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Does anybody know what the status is on the Visual Basic interface to
MS-files?
Is it out yet?
What are the costs?
Maybe even experiences?
Thanks, Mark.
lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 01-08-98 19:54:13
Please respond to metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: TKruzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (bcc: Mark Jonker/Everest)
Subject: Re: System Testing
You might be able todo this using the new metstock program that has a
Visual
Basic interfacewith the ms files. Have you tried a spreadsheet?
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: TKruzel <TKruzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock-Users-List <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 12:27 AM
Subject: System Testing
>MetaStocker's,
>
>There is a type of trading scenario that I would like to test for
>in MetaStock. So far I have been unsuccessful in trying to do it.
>If any of you out there have succeeded testing the following
>scenario (with MetaStock or any other product) I would appreciate
>hearing from you.
>
>Imagine the following trade. At some price bar, a buy signal is
>triggered and I enter the trade. The entry price is the CLOSE of that
>bar. Now, I wish to exit the trade at the first instance that the stock
>trades at CLOSE+1/2 (a half point of profit). To do this I must check
>the HIGH of each subsequent bar. The CLOSING prices of the subsequent
>bars may never achieve a value of CLOSE+1/2, but the HIGH of the very
>next bar might very well achieve a value of CLOSE+1/2. As soon as the
>HIGH exceeds CLOSE+1/2 I would exit the trade with 1/2 point profit.
>
>The System Tester bundled with MetaStock does not allow for the above
>type of scenario. The System Tester requires using the same price on
>each bar for both entries and exits (i.e. CLOSE/CLOSE, OPEN/OPEN, etc.).
>So, if the FUTURE CLOSES never get above the value of ENTRY CLOSE+1/2
>then MetaStock would end up counting the trade as a looser (assuming
>that some STOP would take you out). However, the trade may have
>actually been a winner because some future HIGH did exceed the value
>of CLOSE+1/2.
>
>Because of this limitation in the MetaStock System Tester I have been
>trying to program my own system tester using MetaStock's Expert Adviser
>and the Indicator Builder programming language. However, due to the
>archirecture of the MetaStock programming language it is impossible to
>build a system tester for the case that the exit criteria is based
>upon the entry criteria. (I have MetaStock support folks looking at
>this, however, I am not optimistic.)
>
>Here is a sketch of the trade I described above.
>
> HIGH |
> | <--- CLOSE + 1/2
> |
> _|_ |
> CLOSE | | _|_
> | | | |
> | | |___|
> |___| | _|_
> | (2) | |
> (1) | |
> |___|
> |
> (3)
>
>a) A trade is entered at the CLOSE of bar (1). The exit target price
> is CLOSE + 1/2
>
>b) The HIGH of bar (2) exceeds the value of CLOSE + 1/2. The trade
> is exited and counted as profitable (profit of 1/2 point).
>
>c) The MetaStock System Tester looks only at the closing prices of
> bars (2) and (3). The closing prices of bars (2) and (3) do not
> exceed CLOSE + 1/2. If the close of bar (3) triggers a STOP the
> trade is exited and accounted for as a loss.
>
>One would not think that doing this should be very difficult, but so
>far I have found it to be impossible.
>
>Thanks,
>Regards,
>Tim Kruzel
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