Mike Yes ... that is my understanding.
Specifically the use of Pad & Align is for the purpose of providing a market timing signal by aligning to that market and using Foreign() to access that market data. A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:49 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: BackTest - Pad and Align > So, was your "misuse" the fact that you were not referring to any > Foreign symbols in your code? If you did in fact use Foreign in your > code (e.g. reference to an index for example), then would Pad & Align > have been appropriate for you (e.g. aligned to that index)? > > Mike > > --- In [email protected], "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I just had an illuminating chat with Marcin, that I'd like to pass > on... >> >> In my backtests, I noticed that I randomly got an extra trade at > the beginning of a data set. >> >> Marcin found the problem to be because I had checked the Pad & > Align box in AA window. >> >> The help files warn to use Pad & Align judiciously as it is meant > for data obtained from Foreign() function. >> >> Of course when I unchecked the Pad & Align, the backtest results > were what I expected them to be, without the extra trade. >> >> The implication is that when Backtest is run and there are a lot of > trades, the impact is probably not noticable. If you have only a few > trades, the the impact may be significant. >> >> It seem that this is not a "fixable bug", as it is not a bug at > all, but a feature for a specific purpose and when it is misused (as > I misused it ) then a problem arises. >> >> Marcin, thanks for your time. >> >> Ara >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
