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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    Once again thank you for your replies, they are of great help. To answer dufferdon's questions: 1. I would go back to the original question and ask what is meant by "robust"? What is it exactly that you are worried about? WHAT I MEAN BY ROBUST : is my system catches the same type of...
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    Thank you all for your advice. I understand about R multiples and calculating expectancies, I have read Vans books several times over. My system is based on trading retracements, using a 20 and 50 simple ma to determine the trend, and pullbacks in the RSI for entry. I was wondering wheter...
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    Gooday everybody, I would like to know if my system is ROBUST, but I do not know what specific performance measurements to look at. I use tradestation 2000i for my backtesting. Any thoughts would be greately apprciated. Thank you. "Cut your losses and let your profits run"
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    testing software

    Thank you mindgame, I called the people at omni trader, and they told me that I couldn't design and test my own system with their software, I had to use their own systems. Now I have a problem with that, as their systems might not suit me personally. Wouldn't want to trade with a system...
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    testing software

    Thank you commisso for your reply. It seems tradestation is the only one that fits the bill. Take care Aafwintb
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    testing software

    Hi, Could anybody give me advice as to what software is best to use for testing. I am a new trader, and would like to test some ideas I have for day trading the S&P 500, however most of the traditionally systems testing packages don't seem to allow for intraday testing. Thank you for your...
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