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Gary,
Thanks for asking the question. I went back this morning and looked
at some tests I had run on the new 8.0. Because I was optimizing some
parameters, I had some tests that were taking the entry late on what
should have been a stop and reverse entry on the same bar (I left the
box set up on the default). I hadn't noticed this because I only
looked at the more profitable optimized variables (which because they
had higher requirements to be biased bullish or bearish, would not be
SAR type trades - if any of this is making sense!).
Anyway, I now need to go back and rerun all these tests (I already
reran one and the result did change - checking it by hand, I can see
your problem exactly).
This brings up an interesting point to those with 8.0 or thinking
about it, 8.0's system tester offers quite a bit more than 7.2. With
that, comes a bit of a learning curve and that should be expected.
Pring
--- In Metastockusers@xxxx, "Gary" <gary.keeney@xxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. I also got a similar response from Equis tech support -
they
> recommended changing the "portfolio bias" setting from "single"
> to "multiple", and unchecking the "limit positions" box which limits
> the number of positions open at a time (default is 1). Either or
> both of these settings will block execution of one order if two
> orders are released on the same bar, even if one is to close a prior
> position and the other is to open a new position.
>
> I had wondered about that, but was led astray by the fact that ALL
of
> the systems included with Metastock have those set to a default
> of "portfolio bias" = single, and "limit positions" = 1. Based on
> what Tech Support told me, that means that any crossover/reversal
> system which is always in the market, in which any trigger will
> release two orders to move from long to short OR short to long, will
> not be profitable because those settings block a correct reversal
> upon the crossover. I didn't think Equis would send out systems
with
> MetaStock which cannot work with the default settings, so I kept
> looking for something else.
>
> Thanks also for your note on posting to both forums.
>
> Gary
>
> --- In Metastockusers@xxxx, Pring <pring99@xxxx> wrote:
> > I'm going from memory quickly here but check in the
> > system's tester pages for a couple of boxes which say
> > "system bias" "long" or "short". If you click on the
> > help button, it will explain it. I suspect, again
> > from memory (I have 8.0 loaded on another machine, not
> > this one as I'm still testing it to make sure I'm
> > comfortable with everything before going live with it
> > during trading hours), that something in your code is
> > triggering a condition in the opposite direction
> > before the trade is executed.
> >
> > Pring
> >
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