So what exactly is not working? Are you not getting rows showing up in your explore? Are you not getting trades showing up in your backtest?
Or are you saying that your exploration and backtest don't put arrows on your diagram for you? If you want the explore or backtest to put arrows on the diagram, you can right click on the results area and select any of the "show arrows..." menu items. Mike --- In [email protected], "oliverdoerler" <oliverdoer...@...> wrote: > > hi Mike, > > thanks again for your answer! > > i expected that maybe the settings for the backtest could be a reason, that > is the reason i tryed it over the exploration. anyway, i checked for a > redefinition of the array, but that should not be the problem. :( > > > the last part of my code, starting with the buy array: > > // Long > Buy = Kauf AND StochRSISchwelleL AND VolumenBedLong AND InBandBereichUnter > AND KoerperL; > Sell = StochRSI < SRSISchwelleL AND InBandBereichOber OR Close < UnterBB; > > // Short > Short = Verkauf AND StochRISSchwelleS AND VolumenBedShort AND > InBandBereichOber AND KoerperS; > Cover = StochRSI > SRSISchwelleS AND InBandBereichUnter OR Close > OberBB; > > PlotShapes(Buy * shapeUpArrow, colorGreen, 0, Low, -20); > > Filter = Buy; > AddColumn( DateTime(), "Date", formatDateTime); > //EOF > > > --- In [email protected], "Mike" <sfclimbers@> wrote: > > > > Olli, > > > > Most likely your problem is related to your settings, and you can reproduce > > the issue using any Buy/Sell rules. > > > > In answer to your question, yes, AmiBroker will produce different results > > during backtest than during a simple plot. A backtest requires sufficient > > funds to make the trade, cancels redundant orders, restricts the number of > > positions, etc. all based on your settings. A plot shows *signals*. A > > backtest shows *trades*. > > > > However, the exploration should behave the same as the plot. If your > > exploration is not showing the same dates as your chart, then check to see > > if you are redefining the value of Buy after the Plot, in which case the > > exploration would show the latter values but the Plot would show the former. > > > > For backtesting, review all your settings from the Automatic Analysis > > window. Documentation can be found here: > > > > http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_backtest.html > > > > Mike > > > > --- In [email protected], "oliverdoerler" <oliverdoerler@> wrote: > > > > > > hi Mike, > > > > > > thanks for your answer. i ran it over the complete period, which contains > > > the plotted arrows in the chart (eod data over several years). > > > > > > is it possible, that amibroker evaluate the buy array diffrent for plot > > > and buy signals? > > > > > > i would like to provide more information about the problem. but how, > > > without copy the complete afl code. :) > > > > > > olli > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Mike" <sfclimbers@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Make sure that you are running your exploration over a long enough > > > > period such that at least one buy appears. If you are running your > > > > exploration for just the last day, then there will be no results if > > > > there were no buy signals on that one day. > > > > > > > > Same answer for the backtest. Make sure the backtest period is long > > > > enough to include one of your buy signals. > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "oliverdoerler" <oliver@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > > > when i plot my buy array, i get several (correct) arrows in my charts > > > > > for open signals. unfortunately, in a backtest or exploration dosnt > > > > > appear any trade. > > > > > > > > > > Buy = some formulas... > > > > > > > > > > PlotShapes(Buy * shapeUpArrow, colorGreen, 0, Low, -20); > > > > > > > > > > Filter = Buy; > > > > > AddColumn(DateTime(), "Date", formatDateTime); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if i use the buy array for the filter, should not appear exact the > > > > > same datarows, like for the plot function? (the backtest is empty > > > > > too) how can it be possible, that once the buy array has once some > > > > > marks to plot and no marks for explore? i understand something wrong? > > > > > > > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > > olli > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
