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Questionable Backtest Results?
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Questionable Backtest Results?
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Last Activity 12/1/2022 8:14 AM 2 replies, 1428 viewings |
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John J Veteran   Posts: 272 Joined: 8/3/2010 Location: Leduc, AB  User Profile |
I did purchase OptionTrader 5, and I'm still contemplating upgrading to OMG. However, I wanted to see if I could replicate some of the results from the OMG presentation, using all the tools I already have in the toolshed. So far the BT results have been miserable on otherwise profitable stock strats, even after tweaking a lot of parameters in several option TPs. Is there something I'm missing here? | ||
| AlanD Member Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2006 Location: Waipio, Hawaii User Profile |
I think you bring up a good point. I have been testing with OT5 also and while the results tend to be consistent with what have been posted in the canned profile, when I expand on the list of optional stocks to equity curve, while significantly hire, gets so volatile, it isn't anything I would want to trade. Which makes me wonder, was the list of optional stocks chosen cherry picked to provide descent equity curves as advertised? I think I would be a little disappointed if that were the case. I wonder what criteria was used in selecting the stocks provided in the profile. Alan | ||
| John J Veteran Posts: 272 Joined: 8/3/2010 Location: Leduc, AB User Profile |
I went ahead and replaced the TPs used in the ATM XZones strats with the OPT Long Option (keeps it simple). I have yet to find a setting that makes it profitable in BT. Are the historical options data reliable enough for BT? If it is, I challenge Nirvana to make the OT5 version of XZones at least as profitable as the original? |
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