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Re: Backtest ideas ?



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SO very true.

thanks for the thoughts Jack.

mike ball
--- jack zaner <jzaner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sometimes you have to pay a bit for the truth.  One
> cannot experience all
> the twists and turns of actual trading even by
> thorough  backtesting alone.
> Your problem is especially difficult be cause it
> lies in the execution area,
> which TS barely addresses.  You may have to dip your
> toe in the water with a
> small amount of money and give her a whirl.  Until
> then, all you've got  are
> educated guesses- - -which is all any of us have
> with simulation.
> Regards,  Jack.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sudhir Menon" <sdhrmenon@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Backtest ideas ?
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> >    First of all thanks for your inputs on my
> question.
> > Here is something I will like to add to this.
> >
> >    The forex strategy I am working is primarily
> for
> > Scalping which runs on 15 min bar. Since it is for
> > scalping I dont want to put generic slippage of 1
> tick
> > or two ticks. (If I add that then my system will
> > become unprofitable ) I want system to calculate
> > prices for entry and exit and want to stick to it.
> >
> >    Now as I explained there are cases where price
> is
> > reached but maybe only one cntract is traded and
> in
> > backtest I am shown as possible fill but that may
> not
> > happen in reality. So I want to test in such a way
> > that at exit if 1 pip is crossed over I presume I
> got
> > that exit price else I presume I did not get the
> price
> > and try to exit on next bar.
> >
> >    Once I know how to test this I will do two
> tests
> > one in a normal way - without any cross over (
> Which
> > shows good profit now ) and one in a way I am
> > searching - i.e. by checking the actual high or
> low
> > crossed over atleast by one pip. If this system
> also
> > shows profit then my reasoning is that the profit
> I
> > can expect is the airthmatic average of both
> above.
> >
> >   Does that make sense ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sudhir
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>