Thanks! (Obviously this Whitney needs to go to Houston.)
--- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <gro...@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It is possible to exclude top-N signals (exactly what you are asking for) and
> it was described in the
> Houston2 presentation (see Example 3: Mid-level excluding top-N-signals in
> rotational mode)
>
> http://www.amibroker.com/docs/Houston2.ppt (powerpoint)
> http://www.amibroker.com/docs/Houston2.pdf (PDF)
> http://www.amibroker.com/docs/Houston2.html (Flash)
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "whitneybroach" <whitneybro...@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 12:31 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] BestRankHeld
>
>
> > Tomasz,
> >
> > Any problem implementing "BestRankHeld" in SetOption?
> >
> > When combined with WorstRankHeld, enables selection of a range of
> > acceptable rank values. As an example, stocks could be selected
> > from the 2nd quartile instead of the 1st quartile of a list.
> >
> > Fund managers who do this sometimes find better results than using the very
> > top of their ranking lists. Sounds strange, but true.
> >
> > Another way to implement is RankPctTop and RankPctBottom, where RankPctTop
> > would mean "Enter anything lower than the top X% of the
> > list" and RankPctBottom would mean "Enter anything higher than the top X%
> > of the list." In this view, % is of the count of the
> > list members, not of the Rank value.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > PositionScore = something;
> > SetOption( "RankPctTop", 15 );
> > SetOption( "RankPctBottom", 65 );
> >
> > Candidates Rank
> > 10
> > 9
> > 8
> > 7
> > 6
> > 5
> > 4
> > 3
> > 2
> > 1
> >
> > Selected candidates: 8, 7
> >
> > Perhaps sample code already exists for this idea?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
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