Post #128 by LonghornBoy on the Mechanical Investing board

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Ben wrote:

"Perhaps this is just a ruse to teach us a lesson not to follow strangers on the internet. After all, he is the BSDetector :)"

I compared this to my own indicators and was able to identify a set of four which - when used in concert with each other, did a pretty good job of replicating his results.

So, there may be some merit to his model. However, without an understanding of how it's built, it's practically impossible to validate it...which is one key reason why I would never use a black-box system as part of my trading...

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