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[OldAIMGuy]

Hi D42, Re: SAFE settings................

Your historical review of Split SAFE is correct. I came up with the idea in the late '80s or early '90s and initially staged all the SAFE on the Sell side. That worked fine for a very long time, but that was just dumb luck.

When the New Millennium came along I did change all the SAFEs to the buy side. (I also shifted the Portfolio Control slightly to keep the "next buy and sell" prices the same as they were before moving the SAFE) Testing had shown me that anything less than 10% SAFE on the buy side tended to push AIM's buying along too aggressively. So if total SAFE was 10%, then it was all staged on the buy side.

When I started using 'vealies' I generally left sell SAFE at zero and staged all the SAFE on the buy side. I don't think I'll ever change again.

Best regards,