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class=338271521-02112003>I don't get your context. total change in what? price
of the current stock? start and end prices I think would be:
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class=338271521-02112003>price_at_start_of_test =
LastValue(ValueWhen(Status("FirstBarInRange"), c));price_at_end_of_test =
LastValue(ValueWhen(Status("LastBarInRange"), c));
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class=338271521-02112003>do that, then add these columns and explore to
verify:
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class=338271521-02112003>AddColumn(start_price,
"price_at_start_of_test");AddColumn(end_price,
"price_at_end_of_test");AddColumn(c, "c");
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class=338271521-02112003>percentage change would be:
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class=338271521-02112003>pct_change = ((end_price / start_price) - 1) *
100;
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class=338271521-02112003>some major caveats though...
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<SPAN
class=338271521-02112003>- if you're talking about price change over the course
of the same backtest that's running now, the backtester itself tells you that,
so I don't understand what you're trying to do.
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class=338271521-02112003>- if you make buy/sell decisions based on the above,
you're looking into the future, and you won't be able to trade like that in real
life. that's why you have to use LastValue, so you can see what the value
would be as of the last bar.
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class=338271521-02112003>- code that runs during a backtest runs *before*
the portfolio calculations have been done. in a scoring or rotational system,
you can't even tell which of the buys and shorts you set up will actually get
taken, and which will be outscored by another stock and
skipped.
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<SPAN
class=338271521-02112003>all of that's what I thought when I saw your first msg.
I figured I didn't have anything useful to say about it then, since I must have
misunderstood the point. which I do frequently, it seems...
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class=338271521-02112003>dave
<BLOCKQUOTE
>I'm
trying to figure out how to determine the Total Percent Changein the Close
from the... From Date thru the To Date in my backtest.I'm looking for
the value of the Close on the FromDate and also onthe ToDate, so i can
compute Total Percentage Change between the 2 dates.I obviously
don't understand barinrange yet, and if someone can helpme figure this out
i'd truly appreciate it. Thank
you.Bill
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