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Re: Managing dates in TS/EL



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At 3:23 PM -0500 2/1/99, Brad Rylander wrote:

>I'm trying to backtest a system over ten years of the Dow 30,
>01/01/89--01/01/99.  I have been unable to format price data for this
>date range except by doing so one symbol at a time and then the next
>time that symbol is accessed the date range has been reset to the
>default values.
>
>I've looked at the time and date functions in easy language and can't
>find a way to access the date of the bar that is current while the
>system is being tested.
>
>I'm sure I'm missing something basic here.  Can you folks point me in
>the right direction?
>
>Thank you for your attention.


In TradeStation, under "Tools" select "Options", then the "Price Data" tab.

Then set the default number of bars you want to load in the last line of
the dialog box.

Bob Fulks