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In a message dated 98-06-11 14:54:59 EDT, he96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> The problem is "bouncing ticks" - see also online help/manual
>
> In realtime TS "knows" the sequence of ticks coming in to form a bar, i.e.
> was
> the high reached first or the low - in historical testing it ASSUMES it,
> therefore
> guessing it wrong one time or the other.
>
> So it might hit a stop or profit target first - besides in realtime it was
> different
>
> Best way around is to use as short as possible time bars, i.e. try to
CHANGE
>
> the code of your system to run on 1min bars instead on 5min or 60min -
often
>
> thats possible, but not allways.
>
> .....and its not a bug - its a "feature" <g>
>
> rgds hans
So, would you set the bouncing percentage to 50% to average out the wrongs and
the rights.
Seriously, does a change in the percentage setting have any discernable
impact? Sometimes I pick up the phone quickly and sometimes I'm just
returning from the other room.
Charlie
DallasUSA
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