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i want ability to creat new stop criteria
I want ability to create new stop criteria in the backtester and portfolio settings.
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Allow custom timing systems for back testing.
It would be great to be able to create a custom timing system to back test strategies. For example, I'd like to use an MTI moving average crossover to test various strategies.
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Monte Carlo Simulator with Unisearch random selection
Take VV out of the DARK ages with Monte
Typical Scenario
Go to cash on a certain "sell" signal (or short) then buy the top x number of stocks from a given Unisearch based on a certain "buy" signal. But obviously, the top 5 stock by RT will be different to the top 5 by CI and so on an so forth, so you do another backtest sorted by CI and other by RT etc. However, one run of a Unisearch mechanic based on picking the top (say) 5 stocks using CI or RT etc may result in a freak…
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dear customerservice,
I like the following suggestion:
can you install the UNISEARCH tool in the backtester - Automation Rules - Stop Criteria, so that I have a lot of more possibilities in the backtester.for example: I want that the backtester sells the stock in the portfolio, if the MA stock price 20 days is becoming under the MA stock price of 50 days.
thank in advance for putting this in your software updating.
best wishes,
Leo J.M. van der Werf
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Backtester and Genius need to have an option to protect profits. For example, say the criteria is 50% profit & 10% loss and you have unrea
Backtester and Genius need to have an option to protect profits.
For example, say the criteria is 50% profit & 10% loss and you have unrealized 40% profit. There should be an automatic method to trigger a sale to protect the profits before incurring 10% loss during a downturn. Perhaps a option to sell when 50% of the gain is lost or a trigger based on Moving Average Stop.
I discussed in Tampa with Dr DiLiddo and he agreed this should be an option.
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Replicate old system (VV US) whereby backtesting can be marched forward one day at a time.
In the old system, one could create a portfolio on a certain date and then march it forward one day at a time with one click. This was a wonderful educative tool and enabled the member to observe the behavior of the portfolio vis a vis the broad market and other factors. This is a big confidence builder in using the more aggressive and successful but highly volatile strategies. (Think bottom fishing strategies).
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Auto Tester Override Stop Criteria for Positions Opened in Different Situation
When using Auto tester, add a new feature called Override Stop (in addition to Buy Long, Cash, No Action). This feature would allow a strategy to override Stop Criteria during that signal phase. For example, if the Up phase Buy Long used a Stop of VST < 1.0, the strategy could change to VST < 1.1 during a Neutral Phase. If the signal phase goes back to Up, the Stops for those positions returns to VST < 1.0.
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Backtest test name field could be longer
I'm finding the name field for each back test to be too short (at 50 characters). That probably seems like a good number of characters but when trying to organize my tests (which accumulate quite fast even without auto tester) I find I'm running out of characters.
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Backtester stop criteria doesn't include ProTrader options.
I just got your ProTrader Add On and so far in my back testing I'm not able to simulate the way I really try to trade. That is, if I buy on a MACD and DPO crossover I might want to stop out of the position on some combination of these ProTrader signals. Is there anything in the works or the pipeline to add such a feature to the Back Tester?
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Provide best Contra ETF search in the new CC Sure Fire Success Strategies
I would like to see Contra ETFs and Leveraged Contra ETFs included in the backtesting setups for the 2014 Confirmed Call Sure Fire Success series. This would allow use in IRA accounts. My Backtest results using Leveraged Contra ETFs as a substitute for the Short strategies have yield approximately 3% improvements in % Gain, ARR, and DrawDn percentages.
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Day Trading Backtesting - Closing Trades at End of Day
I day trade stocks entering at market open based on previous days closing signals and close today 15 minutes before market closes, win or lose. Repeat the next day. I cannot seem to make the backtest module replicate this process. I decide on bullish or bearish positions based on my own proprietary market direction signals not VV calls. I would like to test a search by putting my start and end date for bull or bear move in backtester, then have the backtester buy previous day's search results at market open price today and close all positions at market close…
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Add Dividend Payments made on stocks during the period of the backtest
To assess the overall performance of a backtest, the details of dividends paid during the period of the backtest are a vital component of the assessment.
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BackTest Report Additional Fields(s)
Suggest add one if not two fields in BackTest Trade History Report , namely Industry and Sector . This will allow better analysis of past results of the various strategies
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Please redefine "Round Lots" as 1,000 shares for Singapore Market
The Singapore market trade in lots of 1000 shares and not 100 shares. Can we have the "Round Lots" defined in increments of 1,000 shares in the Back Test, Portfolio Management, Quick Test, etc?
FYI the Odd Lot counters here are very illiquid and the Bid-Ask spreads are just too wide to even trade with.
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Add MACD as market timing in backtester
Current BackTest tool down not allow to select MACD as market timing signal. Please add it in BackTest tool.
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Expand BackTest Sell options by creating a "Sell Criteria" UniSearch
UniSearch allows many options for selecting individual stocks during backtesting. However stop criteria for stocks in the portfolio are much more limited.
So here is the idea. Have a "Buy UniSearch" and a "Sell UniSearch" . For stop criteria in BackTester add one new capability -- stop if stock in the current portfolio meets (or does not meet) "Sell UniSearch criteria.
Your first thought might be of concern for the extra compute power this might take. Perhaps this can be mitigated somewhat by having an implied criteria on Sell UniSearch to filter by stocks in the current portfolio, much as…
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Tracking of successful strategy searches presented in a SOTW session
It would be quite beneficial to users if some of the successful strategy searches presented in earlier SOTW sessions this year are tracked in the model portfolios with updated back tester results once per week. I notice that these strategies typically involve taking long positions only, and staying in cash on a Confirmed Down market call. Also, unsuccessful searches such as the RT Kicker Combo pair involving Blyar's Bottom Feeder should be removed from tracking.
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Add columns to the BackTester
In the BackTester- I'd like several columns next to the start date and the end date- one to indicate C/UP or C/DN, and one to let me know what the MTI is on the start date and the end date.
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AutoTester In-depth Training Webinar Needed
I have watched the AutoTester training video on Video Tab, using the AutoTester extensively and have talked to a number to technical support personnel at VectorVest; but I'm still not clear on how to specify some of the parameters on the More Settings tab of the Automation Rules (Up) in the AutoTester (e.g. Limit Repurchases (check box and slide rule), Don't buy if stock violates stop criteria at purchase (check box), etc.).
I'd appreciate it very much if the Training Department can conduct an In-depth Training Webinar on the AutoTester, and/or provide a detailed user's guide on AutoTester explaining every…
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In the backtester allow a different setting for a neutral after an up signal and a neutral after a down signal.
Allow a different settings for neutrals after an up signal and after a down signal. This would be useful when testing shorts and contra ETFs which often perform better contrary to the direction of the market.
2 votes
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