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  • 06/07/2020 at 6:03 PM #135083
    jessicabaldrey

    Hello, first time post, please be nice to me!   I am trying to backtest on the DJIA Wall Street Cash 5min.    If I set the chart for 40000 x units, I can see back to the end of Jan 2020, but if I go above 40000, for example 60,000 no more history is displayed.   This is the same for all TF’s up to 1 day, only shows history from end of January.    The Daily is allowing me to go back further.   Only seems to be a problem on the DJIA, works fine on other instruments.

    A second query is whether it is possible to backtest for a period last year, ie. to backtest the period Jan 1 2019 – March 1 2019, a period which doesn’t go from the current date backwards.

    Thanks for your help.

    06/08/2020 at 8:05 AM #135111
    GraHal
    jessicabaldrey wrote:

    hether it is possible to backtest for a period last year,

    Yes just select the dates from and to you want in the right hand side of backtest window, same place as you set up spread.

    06/08/2020 at 8:08 AM #135112
    GraHal
    jessicabaldrey wrote:

    only shows history from end of January.

    Please post screen shot of what you are seeing.

    06/08/2020 at 11:40 AM #135161
    jessicabaldrey

    Hi, thanks for your reply.   Four screenshots attached.    The first, 30000 units shows the date range when I ask for 30000 x units for the DJIA Wall Street Cash on the 5 min chart (same problem on anything less than 1 day).    Earliest date shown 29th Jan 2020.   Second chart shows what happens when I ask for 50000 units, earliest date remains the same.    Same thing happens if I ask for anything higher, ie. 70000 or 100000 units.  Only have this problem on the DJIA.

    Third screenshot shows ProBackTest dates, requesting 2/1/19 > 30/6/19.   Fourth screenshot shows error message.     Again this only happens on the DJIA not on other instruments.

     

    06/08/2020 at 11:51 AM #135175
    jessicabaldrey

    Actually it isn’t only the DJIA, the same thing happens on the FTSE 100 Cash, but the Dax Germany 30 is working as it should.

    06/08/2020 at 12:42 PM #135185
    GraHal

    Have you tried it on a different Auto-System  and on the Spread Bet DJI (DFB)

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    06/08/2020 at 12:49 PM #135186
    GraHal

    Attached is what I get on 5 min TF on 100,000 bars … so we are the same?

    Post a screen shot of 1 H TF on 100,000 bars and I’ll tell you what I get.

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    06/08/2020 at 12:53 PM #135188
    jessicabaldrey

    No, we’re not the same.   Your chart goes back to Jan 2019, mine starts in Jan 2020.    I can’t get any of 2019 on my charts

    06/08/2020 at 1:04 PM #135189
    GraHal

    To eliminate incomparables … you try it on same as me … DJI (DFB) … see at the top of the Chart I posted.

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    06/08/2020 at 1:40 PM #135193
    GraHal

    Or post  screen shot of what and where are you selecting ‘DOW’?

    Mine says DJI and I can’t find DOW Cash anywhere?

    Are you on the CFD Platform or the Spreadbet Platform?

    06/08/2020 at 5:57 PM #135222
    jessicabaldrey

    When I type DJI into the search box, I get three options.   Wall Street Cash $2, Wall Street Cash $10 and Wall Street Cash.    I was using the third one, which shows as DOW on the chart.    But I can see that if I choose the first or the second, Wall Street Cash $10 or Wall Street $2, this allows me to display the full date range.   So this solves the problem, I will just do my backtesting using Wall Street $10.    I am on the CFD platform.

    Grahal you have been incredibly helpful, many thanks.   Solved.

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    06/08/2020 at 10:14 PM #135250
    GraHal

    As you show a UK flag, I take it you know that if you use the Spreadbet (SB) platform then you will pay no tax on profits?

    Okay the first £12,300 on CFD is tax allowable … I hear you say … I (you) should be so lucky!!

    But there are other advantages on the SB Platform … minimum position size is for example, £0.2 on DJI and £0.5 on DAX.

    Compare that to $2 on CFD and you can see you could have 10 Systems trading for the same outlay / risk as 1 System trading at $2 position size.

    I think you may need to tick a box in Settings on IG  to enable the PRT Spreadbet Platform.

    Just say if you cant get the SB working.

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