[R-Forge #1125] add capital/equity-aware order sizing function

[joshuaulrich]

Submitted by: Brian Peterson
Assigned to: Joshua Ulrich
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quantstrat currently has two default order sizing functions:

osNoOp (no operation, tests for errors only, otherwise returns the quantity requested)

osMaxPos (allows leveling into positions up to some maximum position)

We should add a function of functions to do order sizing based on account equity.

At it's simplest, I think that this would do sizing based on either initEQ (stored as an attr in the Account), or on the current endEq (if it has been updated by a call to updateAcct)

I suppose several other options could make sense, like handling weights to apply. This could then be used for either true weight-based allocation (think portfolio optimization ala PortfolioAnalytics or LSPM), or for volatility weighting (per the original Turtles strategy, or similar).

Cheers,

• Brian