Still stuck on thsi issue. The first system buys on a down close and shorts on up close. The second one does the exact opposite. Why does the first system work correctly, but the second one only enters one side of the trade (either buy or short, depending on ticker)???
System 1: Buy = 0; Short = 0; Sell = 0; Cover = 0; BuyPrice = C; ShortPrice = C; SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0); SetPositionSize( 100, spsPercentOfEquity ); Buy = C < Ref(C,-1); Short = C >= Ref(C,-1); Systems 2: Buy = 0; Short = 0; Sell = 0; Cover = 0; BuyPrice = C; ShortPrice = C; SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0); SetPositionSize( 100, spsPercentOfEquity ); Buy = C >= Ref(C,-1); Short = C < Ref(C,-1); --- In [email protected], "lucianomt" <lucian...@...> wrote: > > That's not it. My backtest is set to "close out positions if a reverse signal" is triggered. (I've tried to insert the Sell/Cover orders explicitly to the same results). Also note that when I reverse the Buy and Short orders, it works fine. > > Any thoughts? > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" j0etr4der@ wrote: > > > > You are putting 100% into the first trade, so there will not be another trade opened until that trade is closed. Since you don't have a Sell or Cover, whichever comes first, Buy or Short is the only action that is going to take place. > > > > Joe > > > > --- In [email protected], "lucianomt" <lucianomt@> wrote: > > > > > > I created a simple strategy to measure follow-through: > > > > > > Buy = 0; > > > Short = 0; > > > Sell = 0; > > > Cover = 0; > > > BuyPrice = C; > > > ShortPrice = C; > > > SetTradeDelays(0,0,0,0); > > > SetPositionSize( 100, spsPercentOfEquity ); > > > Buy = C >= Ref(C,-1); > > > Short = C < Ref(C,-1); > > > > > > Strangely, the backtest is only registering the Short trades. No Buys. Even more strangely, when I invert the Buy and Short orders (Short = C >= Ref(C,-1); Buy = C < Ref(C,-1)), the backtest works fine. > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > > >
