idea which symbol would
have
> hit the
limit order first. You only know that x of y symbols hit
the
>
limit order on that day.
>
> AmiBroker will just select the first
in the list (alphabetically?
). As
> such, your backtest results
will be heavily biased in favor of
that
> ordering and will not
reflect live trading results.
>
> Generally, PositionScore can be
used to influence ordering. But,
an
> OCA approach by definition
does not follow PositionScore.
>
> So, you might want to modify
your custom backtester code to
randomly
> select from the available
signals and set the remaining ones to
> PosSize 0 in order to override
the default prioritization. Then
run
> your backtest many times and
take the average of the results as a
best
> guess estimate (i.e.
Monte Carlo Permutations)
>
> Mike
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
Andrew Senft <senft@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Ed,
>
>
> > Thank you so much for the code on the Amibroker Yahoo group
board!
> It
> > seems to be working from what I've seen
so far. I'm doing an
> > optimization on that particular code (your
first code) right
now.
> >
> > The second code (the one
from your email) didn't work. That is,
> there
> > were sales
of one stock and buy of another stock on the same
day.
> Not
> > sure what your code was doing but it gave a lot bigger profits
using
> the
> > backtester. Could you comment on this
please?
> >
> > Mind you that this is my first attempt to
writing code for any
stock
> > type software. I'm still using
the 30 day free trial of the
> Amibroker
> > software but I
think that I'm getting closer as I'm chugging
along.
> >
>
> My agenda is to use this on a basket of ETF's. Perhaps 10 to 20
>
or
> > so. Not sure how many I need since the 30 day trail backtests
up
> to a
> > basket of 5 stocks. My idea is to place the
possible stock
trades
> > using the whole basket of ETF stocks
at night for the next
trading
> > session. I have an IB account
so I figure I could use an OCA
limit
> > order. Basically
whenever a trade gets hit first (meets the
limit
> price
>
> level), it trades. The other possible trades all get canceled
right
> > away. So one trade actually goes through for the day.
>
>
> > BTW, I like ETF's because the drawdowns are not as
scary....
okay,
> > usually not as scary. Ha! I've been
backtesting with:
> >
> > QQQQ, DIA, SPY, MDY, IWM
>
>
> > Thank you again!
> >
> > Andy
>
>
> > Edward Pottasch wrote:
> > >
> > >
Andy,
> > >
> > > I have sent an alternative solution
to your private Email. Let
me
> know
> > > if you
received it.
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message
-----
> > > *From:* Andy <mailto:senft@>
> >
> *To:* amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
> <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
>
> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:40 PM
> > >
*Subject:* [amibroker] Re: Sell and Buy on different days
> >
>
> > > This is got to be a very simple task but unfortunately
> AmiBroker told
> > > me that I would have to write
Backtester Interface code for
> this. I'm
> > > sure this
has been done a million times. Anyone have sample
> code?
> >
> I'm using EOD data to trade one stock at a time from a basket
>
of
> > > stocks. The problem is that a selling of a stock can
occur on
> the
> > > same day as a buy of *another* stock.
Of course the problem is
> that
> > > the sell trade can
occur after the buy trade.
> > >
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
>
> > <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, "Andy"
<senft@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How do I
fix the below code so it doesn't buy a different
> stock on a
>
> > > sell day?
> > > >
> > > >
--------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > // Backtester Options
> > > >
SetOption("MaxOpenPositions", 1 );
> > > >
SetOption("AllowSameBarExit", False);
> > > >
>
> > > // Optimization numbers
> > > > BuyPeriod =
Optimize("BuyPeriod",16,10,20,2);
> > > > BuyFactor =
Optimize("BuyFactor",1.2,0.5,1.5,.1);
> > > >
SellPeriod = Optimize("SellPeriod",20,10,20,2);
> > >
> SellFactor =
Optimize("SellFactor",0.8,0.5,1.5,.1);
> > >
>
> > > > // ATR formulas
> > > >
TodaysBuyTarget = High - BuyFactor * ATR(BuyPeriod);
> > >
> YesterdaysBuyTarget = Ref(High,-1) - BuyFactor *
> > >
Ref(ATR(BuyPeriod),-1);
> > > > YesterdaysSellTarget
= Ref(Low,-1) + SellFactor *
> > >
Ref(ATR(SellPeriod),-1);
> > > >
> > > > //
Buy/Sell signals and prices
> > > > Buy = YesterdaysBuyTarget
> Low;
> > > > BuyPrice = IIf(YesterdaysBuyTarget >
Open, Open,
> > > YesterdaysBuyTarget);
> > >
> Sell = YesterdaysSellTarget < High;
> > > >
SellPrice = IIf(YesterdaysSellTarget < Open, Open,
> > >
YesterdaysSellTarget);
> > > > Buy =
ExRem(Buy,Sell);
> > > > Sell =
ExRem(Sell,Buy);
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > >
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