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Re: Bad calculations of arithmetic



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Price scale should be 1/100
Min Move = 10
BigPoint Value = 100.00

Regards,
         Randall 
         rkurzon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Hi;
> I have had trade station from the beginning when it was called something
> else.  I can't remember the name -- workstation?
> My learning curve has been very slow and the fruits of much labourer 
> have been very thin.
> It seems the problems with Tradestation are endless and research gets 
> very discouraging frequently; unless perhaps one is at the top of the 
> learning curve.

> Perhaps someone can help me with this latest problem please.

> On studies with the e-mini  Russell;

> on viewing the strategy performance report a profitable trade of $100 
> from 682.00 to 683.00
> and using $0.00 for costs,  the program reports a strange profit of 
> $9.99. I can't imagine what is happening.

> it does not seem to matter how I vary the parameters below with the 
> numbers as suggested by the data vendor.

> price scale = 1/1000
> point value=  1.000
> Min movement = 1.000

> hopefully there is a simple answer for that.
> I would not want anyone to put a lot of time into it.
> thanks in advance for any help.

> Greg Hunt