314 results found
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Combine multiple signals for exit
one exit on a C/DN but a different exit for Primary wave Dn or a DEW Dn.
Please add the ability to have multiple signals / criteria's for exits.
3 votes -
buy and sell indicators UNISEARCH / even custom fields as well as stops
in UNISEARCH function.
being able to use MACD on a weekly basis for Bullish/bearish conditions
MACD positive or negative on daily basis
put a condition on ATR, aka when ATR is above or below its 14 dmva or 20 dmva
or even when the 14 day is over the 20 day moving average of ATR. i tend to notice that when 14 day is over 20day MA stocks tend to be falling, not always but more often then not the indexes always seem to be droping when 14 day ATR is above 20 day ATR.3 votes -
be able to save backtest column sort that i created
I like my backtest columns in a certain order and would like to save this sort so I do not have to set up the sort each time that I log in. IE drawdown after value.
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More choices for STOPS in back test,
i would like it, if there were either more options to use in the automated program
whether they were defined or like unisearch or like custom field builder we could build a stop that we could then use in the automated backtest.2 votes -
2 votes
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Add Description field as column in My Backtests
We can enter a description field, but I could not find a way to add it to the My Backtest view
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Stop Loss Exit Strategy addition - Exit when search Criteria is no longer True
Currently there are different Stop/Exit Strategies. If I design my own search criteria via automation rules, it is basically a True/False result. It allows results that are true.
I would like a Stop Loss/Exit Strategy to exit the trade when that True/False on the Search Strategy is no longer True.2 votes -
ATR Profit Locker Trailing Stop
ATR Stops are a great inclusion. So is Profit Locker. What I'd like is an ATR Profit Locker Trailing Stop, where instead of a fixed percentage Target and Stop, I could specify and ATR multiple target and Stop.
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Backtesting periodic portfolio rebalance or refresh
I have tried 3 month portfolio refresh at Trading Central. It produces great results. I believe if we can rebalance or refresh (sell everything and buy fresh from the search) after a given period (say 3 months, 6 month, 1 year etc.) rather than holding a stock till its stoploss, it'll give extra strategies to test and find better ones.
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Enhance the Trailing Stop Capabilities in the Backtester
In addition to what
s available now. Arguably, one of the greatest trading systems of all time was the Turtle System, and the Turtles used a 10 day trailing low price when they were long and vica versa on the short side. Right now thats not available in the Backtester. I submit adding the ability to select 1. a prior low price, and 2. Flexible days or periods. For example , test a trailing 4 day low, or maybe a 17 day low, and trailing highs for short sellers. Thank you for your consideration.3 votes -
MTI in backtest
Add the ability to use MTI above a specific value (say 1.5) as a condition for not allowing a trade in a backtest.
3 votes -
Backtesting: Provide an option to exit positions prior to earnings for those of us who do not hold positions into earnings release dates.
Provide a trade management option to exit positions prior to earnings dates for those of us who do not hold positions into earnings release dates. This would make the back-test more realistic for us that exit prior to earnings. Thanks
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Have a stop criteria that lets me hold by number of days
Make it possible to back test buy at open and sell on the close of the same day or 1 to x number of days. This seems like it would be easier to code than most of the stop criteria that is available.
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survivorship bias
One of the big issues with VV is the survivorship bias in the database. So old failed companies are removed from the database. You only back-trade against existing companies. This can skew results badly.From what I remember it can cut performance to 1/3 in the real world. You’ll be trading companies that will not survive and have yet to fail.
3 votes -
Add Folders to the Backtester tab for organizational purposes
Having folders within the Backtester tab would make it easier for organizational reasons, especially during times of competition.
4 votes -
Eliminate Survivorship Bias at least for the S&P 500
The existing backtest tools in Vectorvest are plagued by Survivorship Bias. This makes it impossible to get an accurate simulation of the expected future statistical performance of a strategy based on historical data, because the historical data becomes more and more inaccurate the further back in time you go in the backtest.
Even if you restrict your backtest search Universe to the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 Watchlist, that too is inaccurate. The 500 components contained within the actual S&P 500 varies from year to year. A committee meets each year and retires certain components and adds replacements.
A…
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Make MTI the underline market trend a Market Timing Signal
MTI the underline trend indicator is not considered as a market timing signal within the program, and so it can’t be used as a market timing signal for back testing and in a portfolio creation.
The underline trend would be very useful for back testing and portfolio creation.
Can this be included as a timing signal?
7 votes -
Bug with historical watchlists in back tester
When conducting back tests on searches that use historical watchlists like W-O-W, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, the back test pulls from the current date watchlist rather than the stocks that show up in the search from the historical date.
The right stocks show up if you go back to a historical date (eg 1/5/2010) and view the watchlist with the Viewers Tab or run a unisearch on that historical date. But then when you run the back test, you can see when looking in the trade history or transaction summary, the back test not pulling stocks that should have been…
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Can you add a purchasing window to the Backtester?
Adding a purchasing window to the backtester the same as it shows in Portfolio Setup would allow more accurate backtesting of our strategy.
2 votes -
Show a DATE RUN field for backtests
I run some backtests repeatedly using the same start and end dates, but I get different results when I rerun the tests on different days. I would like to see a DATE RUN field. This would also allow me to weed out old backtests and find recent ones that I may want to rerun or modify.
3 votes
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