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TradeSim discussion : TradeSim and Survivorship Bias

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 22:30:28 +0000

Author: Z2195067
Subject: TradeSim and Survivorship Bias
Posted: 26 Aug 2020 at 10:30pm

Fellow BullChart/TradeSim users,

Having familiarized myself with TradeSim Professional Trial edition over recent months, what is clear to me with using TradeSim as a proper back-testing tool is its ability to handle Survivorship Bias (SB). As Dave states in one of his articles, SB does make a difference to the bottom line and NOT including it in one's back testing plans can overstate potential returns and overall performance.

Unfortunately Dave has not updated either the User manual or functionality in TradeSim to account for the fact that the S&P Lists are no longer available free-of-charge on their website as they were years ago. This is a little disappointing, particularly since the software claims to provide this functionality - and although that is technically correct - the way one must now account for SB without the S&P lists is somewhat more complicated than how he programmed it in.

I've managed to get ASX200 historical constituent lists going back to at least 2016, and possibly earlier. I know that BullCharts has the new issues and company name change lists from Actions>Reports>Company Name Changes OR New Issues etc. But I am unsure how accurate this data is.

So my question is: has anyone managed to actually set up SB that is fully functional in TradeSim using other sources apart from the now defunct S&P website data? Does it work and on which Index have you set it up on?

Much appreciated,

bouralex

TradeSim discussion : Delay Entry

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:35:28 +0000

Author: cwb
Subject: Delay Entry
Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 1:35pm

I am wanting to write script to delay entry after trigger by Ndays greater than 1

Not seeing it in the bullscript help ?

Any clues any body please

TradeSim discussion : Using a rising index as an entry condition

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:58:17 +0000

Author: cudderbean
Subject: Using a rising index as an entry condition
Posted: 07 Jul 2012 at 7:58pm

As part of a Tradesim scan I'm trying to discover whether a strategy is improved when the XAO is also rising or falling as an entry condition.

In Bullcharts I'm using the following code, which works fine in creating regular BC indicators, but gets rejected in a Tradesim scan.

Thank you for your help.

P :=LoadSymbol(XAO,close);
Pma :=ma(P,100,simple);

{then as part of my Tradesim entry signal}

Pma>hist(Pma,1)

TradeSim discussion : EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:53:49 +0000

Author: peter1
Subject: EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 at 12:53am

You need to create an ATR indicator that doesn't need a start date and then use in your testing.

I suggest you copy and modify the existing Wilson ATR trailing stop or you could have a look at the Jim Berg trailing stop which is also based on the ATR.

TradeSim discussion : EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:30:29 +0000

Author: Brianjohnson07
Subject: EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop
Posted: 02 Apr 2012 at 10:30pm

The installation of this (Bull charts) Software is very simple and easy and also easy to read. everyone can use it very easy because it is very simple to follow Who is a little nervous about this software. It is sure that every one can use end of the day data and there is no need to have the live data this is the benefit of this program. This software has all the windows menu's on the top. And all the other placed tool are on the left side of this program.

TradeSim discussion : EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:11:25 +0000

Author: Tanaka
Subject: EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop
Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 4:11pm

I want a simple 5% stop loss. I know nothing aboutcoding. I tried simply typing: entryprice*.95 in the Exit tab and I also tried it in the Stops tab,but I get a TradeSim error: First index [200] > Last index [-1]. I have alsospent hours trying to understand the TradeSim manual regarding Initial Stopsbut can’t get my head around it. My entries and exits show up perfectly inbullcharts when I code entryprice*.95 but TradeSim doesn’t like it.

I’d really appreciate some help.

TradeSim discussion : swing low stop

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:04:11 +0000

Author: wombat40
Subject: swing low stop
Posted: 09 Oct 2010 at 9:04pm

does any bullchart user know if there is a way to code or program a trailing stop based on below previous swing low...

thanks

TradeSim discussion : Darvas code for Tradesim

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:05:14 +0000

Author: sonu panwar
Subject: Darvas code for Tradesim
Posted: 27 Feb 2010 at 5:05pm

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TradeSim discussion : Trade Parameters won't allow Fixed Percent Risk

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:03:46 +0000

Author: Kerry
Subject: Trade Parameters won't allow Fixed Percent Risk
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 at 4:03pm

Hi all

I've just upgraded to V6 after 2 years of not using Tradesim and am a bit rusty.

I use a lot of Leon Wilson's bullscript scans, from his original formulas. Some of his standard scans seem to not allow Fixed percent risk on the Trade Parameters windows, even though valid stop losses have been defined. I have a number of scans that work with some parameters but if I make a minor change to parameters in the bullscript it stops me from choosing fixed percent risk. For example I have changed a confirmation indicator of range from 5 to 4 and it all of a sudden causes problems. I thought that it might be because the stop loss goes below 0, but I can't seem to find evidence to support this view.

When I look through the trades generated by the problem scans it seems MTS doesn't have a stop loss value, and I think that may be stopping the trade parameters from allowing me to select fixed percent risk. I've tried excluding MTS from the trade database manager but it still doesn't allow me to select fixed percent risk for my simulations. When I look at the chart for MTS, the ATR stop loss comes in at .04 so I thought I'd code an alternative stop (ie ATR OR ...) but my skills aren't up to that either.

I'd appreciate any suggestions as to how to fix this.

Kerry

TradeSim discussion : EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:01:22 +0000

Author: jhubbard
Subject: EXIT - ATR Trailing Stop
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 10:01pm

I would also like to be able to use the entry date in my exits... did anyone have any luck with this?