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[amibroker] Here is a problem for your intraday Guru's.....



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perfect!! thanks

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Merrill" <dmerrill@xxxx> 

wrote:
> Buy = Buy AND (BuyPrice < H) and (BuyPrice > L);
> Short = Short AND (ShortPrice < H) and (ShortPrice > L);
> 
> Dave
>   Thanks for your quick respond. However, when this option set to 
false
>   (SetOption("PriceBoundChecking",False)), amibroker will always
>   execute your trade at your "buyprice" or "shortprice" even if it
>   falls outside the day's range(by default it seems to adjust your
>   trade price to the H or L if it falls outside the day's range).
> 
>   So this actually makes the problem worse. What I would like
>   amibroker's backtester to do is to NOT TRADE at all if 
my "buyprice"
>   or "shortprice" falls outside the day's range(which what would
>   realistically happen). Comments/Advise ????
> 
>   Chris
> 
> 
>   --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, b <b519b@xxxx> wrote:
>   > Yes.
>   >
>   > See "SetOption" in the documentation. One of the options to
>   > be set will turn off the range checking.
>   >
>   > b
>   >
>   > --- cnh4_2000 <cnh4@xxxx> wrote:
>   > > My "buyprice" and "shortprice" during backtesting is
>   > > calculating as a
>   > > factor of the close, high, & low, of the signal day (I
>   > > use a 1-day
>   > > delay). What I am noticing is that if my buyprice falls
>   > > outside the
>   > > range for that day, the backtester automatically buys at
>   > > the low for
>   > > that day(even though the buyprice calculated by my
>   > > formula was too
>   > > low). Contraversely, if my shortprice falls outside the
>   > > range for
>   > > that day, the backtester automatically shorts at the high
>   > > for that day
>   > > (even though the shortprice calculated by my formula was
>   > > too high).
>   > >
>   > > This leads to inflated profits, since I am entered in
>   > > trades(at
>   > > perfect entry points) and profits for trades I should
>   > > have missed.
>   > >
>   > > Is there a way I can tell backtester NOT to enter the
>   > > trade if my
>   > > buyprice or shortprice falls outside the range for that
>   > > day?
>   > >
>   > > PS. I am using version Amibroker 4.50
>   > >
>   > > Thanks
>   > >
>   > > Chris,
>   > >
>   > >
>   >
>   >
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