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Re: Confused with Optimization results



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Tomasz,

Wow. What a difference a single line of code can make!
I marvel once again at how powerful Amibroker is.
Thanks for the tip.

b

--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please add 
> 
> Exclude = LastValue( Cum( Buy + Sell ) ) == 0;
> 
> at the end of your formula.
> 
> This will eliminate stocks that do not generate any buy/sell signal
> from buy and hold, exposure and RAR calculation.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> ===============
> AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> http://www.amibroker.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <b519b@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:49 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Confused with Optimization results
> 
> 
> > Tomasz, thank you for the formulas which cleared up most of my 
> > confusion. 
> > 
> > As for your comment about my system being out of the market for 
most 
> > of the time, that is not quite the case. I had AB just do the 
> > optimization on a specific time period during which I intended 
to be 
> > fully (100%) invested in a basket of 20 to 40 stocks selected 
from a 
> > study group of 600. The goals was to be fully invested in the 
best 3% 
> > to 8% of the stocks. Thus all the bars of the selected stocks 
> > were "in the market" for the whole time (and of course all the 
bars 
> > of the non selected stocks were "out of the market" for the 
whole 
> > time). The exposure was so low because AB included the bars of 
the 
> > non-selected stocks when producing this report. A similar result 
> > occurs for the Net%Profit column. Is there any way to have AB 
> > calculate Exposure, and by extension RAR, in such cases where 
one 
> > intends to be 100% invested in a small subset of stocks studied 
in an 
> > optimation? If there is no way, it is not a major problem since 
> > other columns provide helpful data for determining the 
effectiveness 
> > of the variations on the strategy.
> > 
> > Thanks again for making a very powerful program.
> > 
> > b