Sometimes we code a strategy and it looks great but in reality the rewards might be lower than if we invested the money elsewhere. Why put money in a high risk strategy that returns just 3% per annum when you could get 4% somewhere else with lower risk? So I thought that I would code something that could be added to any strategy and so display the previous years overall return in percentage as well as the all time profit to date in percentage as well as a running profit for the current year so far in percentage.

I thought that I would share it just in case it is helpful to anyone else.

capital = 10000

once lastcapital = capital
runningperc = ((strategyprofit - laststrategyprofit) / lastcapital) * 100

if year <> year[1] then
annualreturn = runningperc[1]
laststrategyprofit = strategyprofit
lastcapital = capital + strategyprofit
endif

alltime = (strategyprofit / capital) * 100

graph runningperc coloured(0,128,0) as "Running % Return"
graph annualreturn coloured(0,0,150) as " Last Years Annual % Return"
graph alltime coloured(128,145,150) as "All Time % Return"

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