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Hi Mike
I'll try and digest that in the morning - time for bed now.
What I had hoped to do was to get the symbol before the CBT is
invoked, but if it has to be done in the CBT then so be it.
Thanks
Graham
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike" <sfclimbers@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When writing custom backtester code, you don't deal with a "current
> symbol". Instead, you deal with signals and/or open positions
and/or
> completed trades.
>
> Typically, you would iterate through the bars, then at each bar you
> would iterate through one or more of the above collections to do
> whatever you want to do (e.g. alter position size, calculate
> statistics, etc.).
>
> For both the Signal object and the Trade object (open and
completed),
> a property named "Symbol" is available. This would be the closest
to
> what you are asking for.
>
> Note that if the "current symbol" that you are seeking is not in
the
> signal collection, open trade collection, or closed trades
collection
> for a given bar, then you would have to use something along the
lines
> of the Foreign function, static variables or composites to get at
the
> information.
>
> See http://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_custombacktest.html for more
> information on custom backtester code.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Graham Johnson" <grahamj@> wrote:
> >
> > I thought this was going to be simple.
> >
> > During the backtest, if there is a particular condition, I want
to
> > write the Symbol to a variable.
> >
> > I've searched the User Doc and this forum, but no joy on how to
get
> the
> > current symbol.
> >
> > Graham
> >
>
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