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Re: [amibroker] Help Understanding How Backtesting picks trades



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I believe if you do not define a positionscore it goes by Symbol alphabet


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On 14/12/06, Terry <MagicTH@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Backtester picks signals based on your definition in the Buy = cond1; Sell
> =
> Cond2; etc.
>
> When you have differences it is most likely some of your code is looking
> into the future. Sometimes it's tricky to not do this. For example,
> PositionScore, traded next day open is a problem. So is setting a volume
> limit to trade on next day open (in both cases it uses the next day's
> results which are known in a backtest, but not known realtime). There are
> many other ways to get future looking results too. Have you used the Check
> button in the editor to test?
> --
> Terry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Jerry Laster
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 20:43
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Help Understanding How Backtesting picks trades
>
> Hi,
> I notice differences between real time trading and backtesting. Where can
> I find detailed information on how the backtester picks the signals it
> uses?
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Jerry
>
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