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[amibroker] HighestBars() on equity - before the first trade



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I'm trying to determine the longest drawdown period in the backtest, here's the code snippet:

bslh = HighestBars(Foreign("~~~EQUITY", "C")); // # bars since last high
ldd = Highest(bslh); // longest drawdown to date, array
lbn = LastValue(BarIndex()); // last bar number
longestDD = ldd[lbn]; // longest drawdown in the test period, value

This sorta works, except when there's a long flat period preceding the first trade, because HighestBars() treats such periods as drawdowns and increases the counter, even though there were NO higher value in the past! Say, my initial equity is 100,000 and the first trade occurs 2 months after the start of the backtest period. HighestBars on the date preceding the first trade will be 60, which will exceed my actual longest drawdown (if I have any luck), and screw up my stats.

What am I overlooking this time? Many thanks! 



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