I've always had the trade settings set to buyprice
Open.
Unfortunately, the backtester insists on using the Close, and I
can't
figure out why that is.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"gonzagags" <gonzagags@x..> wrote:
>
> Try in settings-
trades, set in long trades buyprice in open..
>
>
> --- In
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, even
though I have set Buyprice = Open; I noticed that the
> > backtester
report is displaying position sizes based on the Close of
> > the
bar. On some trades this makes a huge difference.
> >
> > I
am backtesting Forex. And I imagine that when trading on the Open,
>
a
> > broker like IB will use the dynamic price of the Open to
calculate
> the
> > exchange rate and position size, since the
Close price is not yet
> > known at the time of the trade.
>
>
> > So how do I force the backtester to mimic the above, and
calculate
> > position sizes based on Opens? Or is this not even an
option?
> >
> > I looked up Setoption in the reference
guide, and don't seem to see
> an
> > appropriate setting to
switch.
> >
> > Any input appreciated.
>
>
>