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Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System

Using automated systems for trading in stock markets

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FIGURE 9.10 As you prepare to backtest your portfolio, ensure the settings are correct. Begin

by clicking the Backtest Portfolio button (marked 1 in the figure). Then, check the initial capital,

test period, and backtest type in the appropriate fields (marked with 2). When everything looks

good, click the Perform Backtest button (number 3 in the figure).

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FIGURE 9.11

A backtest performance report.

PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS

plethora of performance metrics. The one thing I would like PM to show in this

report is the maximum drawdown. The maximum drawdown is shown but you

have to hunt for it. Click on the Trade Analysis tab. The Trade Analysis drills

down and proffers up even more performance metrics. If you are a statistician, then

you will think you have died and gone to Heaven. The neatest feature in this tab

is located at the bottom right and is labeled View/Hide Symbols. If you hit this

button, then every market that was traded and their associated performance metrics

will be added to the Trade Analysis window (see Figure 9.12).

Scroll around and make yourself comfortable with the report. I could write an

entire book just on these neat reports and bore you to death. However, I will leave

the exploration of all of the different report tabs up to you. But if you indulge me a

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