EYEGUY Icon    Posts: 1543 Joined: 12/12/2003 Location: BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK  User Profile | Jeff B.: No, there are only two defined Market States in Resilient: Bull Stocks and Big Dog. Resilient Stocks are traded through thick and thin, Bull and Dog. And, yeah, I am curious why the Ranker doesn't work. But I would be less than honest if I said I ever created an ATM method where any Ranker "worked". Now you will see in some of the Nirvana ATM Methods Default Ranker Values but if you try to optimize them they usually return a value of zero (0) meaning optimization is not of value. This is also true (and, please forgive me, Mark) in several of Mark Holstius' ATM Methods. My "feeling" is that a number was inserted for the Default but was never actually tested nor optimized. And, boy, do I wish I were wrong about that. Now I don't know that the same is true for OmniFunds - remember the goal here was to make a Resilient Portfolio in OmniTrader and Ranking is essential to that process. You are also on the right track in emulating Jeff's effort to find what you would consider Resilient securities - certainly Jeff did not locate them all in every market situation from 2005 up to the present. Thinking of what you would classify as a resilient stock might put you on a more constructive path than what Jeff did which (as I understand it) was to basically find those securities that held up the best in the current Bear Market and in the Bear Market of 2008. To my mind a resilient stock is one that fares well compared to its fellow in all market situations. Jeff's real contribution I think was to get us all pondering what those stocks might be so that we don't suffer massive drawdowns in Big Boy Bear Markets like we have just experienced. So, keep looking for ideas on how to create a truly Resilient Focus List. Tom Helget [Edited by EYEGUY on 4/10/2020 8:44 PM] | |
