ZigZag indicator not working for backtesting?

• 05/28/2018 at 11:04 AM #71505
  Alberto Lucchese

  Hi,

  I was trying to work with the ZigZag indicator (myZZ=ZigZag[10](close))  using it as a filter for backtesting a strategy however when i executed my code i received the following Message: “your trading system uses obsolete instructions which are not supported by the bactesting engine (ZigZag)”???

   

  Is there a new instruction for this or it was just simply removed from Backtesting?

  

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  05/28/2018 at 11:47 AM #71507
  robertogozzi

  ZigZag is not supported for automated trading https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/zig-zag-trader-strategy/#post-6792.

   

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  05/28/2018 at 12:08 PM #71509
  Nicolas

  I recoded a similar zigzag indicator to be used in automatic trading, it is part of the paid course here: Formation programmation avancée avec ProRealTime (soon available in English, within 1 or 2 weeks). So I can’t post the code here, sorry.

  Bear in mind that ZigZag is only a way to find peaks and troughs like many others, like the ones described in the topic Roberto has pointed you.

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