Strange Backtesting results in Multicharts
Posted: Feb 22 2011
Hi,
I am currently backtesting my first forex system in the Portfolio Backtester application and have noticed the backtest results are completely different than what is displayed on my chart.
The trade times and prices simply don't match. Why is this? On the chart I have enabled bar magnify and set it to intra-day 1 minute. I have also set my chart and backtest timezone to local. Instrument is EUR/USD set to 1 hour resolution. My demo trading account is from MB Trading.
I have also noticed that my backtesting is only going back from today (22 Feb 2011) to August 2010, even though I set it to 300 days. The Multicharts website says MB Trading provides data feed for "1 year of minute bars". Doesn't this mean I should see 300 days worth of results through Portfolio Backtester?
Regards
T
I am currently backtesting my first forex system in the Portfolio Backtester application and have noticed the backtest results are completely different than what is displayed on my chart.
The trade times and prices simply don't match. Why is this? On the chart I have enabled bar magnify and set it to intra-day 1 minute. I have also set my chart and backtest timezone to local. Instrument is EUR/USD set to 1 hour resolution. My demo trading account is from MB Trading.
I have also noticed that my backtesting is only going back from today (22 Feb 2011) to August 2010, even though I set it to 300 days. The Multicharts website says MB Trading provides data feed for "1 year of minute bars". Doesn't this mean I should see 300 days worth of results through Portfolio Backtester?
Regards
T