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[amibroker] Re: Difference between Scan and Backtest



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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, james smith <jamesmemphis@xxx> wrote:
>
> New user here.
> 
> I am getting different results with scan and backtest.

This topic appears here every few days, please make a search on old 
messages to find out hundreds of responses.

In short: scan gives RAW signals (may be redundant), backtest gives 
actual trades that are subject to constraints such as round lot size, 
min. pos size, max. pos size, etc, etc, that may cause that trade is 
not entered.

Regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com