pdrhParticipant
Average
// Definition of code parameters
DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = false
// Cumulating positions deactivated
// The system will cancel all pending orders and close all positions at 0:00. No new ones will be allowed until after the "FLATBEFORE" time.
DEFPARAM FLATBEFORE = 100000
// Cancel all pending orders and close all positions at the "FLATAFTER" time
DEFPARAM FLATAFTER = 155800
// Prevents the system from creating new orders to enter the market or increase position size before the specified time
noEntryBeforeTime = 100000
timeEnterBefore = time >= noEntryBeforeTime
Daysforbidden=Call"ASX Closed Days"
// Prevents the system from placing new orders to enter the market or increase position size after the specified time
noEntryAfterTime = 155900
timeEnterAfter = time < noEntryAfterTime
ONCE Start=100000
If Time=Start Then
TC=0
Endif
Bank= 6000
Capital=Bank//+Strategyprofit
risk=1
SHTPsize=Round((Risk/100*Capital)/sstp+.04,2)
LNGPsize=Round((Risk/100*Capital)/lstp+.04,2)
// Conditions to enter long positions
ignored, indicator1 = CALL "BW FRACTALS 1Hour TF"
c1 = (close CROSSES OVER indicator1)
if c1 and TC<1 and timeEnterBefore AND timeEnterAfter AND Not Daysforbidden THEN
buy LNGPsize CONTRACT AT Market
TC=TC+1
SET STOP ploss lstp//58
SET TARGET pPROFIT ltgt//32
ENDIF
//condition to enter short
indicator2, ignored = CALL "BW FRACTALS 1Hour TF"
c2 = (close CROSSES UNDER indicator2)
If c2 AND TC<1 And timeEnterBefore AND timeEnterAfter And NOT Daysforbidden THEN
Sellshort SHTPsize contract at Market
TC=TC+1
SET STOP ploss sstp// 54
SET TARGET pPROFIT stgt//90
Endif
I have a strategy that I want to test but the backtest will not start .
I get the error message “Backtesting can’t start because of a parsing error in the code : Line 1,column 0”
I want to run the strategy on the 2 Min chart and place a buy order when the close is greater than the high fractal on the 1 hour chart
I think the reason is that you are using a CALL indicator that use TIMEFRAME instruction.
If you want to use values from another timeframe in a strategy, locate that calculation (made directly in the strategy or in a CALL indicator) in the strategy itself and by using the TIMEFRAME instuction there.
pdrhParticipant
Average
// Definition of code parameters
DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = false
// Cumulating positions deactivated
// The system will cancel all pending orders and close all positions at 0:00. No new ones will be allowed until after the "FLATBEFORE" time.
DEFPARAM FLATBEFORE = 100000
// Cancel all pending orders and close all positions at the "FLATAFTER" time
DEFPARAM FLATAFTER = 155800
// Prevents the system from creating new orders to enter the market or increase position size before the specified time
noEntryBeforeTime = 100000
timeEnterBefore = time >= noEntryBeforeTime
Daysforbidden=Call"ASX Closed Days"
// Prevents the system from placing new orders to enter the market or increase position size after the specified time
noEntryAfterTime = 155900
timeEnterAfter = time < noEntryAfterTime
ONCE Start=100000
If Time=Start Then
TC=0
Endif
Bank= 6000
Capital=Bank//+Strategyprofit
risk=1
SHTPsize=Round((Risk/100*Capital)/sstp+.04,2)
LNGPsize=Round((Risk/100*Capital)/lstp+.04,2)
Timeframe(1hour,UPDATEONCLOSE)
FL,ignored=call"Harko_fractals BW"(1)
ignored,FH=call"Harko_fractals BW"(1)
Timeframe (Default)
// Conditions to enter long positions
c1= close crosses over FH
if c1 and TC<1 and timeEnterBefore AND timeEnterAfter AND Not Daysforbidden THEN
buy LNGpsize CONTRACT AT market
LTC=LTC+1
SET STOP ploss lstp//58
SET TARGET pPROFIT ltgt//32
ENDIF
//condition to enter short
c2=close crosses under FL
If c2 AND STC<1 And timeEnterBefore AND timeEnterAfter And NOT Daysforbidden THEN
Sellshort SHTPsize contract at Market
STC=STC+1
SET STOP ploss sstp// 54
SET TARGET pPROFIT stgt//90
Endif
//reverse position if stop hit
graph FH
graph FL
I have also tried that Nicholas and the backtest runs but no orders are placed
I graphed FH and FL and they are returned as zero on the backtest variables yet when I added an indicator to the 2 minute chart to display the difference between the High 1 hour chart fractal and ther
close on the 2 minute chart it looks as would expect
