this can be done with current version of the backtester, just select 'individual tickers' (or similar) on the dropdown on the backtest button and the afl will be backtest on each ticker in the portfolio seperately. very handy for picking stocks to trade your system on, but be careful not to curve fit via the ticker selection process!
--- In [email protected], Sidney Kaiser <skbi...@...> wrote: > > You can test all the stocks in a watch list on an individual basis using > thre"old" V4.0 backtester in AA.then copy and paste the "good" ones into a > new watchlist. > > Sid > > --- On Mon, 9/7/09, polomorabe <paul.mo...@...> wrote: > > > From: polomorabe <paul.mo...@...> > Subject: [amibroker] Is it possible to backtest this using AB? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 1:33 PM > > > Hello, > > I've been using AB for a while, and am reasonably proficient with AFL. > > I want to backtest a strategy that has been in the back of my head. I want to > backtest a watchlist, but instead of the portfolio consisting of one of more > stocks from the watchlist at any time, I want to separately backtest each > stock in the watchlist, and then rank the CAR performance per stock. In other > words, I want to test which stocks work best with the strategy, and only use > those stocks for future trades > > I suppose that this would involve running the test separately for each stock > in the watchlist, where each test assumes that the stock being tested is the > only stock in the portfolio. I could do this manually by selecting each > symbol in turn and then running the backtester using the "select current > symbol" option, but I wondered if thsi can be automated. > > Many thanks, > Paul > > > > ------------------------------------ > > **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** > This group is for the discussion between users only. > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ > (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
