Replies to post #16841 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[The Grabber]

Hi AIMster.

I wouldn't know fi one vould implement like this in AI since I don't use it.

The 10x number is really scary however. I've not gone beyond 4x, and when I did, I sold out to quickly.

Around 3x seems to be comfortable for me at the moment (for starting out).

[AdamH]

AIMster, You can do that with AI, but I'd recommend using a factor of 2 instead 10.

That's essentiall what I do as I use the regular AIM spreadsheet and modified it to keep track of virtual and real stocks and cash. So unlike Steve I have both virtual and real cash as well, and if you use AI you will have both virtual and real cash as well as stocks. Only you know that you're not holding all the stocks and all the cash that AI thinks you have.

The only drawback is you'll have to keep track separately of your real holdings for each stock.

Adam

[Neil Scott]

Hello AIMster,

Im using A.I. as my main tool for testing scenarios and I think it is excellent.
This is how I've been working out the best ways of handling LD-AIM accounts.
I can search out the volatile stocks then use the backtesting facility to play around with the SAFE, and sell amounts.

As I start off with a small stake, I don't mind if the stock falls.
In fact I may sometimes do an initial $800 investment then set the SAFE to 0%/20% so it is buy biased.
It helps me get the stock at a better price than if I spent $3000 .
If it goes up straigt away I'll probably just keep resetting the sell price higher. To sell at double the price would be nice and sometimes possible in the mining stock area.

Without A.I. I would be far more in the dark when it came to testing with real life data.

Cheers

Neil