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> From: Dark Hacker <hacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: This is *wierd*
> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 9:45 PM
>
>
> Ok guys, back to serious Omega problems. I have Supercharts 4.6.
> Either this version of Supercharts is seriously wacked or I don't
> understand MaxBarsBack...
>
> Problem 1) I add a System to a daily chart for an equity for the
> past year. If MaxBarsBack is 0, Supercharts complains. Fine so
> far. Now I increase the value of MaxbarsBack to 400. The System
> doesn't plot. I reduce to 300, still no go. Now I reduce to 200.
> Well now the System seems to work but only for the past month or so.
> If I reduce MaxBarsBack to 50 then the System plots entry points
> for the entire year.
>
> But is MaxBarsBack is really doing what I think it should (that is,
> specify the maximum number of bars to process something on) then
> the 400 and 300 should have included moer of the system, whereas
> here the 50 and 200 actually produce better results. What is the
> deal with MaxBarsBack?
>
> Problem 2) The canned Systems have no exit criteria. I complained
> about this before and I guess it's not a big deal but it strikes me
> that the exit criteria for a "Whatever System (P)" should include
> exit criteria which are a mirror image of the Short and Lon gentry
> positions.
>
> - Hacker
>
MaxBarsBack is the number of bars required before any calculations a done.
If set to 100 then 100 bars must be on the chart before any calculations,
studies, paint bars etc. are calculated. this should be set to the lowest
value required to run you calcs.
Rich Davidson
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