backtesting

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    Backtesting of price action strategy

    hello all, i am new to traderji. also a novice trader. want to ask is we can backtest strategies based on price action in zerodha pi ? Plz help out. Thanx.
  2. madank

    The A to Z of trading career - musings of a professional trader !!

    Dear all, Thanks for letting me open a thread here in TJ. Hope we can learn and interact with each other positively. As noted elsewhere, i will be posting one post per week (or multiple posts sometimes) and we can discuss on that post in another thread. Am known among my family...
  3. P

    backtesting settings

    hi, i tried many systems afl for backtesting on EOD NSE data. all systems are showing 100-90% loss only. Is this issue of systems or backtester settings. What are typical backtester setting requried for NSE EOD data? Please share profitable system AFL & along with back tester data...
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    Help need for backtesting

    Hello seniors, Can one backtest this strategy Timeframe: 1 minute in Banknifty weekly options 1. After opening of market if first one minute candle is red of banknifty spot, buy ATM put in weekly options at opening price for target of 10 points and sl of 10 points. 2. After...
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    What should be the point value for NiftyFutures in Amibroker?

    I am new to Amibroker. I am backtesting an AFL for NiftyFutures. What should be the point value and margin for backtesting the following Nifty Futures Bank Nifty Futures Silver MIC CopperM CrudeOilM
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    A beginner to backtesting, past intraday data and real-time charts for intraday

    Dear experts, I am a beginner to trading, and want to trade in BankNifty intraday. Can you guide me what backtesting software I should buy / website I should subscribe to, and how do I get past 1-min and 5-min data for BankNifty intraday for backtesting? Do the backtesting software/websites...
  7. P

    A beginner to backtesting

    Dear experts, I am a beginner to trading, and want to trade in BankNifty intraday. Can you guide me what backtesting software I should buy / website I should subscribe to, and how do I get past 1-min and 5-min data for BankNifty intraday for backtesting? Do the backtesting software/websites...
  8. NJ23

    Backtesting period

    How much of data should be sufficient for an intraday strategy based on 5 minute bar? I have used 2 months. Should that be enough?
  9. Cubt

    Nifty Swing Trading System - Back tested - Highly Profitable Results

    I have back tested a Swing Trading system for Nifty. I have back tested it with 4 years of data from 2008 to 2011. As I do not have historical data for the remaining periods I couldn't test further. The results are amazing. I have been using this system since one month now and total no of...
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    backtest: close short position after 5 days

    I have my trading rule to short the index (or long put) short = cross (MA50, MA10) I expect to hold 5 days for my short position and close the short position. I dont know how to write it. please help. I would like to do the backtesting, but it said i don't have buy/sell? please help
  11. jallanankit

    Beat this one..!!

    Hello all.. I challenge everyone here to beat this report with the same consistency.. With God's grace I have been able to develop a fully mechanical system for BANK NIFTY futures which is averaging around 900 points in the last 6 months.. I also thank TJ for helping me develop this system...
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    Problem with backtesting - A good read.

    Problems with backtesting Excerpt from Fooled by Randomness. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets.' by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A backtester is a software program connected to a database of historical prices, which allows me to check the hypothetical past performance of any...
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    Backtester Driving me nuts :)

    Hi, Need help from people experienced in AFL. I am trying to get the date at which the buy signal was generated in a variable. I need this variable to be part of the decision in the sell signal. So let us say GoldenCross is an array which gets generated whenever there is a crossing of...
  14. M

    Need help with AFL to buy/sell options

    I need some help for writing an AFL related to options. I wish to refer to different symbol (programmatically) from AFL. For example, based upon value of underlying I wish to buy/sell various strike price options. Options naming (e.g. Nifty25May5500CE) again needs to be worked out with...
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    Trading Strategy Backtesting - Questions for the learned

    Hi TJ Members, I have come across some threads on this website that talk about trading systems, however i had a few questions about how do you backtest them. I am listing those down, if anyone could take time out and share their thoughts/answers. 1. What are the steps to backtesting? 2...
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    ApplyStop

    I am working on backtesting a strategy. I would like to Buy at Open in the begining of the week and sell it off at Close at the end of the week. It should not matter how many days are in between the beginging of the week and the end of the week. Could anyone of you help me write an...
  17. D

    Hello

    Hello, New here. Pretty old in market. Anyone interested in automated technical analysis and trading? Or backtesting? Would like to discuss the experience. Thanks
  18. K

    hi all

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