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Glen,
I must be one of the "handfuls" because I test and execute at the opening
for a "gang" of folks. This morning I went long wheat and short feeders at
the opening range. I do it almost everyday...seems real to me.
Steve Karnish
CCT
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> From: Glen Wallace <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>
> To: MetaStock listserver <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: System Tester Stops
> Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 8:10 AM
>
> Absolutely. First, toss out exiting at the high or low because this is
not
> reality. If I could do this every day, I wouldn't need MetaStock because
> I'd be rich. That leaves us with exiting on the open or close. This
only
> reflects reality for a handful of systems, and distorts system test
results
> to the point where they are nearly useless.
>
> What do you say Equis?
>
> > I agree that this is a feature that needs to be added asap and would go
a
> > long way in making a good product better.
> > It's a very frustrating limitation to only be able to exit at a bar's
> > O,H,L, or C. This ranks as the most important feature that needs to be
> > addressed in the System Tester as far as *I* am concerned. I'd rather
> > be able to run a test that accurately calculates equity from a more
> > robust range of scenarios on only one security at a time, rather than
> > to have the ability to test multiple securities with the current
> > limitations...if I had to choose. Remarkably, not everybody's pain
> > threshold is exceeded only on the O,H,L, or C.
>
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