Thank's for the input, guys.
Because of my expectations I had a lapse of cognitive dissonance after the purchase I guess. I'm experimenting a bit and backtesting with MC will be viable although not exactly as I had hoped.
Cheers,
TB
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- 05 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Backtesting on tick data - what to expect?
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- 04 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Backtesting on tick data - what to expect?
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Re: Backtesting on tick data - what to expect?
What is your computer spec? CPU, MHz, RAM, SSD? What OS? Core I7, 2.66GHz, 8MB RAM, SSD for OS disk (and MC installation and files as far as I can tell) Windows 7 I take if from your response that what I experience is not "normal" behaviour? Maybe I should be looking for a fix at my computer/OS set...
- 03 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Backtesting on tick data - what to expect?
- Replies: 7
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Backtesting on tick data - what to expect?
What can one expect when using MC for serious backtesting? I assumed I would be able to perform intraday backtests based on years of tick data but I keep running into problems. Simple example: I've imported 1 year of tick data for a futures symbol (which in itself takes about 20m - 30m to do). This ...