Radek,

Adding a column to the backtest report is described in the user guide:
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_custommetrics.html

However, it is not clear what you want the value to be. Your calculation 
applies to a single symbol. What do you want to display when you are 
backtesting a portfolio of multiple symbols?

If you only plan to backtest against a single symbol at a time, then you have 2 
choices:

1. Use AddToComposite in your system.afl to save your calculation to an 
artificial symbol, then use Foreign from your custom_backtesting.afl to read 
the values from that artificial symbol.

http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?name=addtocomposite
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=54

2. Use SetForeign/RestorePriceArrays in your custom_backtesting.afl to perform 
the calculation on the actual symbol.

http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=247
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=248

I believe that you can only control the column order of custom metrics relative 
to each other. All custom columns still must come after the default columns. I 
haven't played with that yet, but Tomasz mentioned it in a post on this forum a 
little while ago.

Mike

--- In [email protected], Radek Simcik <radek.sim...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> 
> below is what I wanted to do. It is working fine. Thank you.
> 
> Could you help me to code this:
> 
> Have new column in backtesting result window that would be my own variable.
> And it would look like MA(ROC(Ref(C,-1),1),5)
> 
> Is there any easy way? Could it be let's say the fourth column?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Radek
> 
> >
> > If you are planning on having many custom backtest implementations, but few
> > systems, then you can update System.afl to #include whichever custom
> > backtest you want to test, then run the Ssytem.afl script. Any variables
> > required by the custom backtester would be expected to be passed as
> > procedure parameters.
> >
> > System.afl
> >
> > *#include* <CustomBacktest.afl>
> >
> > *Buy* = DayOfWeek() == 1;
> > *Sell* = DayOfWeek() == 5;
> > MyBackTestVar = *true*;
> >
> > SetCustomBacktestProc("");
> >
> > *if* (Status("action") == *actionPortfolio*) {
> >    RunCustomBackTest(MyBackTestVar);
> > }
> >
> > Custom_Backtesting.afl
> >
> > *procedure* RunCustomBackTest(Var) {
> >    *if* (Var) {
> >       _TRACE("Var was true.");
> >    } *else* {
> >       _TRACE("Var was false.");
> >    }
> >
> >    bo = GetBacktesterObject();
> >    bo.Backtest();
> >
> >    // Add custom metrics here...
> > }
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>


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