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are run, only chart the top 5%-20% of the top best test cases by charting sell ranking and
buy ranking (or AccuTrack parameter 1 and parameter 2) to determine if clusters of
points are formed:
Best 10% of Test Cases
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Buy Ranking Period, Days
Sell Ranking Period, Days
Clusters of points are centered about a band from 14/40 through 25/40 day ranking peri-
ods as well as a smaller cluster at 19/35 day ranking periods. These would be areas for
additional analysis (draw down, switches per year etc.). Avoid points that are isolated
such as 20/25, even though this combination of parameters may have given the highest
annual return.
If you have access to a plotting package that can make contour plots, you can take all the
data produced, in this case 1524 test cases, and make the following chart: