Does the Exhaustive Search feature in Optimax offer any benefits over TradeStation optimizations?
In our opinion yes there are quite a few advantages to using Optimax for exhaustive searches: 1) With Optimax you can see and keep all of the equity curves and performance results from the entire run. In TradeStation you can only see numbers (no curves, and only keep X (top) results and we’ve found that if you make X very large TradeStation will run into problems and not display the results at all or it will crash. This is also a drawback if you want to sort your results by other factors after you’re done – you don’t have them all. With Optimax you do. 2) Using the ISpace indicators in Optimax you can evaluate your results in a way that you can’t in TradeStation – you can quickly and graphically see areas of stability (and instability) in your run. 3) Using Optimax you can enable Price Modulation and greatly lessen your chances of curve-fitting. In our opinion this is an absolute necessity for any optimization. 4) Optimax keeps history until you delete it. You can go back and review yo
