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re: Maximum Profit Test (MS 7.02)



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Patrick,

You are exactly right. It is a system that works in reverse. It is not to be 
used for trading...just wishful thinking!

J


>From: "Patrick McGaughey" <patrickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: re:  Maximum Profit Test (MS 7.02)
>Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:23:55 +1000
>
>Hi,
>Does anyone understand the rules of "Enter long/Enter Short" of the above
>system test?
>They are not available to even view (let alone edit!).
>The rules obviousely take Commisions rates into account and some exit
>decisions are
>simple.   Others however defy logic (thought they turn out to be correct!).
>Its almost as though the
>system test looked ahead  and made exit decisions on actual later (ie:
>future) events that actually happened
>-  something we mortals cannot do.
>Is the System test a display of "What we might have made - IF we had done
>everything right" or
>does it have a genuine set of real-time trading rules?
>Any thoughts would be helpful , as I would love a trading system as good as
>this.
>regards
>Patrick McGaughey
>

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