Recent content by Nick Best

I'm new to Amibroker (and trading software generally) so wouldn't want to do a review. Nick

Excellent link. Very useful and comprehensive. Should be able to use this to improve on my (very) basic system. Thanks

As a beginner, I've started backtesting some initial strategies (using amibroker). However, I've read contradictory views on the benefits of backtesting trading strategies. I don't want to spend months doing this if it is not worthwhile. I'd love some advice on: 1) The benefits of...

One Eyed Shark Thanks for that. So, do you mean that its best to buy when the signal lines are negative, rather than just buying on any change in direction of the histogram? Sorry for the stupid question but what does this mean?

I am a mere novice in terms of trading and would like some help and thoughts from someone with some experience on the following. I was trying to backtest MACD histogram models yesterday so that I went long at a an upwards change in direction of a histogram and sold on this reversing. In...