Hi Chris,
you are right, its not at all easy to create a backtest, if its not always Obenbuy>Closebuy>Opensell>Closesell as you mentinoned in
your posting of Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:52 pm
http://forum.vtsystems.com/index.php?showtopic=667

But I think after some working perhaps I might have found a solution. Here is the result, a backtesting System producing a profit-chart in an additional frame with no condition re order of trading signals, as you may see in the chart below.

It doesnt matter how the signals follow each other, after a buy signal alwasy 1 lot long and after a sell signal always 1 lot short is calculated and the positions are always closed to 0 lots no matter how much close signals are triggered. You can test it by manually entering any signal timing (by entering the BarNumber - to find the barnumber, attach the system to any chart with the default values and read the desired barnumbers via inspector in additional frame 2).

The System 'Profit_Chart (trialBacktestVers2).vttrs' is attached for downloading. Its a test system to demonstrate the functionality.

Kind regards,
Konny

hi Mr.KoGe
the inicator cannot be imported in the vt.

can you till me what is wrong?

thankyou

Hello,

trendtrade: It is a trading system, not an indicator. You will need to use Navigator window>Tools>Trading Systems>Import

Try that; it should then show up in your trading systems list from your right-click chart menu.

Regards,
Chris

Mr.cskidmore

ok
It was imported and working,but how can I show the inspect window?

thankyou

Hello,

The inspect window can be displayed by clicking its button in the bottom scroll panel of the chart window. It is the button with the red arrow pointing up to the blue line.

Regards,
Chris

Since the Profit_CHart is a system not an indicator, can this be used together with another running system on the same chart?

When I use the Profit_CHart it generates it's own signals and doesn't count the P/L on the trade system I have running.

Can the Profit_Chart read the other system and report the P/L?

Thanks