Hi jcl.

I am updating to 1.58 this weekend. As part of my update process I Test with various Margin slider settings (Risk slider doesn't seem to matter any longer). I've noticed that as new versions of the strategy have come out that volatility has increased.

1.58 Z3 seems to exhibit much more volatility at different Margin than prior versions. At both Margin 49 and 51, for example, DD is > 1400 and AR is more like 70%. The other measures (PF, SR, UI, etc.) also bounce around similarly. Graphing these measures for various Margin slider settings does show a trend, but there is much more volatility around the trend than in past versions. Looking at the straight-line values at Margin 50 rather than the Margin=50 point values gives AR more like 100%, Cap Req'd more like 1200, etc.; indicating that using the Margin=50 point values of 130%, ~900, etc. in the Manual is rather misleading...

Do you see the same thing? If so, any idea why Z3's results now vary so much with different Margin slider setting? Past versions were substantially smoother...

Thanks.