[amibroker] Re: Dynamically Defining number of Bars to be Loaded

["Christoper" <turkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can limit the date range for explorations/scans in teh AA window.
 That will cut the time down.  

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dweilmuenster95125"
<dweilmuenster95125@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Once a database is defined for AmiBroker, is it possible in
> Explorations or Backtests to specify that the program should load only
> a specific number of the most recent bars in the database, rather than
> the maximum number defined when creating the database.
> 
> For example, if a database is defined to load 3000 bars of daily data
> from TC2005, is there a way in an Exploration or Backtest to specifiy
> that only the most recent 500 bars should be loaded for that
> Exploration or Backtest?
> 
> Why?  Some of my backtesting requires 10 years of data.  Explorations
> typically require only 2 years.  But, AmiBroker loads all 10 years for
> explorations whether I need it or not because the database is defined
> to accommodate the maximum number of bars for backtesting and
> exploring.  That stretches the time to complete Exploration
> susbstantially.
> 
> Thanks,
> David





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