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Jose, Always impressed with the quality of your replies and a few
others.. many of you have commented on the deficiencies in MS
Backtesting. Can you or someone give us a brief outline of the
problems? It would help a lot, as people like me do use the
backtester for decisions..
Also recently looking at the ATS and Candlesticks add-ons. Comments
from the group on these, (pls)..
Rvalue1
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jose" <josesilva22@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> "Perhaps you can tell me what I might require if I wanted to test
out
> a few simple formulas on a few pairs of currencies in the forex
> market."
>
> You would need MetaStock, TradeSim, Forex data, and a spare
afternoon
> to get acquainted with TradeSim.
> http://www.compuvision.com.au/index.htm
>
> All the backtesting formula writing is done in MetaStock
explorations,
> so the learning curve for this part of the process is basically
flat.
>
> "... was wondering if MS 8.0 Pro has the capability of doing a
decent
> job or is Tradesim much better?"
>
> Again, MetaStock (any version) cannot begin to compare to TradeSim.
> These backtest charts don't include extensive reports:
> http://users.bigpond.com/prominex/Pegasus/Peg-Eqty.htm
>
>
> "Furthermore, suppose I bought a plug in for MS 8.0 and wanted to
test
> one of their indicators in conjunction with my own formula of a
simple
> moving average crossover, can this be done or does the backtesting
> only apply to formulas applied in the "indicator builder" in MS 8.0
> Pro?"
>
> No Problem. Anything that can be used in MetaStock can be passed
on
> to TradeSim's backtest analysis. Any indicators/formulae
combination.
>
> If you are serious about backtesting (and we all should be), you
won't
> regret using TradeSim.
> My only regret is that I wasted two years developing non-performing
> systems in a blind way, using the MS system tester. After all,
there
> is a lot more to a successful system than the bottom profit line.
>
> Regards,
> jose
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, elnaseer dina
<zebra7860@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hello Jose,
> >
> > A while ago you recommended Tradesim as a good software for
> backtesting. Perhaps you can tell me what I might require if I
wanted
> to test out a few simple formulas on a few pairs of currencies in
the
> forex market. I don't really need to look at anything more than
> perhaps 3 -5 pairs of currencies and was wondering if MS 8.0 Pro
has
> the capability of doing a decent job or is Tradesim much better?
> Furthermore, suppose I bought a plug in for MS 8.0 and wanted to
test
> one of their indicators in conjunction with my own formula of a
simple
> moving average crossover, can this be done or does the backtesting
> only apply to formulas applied in the "indicator builder" in MS 8.0
> Pro?
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Al
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