Replies to post #1628 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[ltc]

Hi Conrad,

I do not use the standard AIM. My settings of (5, 20, 3, 2) means:

Buy trigger 5%, ie. V/PC = (1 - 0.05)
Sell trigger 20%, ie. V/PC = (1 + 0.20)
Buy factor 3 * (PC - V) = the amount to buy
Sell factor 2 * (V - PC) = the amount to sell

where
PC = portfolio control = market value of equity after buy/sell
V = market value of equity


Don't take the result using these settings (5, 20, 3, 2) seriously. It was just tweaked so that there was always available cash to buy.

In the test using my standard settings of (5, 20, 2, 1) my cash on hand was already down to $539 in week 45. These standard settings are for my managed funds, which are much less volatile than stocks.


Regards,

TC