Recent content by davetapson

Ok - so I'm still getting my head around this stuff. Forward testing - is forward testing not just backtesting from a future date? If we are talking shortish timeframes (let's say 6 months), is there really any value in forward testing a system over back testing it over the same time range?

Initially, the system will provide alerts - currently email, tweets and sms to follow. The initial plan is that the system will download the EOD data, run analysis against it and then email triggers for buy / sell / update trailing stops so that I don't need to watch the market - taking my eye...

I am building a system based on EOD data. I have the basics of the system set up, and now am beginning to model strategies. I'm looking for trading strategies based on EOD data - ideally for shares or indices, although it probably makes no difference what the traded entity is - if I have the...

Hi I'm new to this forum but am hoping to be a regular. I am putting together an automated trading system based initially on EOD. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons: 1. I just don't have the time it takes to watch screens 2. I am a software engineer so have the skills on hand (plus the...

Hi there - I'm putting together a system to automate buy / sell signals on EOD data and looking for any input that would be useful - as well as to assist in any way that I can... Regards Dave