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[amibroker] Re: Setting up the futures backtester- I need some help...



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I think the help is wrong. You want:

PositionSize = MarginDeposit = 1;

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "netbull2000" <netbull2000@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Please bear with me as I am just starting. First things tend to be 
> tough....
> 
> Now, here is what I have put in the AA window:
> 
> PositionSize = MarginRequirement = 1;
> Buy = Cross( Close, SAR());
> Sell = Cross( SAR(), Close);
> Short = Cross( SAR(), Close);
> Cover = Cross( Close, SAR());
> 
> The statement 'PositionSize = MarginRequirement = 1;'is supposed to 
> give one contract trades, according to Amibroker help, yet I am 
> getting zero contract trades. The system gets traded, but in the 
> results the total profit is zero because the total number of 
> contracts is zero.
> 
> How do I get a nonzero number of contracts?
> 
> TIA,
> Wally


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