Correct! This is what I mentioned before as Sinal to noise ratio
(SNR), which is the optimal criterion in continuous gambling
system( Kelly criterion is only optimal for discrete gambling). I
totally agree with this fomula to calculate PI.

On Sep 11, 9:03 pm, nonlinear5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > correct
>
> OK, in the next release PI will be calculated as Dyno suggested:
> PI =  SQRT(trades / days) * aveProfit / STDV
>
> where
> trades = number of trades in the test period
> days = number of days in the test period
> aveProfit = average profit per trade over all the trades in the test
> period
> STDV= standard deviation of all the trades in the test period
>
> For accuracy, I'll also note that this is not really Sharpe's ratio.
> First, Sharpe's ratio deals with percentage returns, and second it
> also uses risk-free rate of return. However, for our purposes (of
> comparing strategies with each other), I think PI will be
> representative and useful.
>
> Kelvin, do you also agree with this formula?
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