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if it makes any difference, I plan on updating stock information each
morning before the market opens and executing all possible actions at
the open.
--- In amibroker@xxxx, njpowell@xxxx wrote:
> It seems like I have been going in circles for the last week or
so.
> Almost every trading system I have backtested loses money compared
to
> Buy and Hold if the stock has made money using the B&H. If the
stock
> loses money using B&H, I can generally beat it but never by much.
> Amibroker has so many different ways of doing things, I know it's
> something I'm doing, so I'm going to try to get everyone's opinion
to
> figure out what i'm doing wrong.
>
> My goal is to beat or equal the amount I would have if I bought and
> held it for the same period of time. I'm looking for consistency.
>
> Do you trade long/short or both?
> Do you set up your trades to execute at close/open/high/low/average?
> Do you use delay? if so, what?
> Would delay be set different for a trade executed at open rather
than
> close?
> Do you normally use maximum loss and/or trailing stop's? if so,
what
> settings?
> Do you check "Exit at Stop"?
> How many days do you usually test? I currently use 365 days.
> Do you test your system using QQQ and/or SPY or one/several stock
(s)
> of your choice?
> Do you have a favorite indicator you use to scan stocks for
possible
> entry?
> Do you use one indicator or a combination of several?
>
> All help is greatly appreciated.
> Nathan
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