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General instructions
Run the tester over the specified range of years. Available data
runs from 1986 through 2007 for most screens. You may start at any
month of the year, but other than January can only run through 2006/2007.
Stocks are picked from the screens every holding period (between
1 and 24 months) and held for that period.
Instead of selecting from the available screens, you may choose to
enter codes from any of the backtesters to create hybrid
tests. Simply copy the link listed at the top of a run & paste into the form.
Also see the backtester code guide.
If you want to simulate actual trading, you can enter more parameters in
the trading simulator.
You may give your backtest a name for convenience. If you use this
backtest code in other testers, its name will be shown instead of a full
description.
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Relative Strength of Screens Backtest instructions
Enter the candidate screens to check the returns of and select from.
Should there be a tie for the best screen, the first listed be chosen.
Enter the ranks on the screens to use.
Enter the number of past periods to check the screens over. The gain
of the screens over that many periods in the past will be the basis for
choosing the screen for the next period. There are two ways to test the
screens' past performance. Normally, the most recent periods before the
present are checked. You can also select seasonal checking, where the
same month (or quarter/half) of the year is checked for the specified number of
years.
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