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z7c9
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What's wrong in my strategy?

Postby z7c9 » 27 Aug 2010

hi,all
I develop a intraday strategy like this,

if thisbar's high > the highest of pre 52 bar's high then buy;
if thisbar's low < the lowest of pre 24 bar's low then sell;
if thisbar's low < the lowest of pre 52 bar's low then sellshort;
if thisbar's high > the highest of pre 24 bar's high then buytocover;

concret code:

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[intrabarordergeneration=True]
inputs:fastlen(24),slowlen(52);
vars:tradingtime(false);

tradingtime=time>=1001 and time<=1458;

if marketposition=0 then begin
if high > Highest(high,52)[1] then
buy 1 contract this bar at close;

if tradingtime and low crosses below Lowest(low[1],slowlen) then
sellshort 1 contract next bar at Lowest(low[1],slowlen) limit;
end;

if marketposition>0 then begin
if tradingtime and low crosses below Lowest(low[1],fastlen) then
sell currentcontracts contracts next bar at Lowest(low[1],fastlen) limit;
if not tradingtime then
sell currentcontracts contracts next bar at close limit;
end;

if marketposition<0 then begin
if tradingtime and high crosses above Highest(high[1],fastlen) then
buytocover currentcontracts contracts next bar at Highest(high[1],fastlen) limit;
if not tradingtime then
buytocover currentcontracts contracts next bar at close limit;
end
but i found this code is wrong on chart because miss some entrys although apply my rule.
I wonder what's wrong in my code.

please help me root out bugs in my strategy.

thanks in advance.

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Re: What's wrong in my strategy?

Postby TJ » 27 Aug 2010

hi,all
I develop a intraday strategy like this,

if thisbar's high > the highest of pre 52 bar's high then buy;
if thisbar's low < the lowest of pre 24 bar's low then sell;
if thisbar's low < the lowest of pre 52 bar's low then sellshort;
if thisbar's high > the highest of pre 24 bar's high then buytocover;

concret code:

Code: Select all

[intrabarordergeneration=True]
inputs:fastlen(24),slowlen(52);
vars:tradingtime(false);

tradingtime=time>=1001 and time<=1458;

if marketposition=0 then begin
if high > Highest(high,52)[1] then
buy 1 contract this bar at close;

if tradingtime and low crosses below Lowest(low[1],slowlen) then
sellshort 1 contract next bar at Lowest(low[1],slowlen) limit;
end;

if marketposition>0 then begin
if tradingtime and low crosses below Lowest(low[1],fastlen) then
sell currentcontracts contracts next bar at Lowest(low[1],fastlen) limit;
if not tradingtime then
sell currentcontracts contracts next bar at close limit;
end;

if marketposition<0 then begin
if tradingtime and high crosses above Highest(high[1],fastlen) then
buytocover currentcontracts contracts next bar at Highest(high[1],fastlen) limit;
if not tradingtime then
buytocover currentcontracts contracts next bar at close limit;
end
but i found this code is wrong on chart because miss some entrys although apply my rule.
I wonder what's wrong in my code.

please help me root out bugs in my strategy.

thanks in advance.
before you embark on a "strategy",
you should test out your logic with an indicator.

try replace your Buy/Sell with a plot...

eg.

change

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if marketposition=0 then begin
if high > Highest(high,52)[1] then
buy 1 contract this bar at close;
to

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if high > Highest(high,52)[1] then
PLOT10( HIGH, "BUY1");
Set the plot style to a large point.
If you do not see a plot... you won't likely get an order.

z7c9
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Joined: 31 Jul 2010

Re: What's wrong in my strategy?

Postby z7c9 » 27 Aug 2010

I found the root of the problem.
In Strategy properties,
when set maxbarsback 100 then some entry signals not send out.

when set maxbarsback 52,alert a message says "Tried to reference back more bars(53) than allowed by the current maxbarsback setting".

when set maxbarsback 64,all the problems disappear.

so what's the real mean about maxbarsback?

i think my strategy only reference max back bars is 52,why set the value from 52 to 63 all get the noise alert?
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