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Re: MS: System test w/o "re-investment": How?



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Rudolf,

First of all: you are right, but it is better to use the 
"POINTS ONLY TEST" .

Regards,
Onno Goedknegt


At 16:55 26-7-98 +0200, you wrote:
>
>Using Metastock's System Test capabilities, I came across a problem:
>MS, as I understand it, is "re-investing" any money from a profitable
>trade in the next trade(s). So, imo, the result from every single
>trade is  weighted with the results from any trade following vs. time.
>This way, there is  a totally uncontrollable and unpredictable
>immanent weighting mechanism, which imo prevents any reliable rating
>for a sequence of trades, because the rating for every trade is
>different as  it depends from the results of the various trades. 
>
>Imo, there should be a capability for a _constant_ investment for
>every single trade, because this is the only way to do a reliable
>rating for a sequence of trades.
>
>So my question is: How can I set-up such a sequence of trades with a
>constant investment for every trade, using Metastock's SystemTest?
>
>Any help is welcome.
>mfg rudolf stricker
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>