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Re: [amibroker] Buy on Close, Sell on Open



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I just tried backtesting it on DJI stocks for 2005 and
no trades occured. 

Eric
--- dweilmuenster95125 <dweilmuenster95125@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to write a Backtest for a single symbol
> that Buys on the
> Close of each Day, and Sells on the next Open. 
> (Sounds weird, but
> there's a good reason for the research.)
> 
> Attached below is my code.
> 
> It almost works, but Buys only every other day, not
> every day, and
> does exit on the next day's Open.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
>
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> 
> 
> SetOption("InitialEquity",100000);                  
> SetOption("MaxOpenPositions",1);               
> SetOption("MarginRequirement",100);                 
> 
> SetOption("UsePrevBarEquityForPosSizing",False);
> SetOption("AllowPositionShrinking" , True);
> SetOption("AllowSameBarExit",False);  
> SetOption("ActivateStopsImmediately" ,False);
> SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);                            
> BuyPrice = Close;
> SellPrice = Open;
> SetPositionSize(100,spsPercentOfEquity);
> RoundLotSize = 10;
> 
> Buy = True;
> Sell = False;
> ApplyStop(3,2,0);
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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