Try Ref(Buy, 0) and see if that works for you. I don't have access to AmiBroker on this computer, so I can't say for sure if it will work. But it should be easy to try.
--- In [email protected], "cnh4_2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm backtesting a system which requires me to take action #1 if BUY > was true(and SHORT was false) and take action #2 if SHORT was true > (and BUY was false). Obviously, this evaluation is done after after > the BUY and SHORT signals are checked. > > Here are the different things I've tried which all dont seem to be > producing the right result. In other words, when backtesting long > trades only, my profit is different when I manually > section "ProfitFactor" compared to when I attempt to dynamically set > it based on whether or not BUY is true. > > Attempt 1 > > ProfitFactor=IIf(Lastvalue(Buy),Value1,Value2); > > Attempt 2 > > ProfitFactor=IIf(Lastvalue(Buy,False),Value1,Value2); > > Attempt 3 > > ProfitFactor=IIf(Buy,Value1,Value2); > > Attempt 4 > > ProfitFactor=IIf(selectedvalue(Buy,False),Value1,Value2); > > > > > None of these seem to produce the right result during my backtest. : > ( Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks. >
