run the backtest in in real time

• 09/15/2022 at 2:55 PM #200847
  josward1

  Hi, how can i run a backtest so that it continues to take trades in real time?

  

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  09/15/2022 at 3:51 PM #200850
  robertogozzi

  Just leave it running (but it will stop whenever you close your platform, and you have to, at least once in 18 hours). In the meantime you can start additional backtests.

   

  

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  09/15/2022 at 4:35 PM #200853
  Nicolas

  Leave the chart open and don’t close the equity curve window.

  

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  09/15/2022 at 5:02 PM #200857
  josward1

  Thanks for your responses. I have the chart open and the equity curve up and i have to refresh the backtest when i want updated results, but doing this i can’t watch the trades play out in real time. Do i have to change a setting somewhere to enable this?

   

  thanks

  

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  09/15/2022 at 9:56 PM #200863
  GraHal

  You need to insert a DUMMY variable (not in your code) nut just in the optimiser with settings as … min = 1, max = 1 and step = 1 and then the backtest will continue to run in real live.

  Without the DUMMY you will get a vertical line at the end of the backtest … is this what you are seeing?

  

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  09/22/2022 at 11:25 AM #201194
  josward1

  I’m not seeing a black line, i will run a backtest and as the chart continues in real time there are just no more results until I refresh the backtest. What do i need to change on the code so it continues taking trades in real time?

  

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  09/22/2022 at 12:28 PM #201196
  josward1

  I do have a black line appear at the top at the end of the equity curve

  

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  09/22/2022 at 1:46 PM #201199
  GraHal

  josward1 wrote:

  just no more results until I refresh the backtest

  Are you …

  1. Referring to an Algo running in ProOrder and you clicked to see equity curve?
     OR
  2. Refering to an Algo you are backtesting using the backtesting window?

  Post a screenshot of where you are starting the backtest or describe in words, but a picture tells a thousand words! 🙂

   

  

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  09/26/2022 at 3:32 PM #201443
  josward1

  Its not on live trading, its in the backtest window, but i would like to see the backtester continue to take trades in real time and show the results above in the equity curve. It’s the probacktest window and i start the backtest by clicking the “probacktestmysystem” tab

  

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  09/26/2022 at 3:56 PM #201445
  GraHal

  GraHal wrote:

  You need to insert a DUMMY variable

  You need to follow my advice in the post on the link above (click on GraHal wrote).

  Let us know how you get on?

  

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