Eric, I hadn't got around to testing the N-day Breakout; a quick look in QPlus [below] shows you might need a nimble exit :)
Would like to system test it vs., for example, Raschke's First Cross -- only thing from that section I've actually used is a SAR exit.
Agree that he covers a lot; I've just nibbled here and there so far.
Bob
-------- Two backtests and yesterday for stocks with 500k avg Vol Symbol,nDays, TestBar AA,34 ,04/13/1999 ADLAC,34 ,04/13/1999 AFFI,34 ,04/13/1999 AMTD,34 ,04/13/1999 ATI,34 ,04/13/1999 ATLB,34 ,04/13/1999 AVP,34 ,04/13/1999 AWRE,34 ,04/13/1999 AXC,34 ,04/13/1999 AXP,34 ,04/13/1999 BFI,34 ,04/13/1999 BGP,34 ,04/13/1999 BKB,34 ,04/13/1999 BMY,34 ,04/13/1999 BOL,34 ,04/13/1999 BSC,34 ,04/13/1999 BT,34 ,04/13/1999 BTOB,34 ,04/12/1999 ----- Symbol,nDays, TestBar AIG,13,02/12/1999 AMAT,13,02/12/1999 AZA,13,02/12/1999 BSX,13,02/12/1999 DIS,13,02/12/1999 HON,13,02/12/1999 HPC,13,02/12/1999 JPM,13,02/12/1999 KLAC,13,02/12/1999 LOCK,13,02/12/1999 MMC,13,02/12/1999 NAV,13,02/12/1999 NPIX,13,02/12/1999 SDS,13,02/12/1999 SKM,13,02/12/1999 SONE,13,02/12/1999 VO,13,02/12/1999 ---- Symbol,nDays, TestBar ADI ,34 ,05/11/1999 ADLAC ,34 ,05/11/1999 ADPT ,34 ,05/11/1999 AGS ,34 ,05/11/1999 AHC ,34 ,05/11/1999 ALL ,34 ,05/11/1999 AMD ,34 ,05/11/1999 AMR ,34 ,05/11/1999 ANDW ,34 ,05/11/1999 AORI ,34 ,05/11/1999 BBC ,34 ,05/11/1999 BRCM ,34 ,05/11/1999 CEXP ,34 ,05/11/1999 CIN ,34 ,05/11/1999 CMCSK ,34 ,05/11/1999 CMNT ,34 ,05/11/1999 CMVT ,34 ,05/11/1999 CSE ,34 ,05/11/1999 CTV ,34 ,05/11/1999 CTXS ,34 ,05/11/1999 CY ,34 ,05/11/1999 DCN ,34 ,05/11/1999 DISH ,34 ,05/11/1999 EIX ,34 ,05/11/1999 EMR ,34 ,05/11/1999 FCLX ,34 ,05/11/1999 FD ,34 ,05/11/1999 FDLNB ,34 ,05/11/1999 FDX ,34 ,05/11/1999 FNM ,34 ,05/11/1999 FRE ,34 ,05/11/1999 GMH ,34 ,05/11/1999 HIG ,34 ,05/11/1999 HLIT ,34 ,05/11/1999 HNZ ,34 ,05/11/1999 HON ,34 ,05/11/1999 IDTI ,34 ,05/11/1999 IMNX ,34 ,05/11/1999 JBL ,34 ,05/11/1999 JDEC ,34 ,05/11/1999 MEDQ ,34 ,05/11/1999 MMM ,34 ,05/11/1999 MOT ,34 ,05/11/1999 NAV ,34 ,05/11/1999 NBTY ,34 ,05/11/1999 NKE ,34 ,05/11/1999 OCR ,34 ,05/11/1999 OMX ,34 ,05/11/1999 ONE ,34 ,05/11/1999 PHG ,34 ,05/11/1999 PIR ,34 ,05/11/1999 PMCS ,34 ,05/11/1999 PX ,34 ,05/11/1999 RAD ,34 ,05/11/1999 RAL ,34 ,05/11/1999 RAYS ,34 ,05/11/1999 ROK ,34 ,05/11/1999 RTN B ,34 ,05/11/1999 S ,34 ,05/11/1999 SAFC ,34 ,05/11/1999 SANM ,34 ,05/11/1999 SBUX ,34 ,05/11/1999 SE ,34 ,05/11/1999 SEE ,34 ,05/11/1999 SEG ,34 ,05/11/1999 SFA ,34 ,05/11/1999 SNS ,34 ,05/11/1999 SRE ,34 ,05/11/1999 SWS ,34 ,05/11/1999 TAN ,34 ,05/11/1999 THC ,34 ,05/11/1999 TLC ,34 ,05/11/1999 TMO ,34 ,05/11/1999 TRW ,34 ,05/11/1999 TYC ,34 ,05/11/1999 UNM ,34 ,05/11/1999 USW ,34 ,05/11/1999 UTX ,34 ,05/11/1999 WCII ,34 ,05/11/1999 XL ,34 ,05/11/1999 |