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You can't, system tests aren't reality. They should be used to compare in a
relative manner the effectiveness of many systems. Since all use the same
test perimeters, does it matter?
Richard Estes
-----Original Message-----
From: rudolf stricker <rst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 10:07 AM
Subject: MS: System test w/o "re-investment": How?
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>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.
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>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.
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>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?
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>Any help is welcome.
>mfg rudolf stricker
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