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julien09

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Feature Request: Acquisition %

Hello,

Regarding to backtesting it would be good to be able to have the option to acquire all of the stocks (without a maximum percentage per stock) corresponding to the acquisition criteria.
I did not find such a feature.

Best regards.
View the feature request here .

Feb 24, 2017 10:54:55 AM

primus

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Re: Feature Request: Acquisition %

Can you be more specific about your request? Is acquisition criteria equivalent to the "buy rules"? If so, I believe this option is available in the screener under the options menu by setting the maximum parameter to "0".

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Feb 24, 2017 7:35:11 PM

mbclark

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Re: Feature Request: Acquisition %

I think the ask, if I am paraphrasing correctly, is to have portfolios mirror the functionality in screens in which leaving the number of stocks at 0 means that all stocks passing the buy rules will be bought equal weighted.

Feb 24, 2017 9:01:34 PM

dnevin123

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Re: Feature Request: Acquisition %

Agreed would like to see this also... If I make indexes of my screens which hold all the stocks which pass my screen at any given point in time I seem to get better performance (especially on a risk-adjusted basis).

Feb 25, 2017 9:24:03 AM

WalterW

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Re: Feature Request: Acquisition %

But wouldn't constantly adjusting both the number of holdings and their allocation require a lot of additional trading? Position sizing controls like "Ideal Weight New Pos" wouldn't be effective anymore, too, right?

Feb 26, 2017 3:07:07 PM