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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: lizgdal   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: How to use GTR1
Date: 12/17/25 6:44 PM
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When you say 'other methods', does that mean having other sources for data and the ability to program gtr1?

By other methods, I meant other than gtr1 (e.g. Radiscript). One way is to move the data into a spreadsheet or database, and then use those applications to screen. Also, the data vendor probably offers screening tools.

Author: elann
Subject: OT: A question for VL subscribers
Date: 5/2/2022
"I use the Export function in VL to download the whole database into a spreadsheet every week so that I can produce my own screen rankings. For several months now there has been a problem ..."
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=35102185

Backtesting is harder, with fewer options (e.g. gtr1 or Portfolio123).
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