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Michael Catmull
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I COMPLETELY AGREE. I was a member a few years ago. I uncovered this serious FUNDAMENTAL bug when trying to find a short search that would have been beneficial after the financial crisis. I knew of some tickers that were simply "gone" (Does anyone remember LEHMAN BROS?)
This significant bug basically compromises not only our positions but also several of the proprietary metrics VV uses (e.g., MTI, VVC Composite Index, VV Views, BSR – to a lesser degree, etc).</b>
I find it difficult to believe people are voting “Create Stop Loss Strategy: Buy 10 -- Hold 15” when the source of their data could be misleading.
Without these stocks, are we really left with only the “cream of the crop?” Meaning if you are a “long-only” investor and all stocks that went belly-up during the crisis, your results may be better than you would have actually experienced.
On the flip side, if a company is acquired at a premium, it no longer appears in the searches could reduce some of the results unrealistically.
It really makes the BackTester useless - IMHO - as you really can’t assume that data is realistic.
I am a Oracle database programmer by trade. If VV would like to I could explore trying to restore this information. I wouldn't need any of VV's proprietary information – just the table definitions and a reliable historical dataset.
My fee – contingent on me successfully recreating the data with date effective data – would be lifetime subscription to VV products and seminars. Obviously we would have to hammer out other not financial details but I am willing and able.
It is not clear to me that VV personnel is even viewing these comments as I don’t see any replies to the comments in this thread. Hopefully this is not just a place to vent.
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UPDATE: I spoke with VV Support today. They do not have any plans now or in the future to fix this significant deficiency.