You may find this interview with William Eckhardt and Richard Dennis interesting (scroll down to the Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:23 am post):
http://www.tradingblox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3648 --- In [email protected], "brian.z123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > QuantTrader, > > You are in the right topic. > I took a part of it somewhere else which it not that smart a thing > to do as it causes confusion and de-values the original subject. > > Thanks for the tip. > I like the look of it. > It's right up my alley. > I will add it to the trading toolbox. > > I am following up on PS's leads also. > > I first came across a calender bias when I selected the first day of > each month as a pseudo random entry for control purposes and got a > surprise when it exhibited a bias. > I have yet to try AB's random() but it is not far away so your help > was timely. > I have plotted random numbers in Xcel as a pseudo *break-even trade* > equity curve and I was stunned. > It was the biggest eye-opener I have experienced in trading. > New traders should try it. > The similarity to stockmarket chart patterns is uncanny and the > winning/losing equity curves produced from a known *no win* system > are scary. > From that moment on I started to take statistics and evaluation very > seriously. > > I maintain a reading list from amongst the better sellers at Amazon > and I take it that they represent the knowledge base of most of us > in the earlier years. > From those books I have formed the view that statistics have been > poorly treated by the average author in the field. > If that flows on to traders then I would say a lot are underdone on > the subject. > > I also think that this forum offers superior trading advice to that > on offer in the majority of textbooks, on almost any trading subject > one could care to investigate. > I admit it is a little spread out and unstructured at times but it > is all in there somewhere. > > I probably will raise the subject of statistics again in the future > if I have any questions or when I have some more clout and can > contribute something more substantial to the debate. > > Thanks once again. > > BrianB2. 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 NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
