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Hello,
Hoping someone can help with debugging this trading system code. I'vebeen building BarCount loops for the better part of 9 months now, andthought I had the hang of it. Yet this simple problem seems to have thebetter of me!
First, a simple test trading code that does work. The followingcode tests some entry and exit ranges, and takes a position when agiven range is true. I optimize over the various ranges, as well asLong/Short to see what works best. I am testing Forex, and left out thebacktester settings for simplicity here.
If you optimize or backtest this code, over any given month, you will see output as expected:
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Variables for Optimization
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
LongOrShort = Optimize("LongOrShort", 1, 1, 2, 1);
EntryNum = Optimize("EntryNum", 1, 1, 3, 1);
ExitNum = Optimize("ExitNum", 1, 1, 3, 1);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Set up Range Tests for Entries and Exits
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
myMA1 = MA(Close, 7);
Entry1 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0001 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0003;
Entry2 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0003 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0005;
Entry3 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0005;
Exit1 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0002 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0006;
Exit2 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0006 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0010;
Exit3 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0010;
Entry = VarGet("Entry" + EntryNum);
Exit = VarGet("Exit" + ExitNum );
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Trading System
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
Buy = Short = 0;
if(LongOrShort == 1)
Buy = Entry;
else
Short = Entry;
Cover = Sell = Exit;
So now all I want to do is run the exact same code as above, but with aBarCount loop, so that I can calculate some basic statistics for eachtrade over the optimization parameters. For example, I might want tofind out the average profit for trades, the frequency of which rangeswere used for entries, etc. While these trivial examples may beavailable in the AB optimization report, my real-world use involves allsorts of different stats that are not available.
After I calculate the stats, I want to dump them to a log file. Pretty simple in theory.
But the following code suffers from these problems:
- If you run an optimization, all results are zero, instead of being identical to the above code.
- If you run a backtest, no trades are ever taken, instead of behaving identical to the above code
- The log file contains repeated rows. It should only contain one row per optimization sweep
- The ProfitAvg stat is not calculated correctly. Entries are all -10 Billion or so (!)
Can anyone spot why this is not working? I get no errors, and tracesindicate that my loops are being correctly processed. Any input muchappreciated!
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Variables for Optimization
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
LongOrShort = Optimize("LongOrShort", 1, 1, 2, 1);
EntryNum = Optimize("EntryNum", 1, 1, 3, 1);
ExitNum = Optimize("ExitNum", 1, 1, 3, 1);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Set up Range Tests for Entries and Exits
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
myMA1 = MA(Close, 7);
Entry1 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0001 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0003;
Entry2 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0003 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0005;
Entry3 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0005;
Exit1 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0002 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0006;
Exit2 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0006 && Close < myMA1 + 0.0010;
Exit3 = Close >= myMA1 + 0.0010;
Entry = VarGet("Entry" + EntryNum);
Exit = VarGet("Exit" + ExitNum );
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Trading System with BarCount Loop
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
FileName = "F:\\Stats Log File.csv";
wasLong = wasShort = BuySignal =
ShortSignal = SellSignal = CoverSignal =
SoldCount = CoverCount = EntryFreq = 0;
ValueAtBuy = ValueAtShort = ProfitLevel =
ProfitSum = ProfitAvg = Null;
LongContractCount = 0;
ShortContractCount = 0;
for (i = 0; i < BarCount-1; i++)
{
wasLong = LongContractCount > 0;
wasShort = ShortContractCount > 0;
// Long Exit
if (wasLong && Exit[i])
{
SellSignal[i] = 1;
LongContractCount = 0;
SoldCount++;
ProfitLevel = SellPrice[i] - ValueAtBuy;
ProfitSum += ProfitLevel;
}
// Short Exit
if (wasShort && Exit[i])
{
CoverSignal[i] = 1;
ShortContractCount = 0;
CoverCount++;
ProfitLevel = ValueAtShort - SellPrice[i];
ProfitSum += ProfitLevel;
}
// Long entry
if ( Entry[i] && LongOrShort == 1 )
{
BuySignal[i] = 1;
EntryFreq++;
LongContractCount = 1;
ValueAtBuy = BuyPrice[i];
}
// Short entry
if ( Entry[i] && LongOrShort == 2 )
{
ShortSignal[i] = 1;
EntryFreq++;
ShortContractCount = 1;
ValueAtShort = ShortPrice[i];
}
}
Sell = SellSignal;
Cover = CoverSignal;
Buy = BuySignal;
Short = ShortSignal;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Calculate Some Basic Stats
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
if(LongOrShort == 1)
ProfitAvg = ProfitSum/SoldCount;
else
ProfitAvg = ProfitSum/CoverCount;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Create a Text Header Row for the Log File
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
SetCustomBacktestProc( "" );
if ( Status( "ActionEx" ) == actionExOptimizeSetup )
{
_TRACE( "Optimize Begin" );
fh = fopen( FileName, "w" );
if ( fh )
{
fputs( "LongOrShort, Entry, Exit, EntryFreq, ProfitAvg\n", fh );
fclose( fh );
}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Dump the Stats Values to the Log File
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
fh = fopen( FileName, "a" );
if ( fh )
{
fputs( StrFormat( "%.0f,%.0f,%.0f,%.0f,%.5f\n",
LongOrShort, Entry, Exit, EntryFreq, ProfitAvg), fh );
fclose( fh );
}
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