backtest_opt: Function to backtest a periodically optimized portfolio...

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Description

This function repeatedly calls function optimize.portfolio in PortfolioAnalytics to perform a backtest of a strategy requiring optimization. Since optimize.portfolio can be slow to run, it provides periodic updates at each optimization date via a log file. It is assumed to run on multiple CPU cores using foreach and the snow package.

Usage

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backtest_opt(R, portfolio, optimize_method = "random",
  search_size = 100)

Arguments

R

the returns

Details

This function uses the version 2 of optimize.portfolio. More details by ?optimize.portfolio.

Value

return value

Examples

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