Nope, I just meant that he measured all the other years from Jan.1-Jan.1, so he's not comparing apples to apples by looking at YTD performance. We're coming into a time of year when there are typically major drops followed by major rallies, so if his system captures that behavior it could make up for its miserable 75% profit up until now.:)
I hear you about real DD's that exceed that of tested methods. That's why I think it's so important to understand why a system works, beyond simply the fact that it's tested-out well, which could just be a mathematical coincidence, a meaningless correlation without any cause-and-effect relationship. Luck, Sebastian --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "So, two things: First, the obvious one, you can't really know that > your system has "broken down" until you get the final results on > January 1, 2007.:)" > > Really ? ... You mean there is no point at which real DD's exceed > previous experience you wouldn't think that system is broken ? > 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/