You don't seem to understand. According to Mark H, HE IS MAKING 126% THE LAST 3 YEARS. We are not talking about his system producing 126% the last 3 years. He is MAKING THAT AMOUNT IN REAL LIFE (According to his story).
So what you talked about below is true but irrelevant to Mark H. intermilan04 --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "MailYahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unfortunately your back-testing only curve fits your trade system making it > optimal with already known data. > > If you were to use IO with it out of sample I would think that it would fall > apart and you would have to wait for that huge win to dig you out > > > > I rather have my system with a Mdd of about 9% and Annret of 38% > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Mark H > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:02 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money??? > > > > That's why I said it was the most difficult part of the system :-) > > When I couldn't sleep at night, I just ran a backtest again, and compared > the current market conditions with historical conditions with similar > drawdowns. > > That helped me breathe and relax! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: MailYahoo <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 8:56 PM > > Subject: RE: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money??? > > > > Mark, > > 40% MDD? > > I would be up all night with that > > To me that is not a trading system that I could live with, more of a hope > and pray type of system > > Mark > > > > _____ > > size=2 width="100%" align=center tabIndex=-1> > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Mark H > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:30 PM > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money??? > > Dr Gaine$ > > My strategy is dip buying. When the market is bullish, buy strong stocks > when they dip steeply and sell them when they rise. > > The secret is to use time stops (5-8 days) to let your capital work harder > for you. > > The most difficult part is to sit tight when market is not good and also > stomach the drawdown up to 40%. > > Backtest helps a lot to pull the trigger when you are down 40%. > > - Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: richard <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gaines > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money??? > > Share your strategy with us Mark. > > Dr Gaine$ > > Mark H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Absolutely. Average 126% for the last three years. > > But you should know that software are just tools and not money printing > machines. It is what between your ears matters. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tom_katch <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 7:04 AM > > Subject: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money??? > > I own Amibroker software, and have the latest version (standard). I > also have Metastock, Vectorvest and some other software. But I am > sorry to say that Amibroker is the only software I ever bought that I > did not study up on. I understand that most of the users are very > pleased with it from looking at this forum. Most of the postings are > of a technical nature, with questions as how to understand and use the > software. But I don't recall seeing postings from people noting their > success in using the software. Have any of you had great/good/fair > success in using it? Have you made a lot/some/little money with it? > Maybe some of your positive comments will give me a kick in the ass, > and I'll start on the 800 page manual. > > Thanks > > Fred > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/PEOZVC/bOaOAA/cosFAA/GHeqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/