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To: Jurgen who wrote (5952)	8/11/1998 12:05:00 AM
From: Bob Jagow	Respond to of 11149

Guess I don't understand, Jurgen. You wanted to integrate the QP data into your MS ACCESS trading database in order to work around the disappointing backtesting/indicator building capabilities of Metastock and QP? Would agree that looks like a major project. Bob

To: Jurgen who wrote (5952)	8/11/1998 1:04:00 AM
From: Alain Joaris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11149

Jurgen, With QP1 backtesting/indicator building was quite difficult indeed. I also had an ACCESS database for these purposes, but I didn't import the whole database, just imported LST files and the prices of the selected stocks. I installed QP2 last week and find it much better for backtesting. With the "for" loop you can easily backtest your system. I changed my system and I am now using ACCESS more or less as Sean's QPUTILS, I launch a first set of scans from ACCESS, import the LST files, analyse and aggregate them and run a second set. Since I keep an history of my hits I can trace the performance by importing prices as well. Importing prices could be avoided by using QP2 DLL's from VBA. I couldn't have it running with QP1 due to its 16 bits interface. Indicators building should be OK as well. I will start to develop this in a few days and will let you know how it works, if any interest. Alain Joaris