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Re: Testing Projects Question #2



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> 
> 1) My original testing was as the author described trading his 
model. I
> entered long (next day's open) When the trend indicator was 
positive and
> the direction was positive. I stayed long until the direction 
changed
> and then reversed to a short (next day's open). I did add a 10%
> trailing stop to see if I could stem the big losers.
> 
> Attached is a screen shot of my test results. (This leads to a 
question
> for Tomaz - Is there an easy way to share test results without using
> giant files? I tried to save the test results file and it looked 
to be
> creating a giant HTML file so I stopped the save. I tried to save 
it as
> a .txt file (thinking I would edit the details for each stock) and 
got a
> 0 size file.)
> 
> I would happily participate in such a back testing (optimizing)
> exercise. I think a group process would be quite useful and would 
be a
> great learning experience. I think the other benefit would be a 
better
> understanding of the indicators and models presented. I have been
> disappointed with the documentation and supporting information on
> indicators, systems and models put forth by others. I find them to 
be
> much like the "black box" systems in that It is difficult to 
understand
> what theory is behind them and why and how they work. Perhaps this
> exercise could lead to generally better documentation of materials
> posted in the library.
> 
> I am not sure that I am a strong enough programmer to lead the 
effort.
> I also have limited time available so my contributions could be 
rather
> sporadic.
> 
> Regards,
> -Tom McDaniel