rolling walk-forward optimization for an AR model

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ac_1
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rolling walk-forward optimization for an AR model

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Guys,

Is there a way to do a rolling walk-forward optimization as depicted in:

http://www.tradestation.com/trading-tec ... -optimizer

in RATS e.g for an AR model?


Regards,
Amarjit
TomDoan
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Re: rolling walk-forward optimization for an AR model

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That's an ad, not an algorithm. However, it sounds like it's just using a holdback period, or simulated out-of-sample forecasts, both of which are routinely done in macroeconometrics. It's what the @RUNTHEIL procedure in chapter 7 of the User's Guide is doing. The CANMODEL.RPF, ARIMA.RPF and SIMULTHE.RPF examples all do something similar.
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