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[EquisMetaStock Group] Re: a system tester question



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Dave

I appreciate that if you were looking at a chart and plotting trades 
historically then zig-zag is likely to be highly misleading. 

However, if in the system tester MS recalculates zig-zag at every 
bar then surely the results should be ok? Then it would be 
replicating what would happen live.


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Campbell



--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "david" <dwei9361@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Safdar
> 
> Here is a zig zag system, which might highlight better than 
possible results
> 
> http://lightning.he.net/cgi-bin/suid/~reefcap/ultimatebb.cgi?
ubb=get_topic;f
> =57;t=000009
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jose Silva
> Sent: Monday, 21 November 2005 10:19 AM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: a system tester question
> 
> Safdar, before you go and get too excited about your system, 
please 
> read about the dynamic nature of the ZigZag-based Peak function.
> 
> From MetaStock's Help:
> "Be forewarned, that the last leg (i.e., segment) of the Zig Zag 
is 
> dynamic, meaning that it can change.  Therefore, be careful when 
> designing system tests, experts, etc. based on the Zig Zag 
indicator."
> 
> 
> jose '-)
> http://www.metastocktools.com
> 
> 
> 
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Safdar" <Safdar@xxxx> 
wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody
> > I have devised a system tester as follows
> > It buys when
> > A:=Peak(1,CLOSE,5)-C;
> > b:=((o+h+l+c)/4)*v;
> > (A/Peak(1,CLOSE,5))*100>30
> > and 
> > mov(b,60,s)>100000
> > That is  price falls 30 % from recent peak and average turn over 
for
> > last 60 bars is more than 100000
> > Now I want that it should exit when price increases 15% from the 
day
> > it entered .
> > I am not been able to work out how it is coded.
> > Any ideas?
> > Safdar
> 
> 
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>  
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