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Summary of main functional features.
For an explanation of features, see the online
User’s Guide.
Quotes retrieval
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support for custom
quote intervals (from 1 second to daily and longer)
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quote file formats
supported: CSV (ASCII) formats such as MetaStock, Yahoo, MetaTrader4
and others.
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automatic detection
of quote interval, market trading hours, number of decimal digits,
etc.
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automatic
detection/handling of missing quotes and changes in exchange trading
hours
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accurate
calculation of actual trading-time during a period for accurate
compounding of returns, volatilities, etc.
User configurable
model parameters
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market trading hours
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population size
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initial agent wealth
distribution method (equal, Pareto, Maxwell-Boltzmann)
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initial agent
position distribution method (equal, Gaussian)
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stepsize of agent position values
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transaction costs
for agents
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random seed value
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minimum price
increment
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forecast source
(Virtual Market Price or Best Agents Price)
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Best Agents group
size
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breeding frequency
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minimum breeding
age
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parent selection
group size
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mutation
probability
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maximum genome size
and depth
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minimum and maximum
initial genome depth
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functions and
terminals to use for creating trading rules
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optional uniqueness requirement for
creation of new trading rules
Model creation and evolution
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saving and loading
of model configurations
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Mersenne twister
pseudo random number generator
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pausing and
resuming
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step mode
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multi-threading
(model evolution continues during most user operations)
Available output data
(data series)
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several return
calculations of security, Trading Simulator and individual agents such
as total (excess) return, compounded average (excess) return and
trailing (excess) return
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return
distributions (of security or forecasts) with kurtosis
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weighted/historical
volatility of security, Trading Simulator and individual agents
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Virtual Market price
and Best Agents Price
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bid, ask and spread
on Virtual Market
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trading volume and
number of trades on Virtual Market
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number of buy/sell orders in orderbook
before/after market clearing
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agent defaults and
margin calls
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forecast,
forecasted price change, forecast error, mean absolute error, (root)
mean squared error, right/wrong forecasted
price changes, Forecast Directional
Accuracy, Forecast Directional Significance
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filtered volatility
(volatility during right forecasted bars and during wrong forecasted
bars)
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historical averages
and distribution data series for agent values such as age, wealth,
position, (excess) return, volatility, beta, trade duration, number of
offspring, genome size, genome depth
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genetic operators
statistics such as average nodes crossed, average nodes mutated,
number of mutations
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Trading Simulator
data series such as wealth, position, trades, total (excess) return,
compounded average (excess) return, trailing (excess) return,
weighted/historical volatility, beta, alpha, (relative) Value at Risk,
Sharpe ratio, risk-adjusted return, maximum drawdown, MAR ratio
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Historical and Monte
Carlo Simulations of Trading Simulator returns based on user specified
parameters such as investment horizon, sample period / expected drift
and (filtered) volatility, expected forecast accuracy, wealth, VaR
confidence level, etc.
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and others
Trading Simulator
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user configurable
parameters (allow short positions, broker commissions, spread,
slippage, etc.)
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forecast accuracy
filter
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performance
overview including total (excess) return, compounded average (excess)
return, beta, historical volatility, (Relative) Value at Risk, Maximum
Drawdown, Sharpe Ratio, Alpha, Risk-adjusted return, MAR ratio
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performance
calculated according to user configurable parameters (compounding
period (i.e. year, quarter ,month, week), number of periods, risk free
rate, VaR confidence level)
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sub period returns
and statistics
Charts
Population window
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scatter plots of 2
agent values
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colored scatter
plots of 3 agent values
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agent density plots
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correlation and
regression (of agent values)
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3 different axis
modes (auto, standard deviation intervals and custom)
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3 different
gridline modes (round numbers, standard deviation intervals and bin
edges)
Agent window
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shows
agent details such as age, wealth, position, (excess) returns, trade
duration, volatility, beta, generation, genome size, genome depth,
etc.
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shows trading rule
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allows fast
browsing through all agents
User
Interface
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customizable
user interface (tabbed
windows,
moving windows,
maximizing windows, renaming, maximizing charts, changing colors of
chart gridlines and axes, white/black backgrounds)
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creating multiple
window instances possible (for Charts, Population and Agent Windows)
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saving and loading
of Styles (workspace layout)
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choice between displaying US or European
dates
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context-sensitive
help (dialog boxes, data series tree, gene selection)
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introduction screen
with sample options
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optional
tooltips
Data exporting
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exporting of values
of any data series to a CSV file (historical or in real-time)
Batch processing
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automatically
create models for all quote files in a folder (using a given model
configuration and Style)
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automatically
create multiple runs (models) for a security (using a given model
configuration and Style)
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automatically
export results of multiple models to a single export file (CSV)
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run models until end
of quote file or for a given number or bars
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automatic naming,
saving and closing of models
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saving and loading
of batch settings
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batch creation
through application user interface or command line
Logger
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keeps track of
missing quotes, unexpected quote times and other non-critical
irregularities in received quotes
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