hey roy..... think on somethin for me abit when ya have time...... if we have a system based on the macd reasoning, but instead of the close , use another variable..... then use 4 common opt values, 3 for the macd and 1 for the new variable.... for a total of 3696 combinations.... on the "spy" for 1000 daily bars..... would you think it possible for all 3696 to be net positive.... the average gain was 4033... the trade p/l were always heavy on the win side.... average number of trades was about 25.... long trades only with no stops of any type.... just the simpliest of tests.... a simple moving average convergence/divergence crossover, like the macd..... to force a loosing combination, i expanded the opt's up to a total of 14784, still not 1 in 14784 was a net loser... the average gain was 3244 and trade p/l always still way heavy on the win side..... does that seem odd to you.....thanks.....h

hey roy... i'm running a just over 1 1/2 million combinations right now, will try the brokerage when its done..... commissions here are little consequence so i never include them.... no, not deleting anything , at least that i'm aware of.... i can see the few loosing trades...... just none of the 14784 combinations were net loosers and i exported all 14784 to excell to break them down.... all were there...... when tested against all of the equis systems it preforms the same.... somewhat simple code, with plenty of room for improvement.... my computer is tryin to over heat, will send it to ya in a bit if she don't melt down......h

hey roy.... just sent the code to your newsletter nz email address.... don't expect much.... it was just something that looked good ploted on a chart but looked too good in the system tester......h

hey roy.... did you by any chance correct the code in anyway..... i found my error.... it makes a huge positive difference.... my "aaa:=Mov(a,3,E); " ordinarily that should read "aaa:=Mov(aa,3,E);" ..... 3 was my chosen opt4.... of course that missing 'a' redirects the code back to 'a', linear regression, which more than quadruples the results..... how odd.... lookin into it deeper to see just why now...... i was running my 'missing 'a' code' against 1000 bars of the 'spy'.... also ran it against the dow components , and s&p 500 components, 1000 bars......... when you test something do you run it on something similiar to the 500.......thanks .....h

hey roy.... sorry, should have mentioned i always use 10,000 starting with 100% invested when testing long side trades only.... my commissions here are only 14 bucks round trip so i just ignore them.... there were only about 30 trades on the thousand bars using the errored code........ speaking of 100%, the way jose keeps devaluing the dollar, that 14 might be 100 by the end of the year..... its true, someone drinking only oil, eating only wheat and buying only items made 100% from gold is living in a world of hurt....... glad i don't live in that world....hehe......h