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[Metastockusers] Re: Metastock Enhanced System Tester



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You are probably looking in the wrong User Group.  There are two on 
Yahoo for Metastock.
The one with the file is the one called "equismetastock".
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/equismetastock/files/
 
Its there.... I just checked.
 
 
Tom





--- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "anilkeshavji" 
<anilkeshavji@xxxx> wrote:
> Tom
> 
> Can't see that file in files section..???
> 
> Is it there??
> 
> anil
> 
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Sprunger" 
> <tlsprunger@xxxx> wrote:
> > Henry, if you haven't yet seen it,  go to the Files section and 
> look at the
> > file named
> > "Sprunger Guide to MS ver8.doc ".   I found and documented a lot 
of 
> the v8
> > system tester issues there.  Perhaps it will help you, and 
perhaps 
> not.  If
> > you have found some new issues that aren't in that document, it 
> sure would
> > be helpful to know.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Henry Z Kaczmarczyk" <henry1224@xxxx>
> > To: <Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:21 PM
> > Subject: [Metastockusers] Metastock Enhanced System Tester
> > 
> > 
> > > I was wondering if other users are having problems with the 
system
> > > tester?
> > >
> > > let me first explain what I want the tester to do!!
> > >
> > > I want to test a system in a point's only, no commission,1 bar
> > > delay,price set as open, and test on the dow 30 group.
> > >
> > > The system signals work when I create an expert and attach it 
to a
> > > chart.
> > >
> > > The system consists of 4 distinct signals
> > >
> > > long entry, long exit, short entry, short exit
> > >
> > > it is basically a binary signal, +1 for long,-1 for short, 0 
for
> > > exits
> > >
> > > Now for the problem with the system tester,
> > >
> > > The system tester misses or ignores certain exits or entries 
and
> > > thus skews the results,making the whole process invalid and 
> useless.
> > > The System Tester should show an arrow on the bar following the
> > > signal bar of the Expert, signifying that a trade took place 
as a
> > > market order
> > >
> > > In a point's only test, I'm looking to find the profits and 
losses
> > > for all of the signals that the system generates.
> > > I will then factor in the number of trades vs winners & losers 
vs
> > > profits.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to make the test as even as possible so I'm not 
trying 
> to
> > > compare apples to oranges.
> > >
> > > When I contacted Equis on this matter, they tell me that my
> > > parameters in the System Tester are not setup properly.
> > >
> > > I feel that the problem is in the System Tester itself.
> > > The old system tester was far superior to the enhanced version.
> > > The old version at least was accurate in processing signals.
> > >
> > > Henry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >



 
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