Ooops!! your right! === [3768] Symbol = BHP : dt[84] = 15/06/2000 : TRisk[84] = 0.59479 [3768] Symbol = BHP : EntryPrice = 7.96475 : ExitPrice = 7.93425 [3768] Trade.EntryDateTime = 15/06/2000 Risk = 0.59479 ===
Thanks PS, Regards JW --- In [email protected], "vlanschot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to interfere with you correspondence with GP, no probs, much appreciated. > but I see in your > code that before the CBT-part you've defined > > AddToComposite(TradeRisk, "~trisk" + Name(),"C",atcFlagDefaults > |atcFlagEnableInBacktest ); > > . . . but then you call it as: > > TRisk = Foreign("~trisk_" + trade.Symbol,"C");// NOTE: with > underscore!, so that doesn't work > > Personally, and FWIW, as I do not always want to clutter my Db with > numerous ATC's, I often prefer to use VarSet. if I can get it work in the custom backtester, then I agree it's probably a better method. > PS > > By the way GP, I didn't realise it was you who wrote the custom backtester doc, it's helped me a lot on the way to understand custom backtesting, thanks for your contribution.
