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Re: [amibroker] Backtester: not selling out on same day as entry



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This is because in your formula you are using ExRem.

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Tomasz Janeczko
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dralexchambers" <dralexchambers@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:56 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Backtester: not selling out on same day as entry


>I have some backtester code below. Despite setting the
> "AllowSameBarExit" option to True, the position is not being sold on
> the same day.
> 
> See this JPG for my explanation:
> 
> http://www.chambers-media.com/01.jpg
> 
> The black arrow is the setup day
> The green arrow is the buy day
> The blue line is a trailing stop loss. When the low of the day passes
> through the low, a sell is triggered.
> 
> The position should enter and exit on the same day (B).
> 
> However, the backtester enters on (B) but exits on (C)!
> 
> Can anyone suggest - alex
> 
> ==============================
> 
> SetOption("FuturesMode" , False);
> SetBarsRequired(10000,10000);
> 
> SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0);
> SetOption("AllowSameBarExit",True);
> 
> SetOption("MarginRequirement",0);
> SetOption("MinShares",1);
> 
> Buy = Longsetup AND H>StopBuy;
> BuyPrice = Max(Open,StopBuy);
> 
> LongStop = (Low-1) - 0.0010; // Trail SL 10 pips behind
> 
> Sell = L < LongStop;
> Buy = ExRem( Buy, Sell );
> Sell = ExRem( Sell, Buy );
> SellPrice = Min(Open,LongStop);
> 
> 
> 
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