This post is trying to present a process to determine your bliss function, as a follow-up to the previous post introducing the bliss function concept. We’ve seen that the bliss function is not a universal function but needs to encapsulate your own criteria for evaluating a trading system. Similarly to popular dishes, everybody has got […]
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Bliss recipe with a robustness spice
February 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Backtest
Tags: bliss function·optimisation·robust
Bliss Function: Quantify your Trading System Objective
January 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Backtest
Backtesting mechanical trading systems involves a great deal of optimization: testing and running a system across a myriad of parameters to choose the one(s) that produce the best results. But what is “best”? How do you measure best results, though? Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is one of the first metric that comes to mind […]