It's strictly about the math ... If you trade your accounts in terms of dollars as opposed to percent I would still convert dollars to percent so that you can see the percentage drawdowns unless of course for some reason that statistic is of no particular value to you.
--- In [email protected], Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 <see3d@> 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/
