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Frank, thank you for the response. What you describe will, in fact work, but in my case is not necessarily “easier”. Imagine how you would react if a word processor software vendor said that every time we update the software, all you have to do is re-type your documents and your all set. I suspect you would be incredulous. I am hoping for a more enduring solution.
My sense is that we have 3 data sets – “yours”, “mine”, and “ours”.
– For the sake of discussion “your” data is the out of the box strategies. I might argue that outside of optimizing, the strategies should be “locked down” and in LI control (in other words to tinker with a strategy one would need to duplicate it first and then edit the copy). Implementing such an requirement would eliminate overwriting a user-edited strategy when strategies are evolved.
– “My” data might be investments, like a retirement plan where the investment options are limited and outside of the LI Strategies.
– And finally, “our” data would consist of LI Strategies that have been edited or pivot off a slightly altered group of investment options.
It is the “mine” and “ours” where we seem to get hung up. It seems like there needs to be a “File > Save” or “Export > Import” capability that allows users to bring the all their local data over to the latest and greatest QuantTrader version. I am no software developer and have no perspective of what may be required to deliver such capabilities, but I hope it is something that can be considered.
Finally, I think QuantTrader is fantastic. The work that you and your team have done thus far is spectacular and is not diminished by a missing feature here or there. Please accept these thoughts as suggestions in the spirit of continuous improvement. Thanks again for responding.
