AAII-Silicon Valley: Computerized Investing Meeting

The AAII Silicon Valley Computerized Investing-Mechanical Investing (CIMI) Group discusses ideas on how to use computers in investing. The group has a definite mechanical investing flavor, focusing on rules, algorithms, programs, and computerized investing tools of various flavors.

Typical CIMI Meeting Topics and Agenda include:

• Introduction, General Administrative Items
• Updates on discussions/postings since the last meeting
• Presentation(s) focusing on one or more of the following topics:
• --- Recent topics from AAII (e.g., from the AAII Journal, Computerized Investing, SI Pro, etc.)
• --- Stock, ETF Strategy review, back test results
• --- New Timing and Stock Strategy Simulation Results

For example, our April meeting featured

• An update on the Kelly Criterion from Ren. This included a back-test study that compared Kelley as a ranking algorithm vs. several other "standard momentum metrics (e.g., FundX score, 10 Month momentum, etc.)
• We then reviewed a benchmark/back-test study of the TradeStops tool and how it worked on various indices, the 9 sector ETFs and the Dow 30.
• We concluded by following-up on last month's CIMI presentation from Prediction Valley. In this case we took Prediction Valley's public trade history and, making some reasonable assumptions on costs and how an individual could implement this strategy, summarized their performance.

If this sounds interesting come join us for our next CIMI meeting on June 2nd at Holder's Country Inn, 998 S. DeAnza Blvd., San Jose, CA 95129. Map:http://tinyurl.com/z4599o8 Dinner orders start at 6:00 PM and the meeting begins at approx. 6:30 PM. Hope to see you there!

More information about CIMI can be found at our Yahoo! group at: http://tinyurl.com/pug8ybv

More information about AAII-Silicon Valley can be found at: http://www.siliconvalleyaaii.org/ and athttps://www.facebook.com/sv.aaii/

AAII-SV can be contacted at:mailto:aaiichapter_siliconvalley@yahoo.com

General information about AAII can be found at:http://www.aaii.com/

AAII Silicon Valley is affiliated with the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), a nonprofit corporation founded in 1978 for the purpose of assisting individuals in becoming effective managers of their own assets through programs of education, information and research.