Simply perform backtest everyday - it *is* actually executing virutal trades.
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "bh.hicks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:59 PM Subject: [amibroker] virtual trades (not IB paper account) > Does Amibroker have a mechanism for executing virtual trades during > backtesting and tracking those results independently from > actual trades? As I mentioned in my flurry of questions last week, I am in > the process of migrating some stuff over to AB from > Traders Studio and TStudio has a way of doing this. > > If not, there may be a work-around. The way I use it is a system is coded to > track the performance of the past n-trades to longer > historical performance metrics and has the ability to shut itself down during > periods of under-performance. That is the easy > part. The virtual trades however allow the system to keep trading itself > virtually and can turn itself back on when the n-trade > expectancy rises back to some predetermined level. This allows backtesting > results to mirror the affects of doing in real-time > what is a relatively intuitive thing to do when a system starts to > under-perform. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** > This group is for the discussion between users only. > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ > (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
