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>Hello,
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class=861444411-26072002>1. Using 1 Min data, I am backtesting an 
Intraday system that is set to Average on 
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>Buy Sell Cover and 
Short.
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>Why is it that when the event occurs during the day the 
backtest report 
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>Calculates the Prices based on the Time of 3:59:00 (or 
at least that is what it shows) 
for 
each day once p<SPAN 
class=EmailStyle15>er day rather than at the 
time and amount that it 
occurred?
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>2. If my system 
triggered, say, two or three buy/sell signals during the 
day,
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>would the backtester 
show them at the times and amounts they occurred?
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>Do I need to change a 
parameter?
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class=861444411-26072002>3. Also, In this database I have two symbols 
with about 3 years of Intraday data in it
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>For backtesting, when I use AmiQuote to get the updated 
intraday data from
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>Yahoo, why is it that some symbols refuse to update each 
day or just sporadically.
e.g. 
AMEX_QQQ, Yet MSFT has no 
problem?
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>4.  How canI speed 
the performance of the refresh on the Intraday charts when I 
have
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>the large amountof back 
data, is that a wait for the newer charting engine or is there 
a
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>parameter to 
change?  The screen refresh of the chart cannot keep up with the 
outstanding 
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>download 
performance.
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>Thanks in 
advance.
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>Mr.. 
Valley