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Author: zeelotes 🐝🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: BCC Updated to 04/10/2026
Date: 04/14/26 12:23 AM
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I ran tests using various indexes to compare the MI Board's standard method for DBE, against my own. I don't recall when DBE was first introduced to the MI Board, but I figured it was probably back to 2000 or so. So this test is from 1/1/2000 to present. The results at the top are for the standard 99-Day, and the results at the bottom use my own parameters that I first came up with many moons ago.

This is based on holding the index LONG during a bull signal and SHORT during a bear signal.

MI Board   ROI       CAGR    GSD    Sharpe  DDD3   Win%  Drawdown
^IXIC 987.51% 9.50% 24.67 0.42 8.04% 77% -62.26%
^NDX 1438.58% 10.96% 26.55 0.46 7.69% 85% -62.63%
^DJI 511.15% 7.13% 18.02 0.36 4.81% 85% -37.09%
^GSPC 753.72% 8.50% 18.56 0.43 4.68% 85% -33.92%
^PSE 1210.17% 10.28% 23.93 0.44 6.55% 92% -49.23%

Zee Based ROI CAGR GSD Sharpe DDD3 Win% Drawdown
^IXIC 1984.27% 12.25% 23.42 0.56 5.33% 85% -37.32%
^NDX 3046.04% 14.02% 24.92 0.61 4.61% 92% -35.74%
^DJI 564.41% 7.47% 18.09 0.38 4.87% 85% -37.09%
^GSPC 888.97% 9.11% 18.59 0.47 4.83% 85% -33.92%
^PSE 1970.68% 12.22% 23.31 0.53 5.37% 100% -32.25%


It appears that my parameters have continued to do well since they were first developed. I optimized my signals for what I typically trade, which is more NDX100 than SP500.
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