nibor100
1,046 posts
msg #149798
- Ignore nibor100
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12/4/2019 12:57:40 PM
1. This thread will hopefully cover several purposes:
a. to finally prepare at least one Weinstein backtest filter that I promised weeks ago
b. to show that it is not that hard for the rest of you to implement backtest filter lines to your own filters so you don't have to wait on me to get around to it.
c. to explore Weinstein filters methodology in more depth as from reading his book and part of the way thru analyzing his book charts more thoroughly I believe his method has lots of SF filter potential.
2. I plan on starting with filters from the Mactheriverrat thread in General Discussion entitle "Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets"
a. So first up is Xarlors filter from Jun 29th.
b. If I run that filter for yesterday it comes up with 2 stocks RDNT and EVER,
Looking at the chart for RDNT it most recently crossed above the daily 150 simple moving avg on Oct 3 and has gained near 36% since then.
Looking at the chart for EVER it most recently crossed above the daily 150 simple moving avg on Apr 23 and has gained near 341% since then.
Two stocks don't make a study but seems to have promise especially since the 28 charts I orginally analyzed from his book had an avg gain of 237% and 10 of those that I've analyzed a little more have had an avg gain of 58% in the first 3 months of trading. I started the 3 month analysis because I realized a lot of his charts showed stocks that really took off early and I know many of SF'ers aren't long term traders.
Next step will be to try and backtest a Weinstein filter that only looks for stocks above the 150 day simple moving avg. that Xarlor used (Weinstein preferred a weighted moving avg)
Ed S.
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nibor100
1,046 posts
msg #149800
- Ignore nibor100 |
12/4/2019 2:39:29 PM
Below is first backtest which I tried to keep as simple as possible as I basically was only testing the ma(150) for past true and false conditions.
I will clean it up a bit in the next iteration as stocks such as CLVS should be showing up when I run the filter today, but is only showing up on Dec 2 even though this filter is supposed to be looking back 1 year from today.
As always questions and comments are welcome,
Ed S.
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Cheese
1,374 posts
msg #149802
- Ignore Cheese |
12/4/2019 3:56:22 PM
Ed S nibor100,
THANK YOU very much for your valuable time and good works.
At this time, as a basic sub, I cannot comment on your backtest filters
and some of the posted Weinstein filters.
I am really hoping to learn from you, Mac, xarlor, graf, and any Weinstein advocates
about the transition from Stage 1 to Stage 2.
For example, some of Mac's Weintein picks were like rockets in the last few months of 2019
when they crossed above weekly WMA(30) or daily WMA(150)
and moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2.
But when I looked at 2008, 2009, 2010 there were many fake moves and those
Weinstein stocks lingered in Stage 1 for months and even years.
Then, the weekly WMA(30) and daily WMA(150) crosses were fake again in 2014, 2015, etc
My descriptions above were from my flawed memory and should be viewed as conceptual only.
So, my question to Weinstein advocates is: Based on your experience and readings,
is it possible to make reliable guesses of real transitions from Stage 1 to Stage 2?
At one point, gratonian introduced Schaff to help divine the transition, and that filter
appeared to become more of a Schaff approach than a Weinstein approach.
Many thanks in advance for your insights.
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Cheese
1,374 posts
msg #149805
- Ignore Cheese |
12/4/2019 4:08:54 PM
/* BASIC SUB version of nibor100 backtest */
/* https://www.stockfetcher.com/forums/Filter-Exchange/My-goal-is-to-backtest-Stan-Weinstein-method-s-one-step-at/149798 */
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Cheese
1,374 posts
msg #149806
- Ignore Cheese |
12/4/2019 4:20:03 PM
Ed S,
Thanks again for your selfless efforts.
I agree that we should not rely on you 100% for backtesting. That would be an unfair burden.
But at least in the near term, some of us certainly would have to rely on you
for the bright ideas that come with your backtesting. For example, I suspect that we may gain
a little more insight from the interplay of your var7 and var9.
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Cheese
1,374 posts
msg #149807
- Ignore Cheese |
12/4/2019 4:44:45 PM
Maybe to make money, I should keep in the back of my mind that
a lot of credits for Mac's 2019 rockets should go to Trump, Fed QE & "not QE"
as much as they go to Mac, Guppy and Weinstein.
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nibor100
1,046 posts
msg #149830
- Ignore nibor100 |
12/7/2019 1:13:27 PM
I was surprised that this filter wouldn't run on the basic subscription without Cheese's one line edit. It appears my backtest accumulation variables are part of the issue.
Ed S.
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jiten_ch
9 posts
msg #149833
- Ignore jiten_ch |
12/8/2019 4:09:04 AM
Thanks the filter is quite comprehensive,
I want to trade only few time of years and only on stocks Stan called as buyout candidates (refer chapter 5)
His criterion was
-above ma 30
-rs line positive
-stock moved 40-50 before breakout
-volume 5 times at breakout
-volume remains heavy
-large stage 1
can you please build or guide me how to build a fetcher with these factors ?
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Cheese
1,374 posts
msg #149837
- Ignore Cheese |
12/8/2019 6:23:31 PM
jiten_ch,
earlier this year (2019) someone mentioned Chartmill for Weinstein stage analysis.
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nibor100
1,046 posts
msg #149844
- Ignore nibor100 |
12/10/2019 10:10:08 AM
@ jiten_ch,
Graftonian's filter posted in Filter Exchange "Another Weinstein filter" is probably a good place to start for most of the Weinstein criteria you are interested in.
Ed S.
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