Fred, What do you attribute that to, and how would you overcome it? I actually trade some accounts that way in real life.
Dennis On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Fred wrote: > Practices like this have a tendancy to obscure large percentage > drawdowns ... > > --- In [email protected], Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> It might be better to limit trades to a constant $ amount and look at >> absolute $ gains instead of % gains. >> That way it reflects the performance at any random entry point in the >> system. Just pretend you take all the profits away and pay the bills >> with them every month. LOL >> I just started thinking about this, so I am not sure how to set up AB >> to test this way. >> >> Dennis >> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
