Hello Robo,
Yes, it's very clear now, and I am with you as regards the elegance of the EMA. I myself like the EMA better than the SMA. (And it's soo easy to put it into a spreadsheet, and with variable 'periods' too!)
I agree that Myst has turned the SMA weakness into a strength: it is precisely the lag that generates the trading opportunities. That is also why tuning is very important, as is the correct choice of channelling stocks. All this has made me lose interest, but it is a very nice system. My only doubts concern the possibility to get the backtested returns in practice. Up till now, we have mostly/only seen optimized backtests.
Regards,
Karel
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