According to the release notes for 4.50.0, Individual backtest is supposed to use the (new) portfolio backtester on each individual symbol. So, it is not the same as running the old backtester.
"CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.50.0 (as compared to 4.49.0) new "individual backtest" mode: allows to run new backtester separately on each symbol in the selected "apply to" group. (Replaces old backtester functionality in testing multiple stocks and provides new reports)" http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/releasenotes.html One difference that might be affecting your trades is that the old backtester does not recognize scale-in/out, as discussed in the pyramiding section of the guide: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_pyramid.html Here are some reporting differences: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_report.html Mike --- In [email protected], "radmobile_radmobile" <dan...@...> wrote: > > Hello, > > Could someone be kind enough to please breakdown for me the differences > between running in Old Backtester mode vs. running as Individual Backtest. I > understand certain features are not available to the Old Backtester, but when > I am currently trying to see how a simple system preforms on each individual > stock applied to a watchlist of 200, I am getting some different results > between Old and Individual in terms of the # of trades entered etc. I could > not find an official explanation searching through the help file. > > Thanks, > -RM >
