Backtesting will not begin

• 08/09/2023 at 11:59 AM #218814
  pdrh

  // 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

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  // 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

  

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  08/09/2023 at 12:20 PM #218823
  Nicolas

  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.

  

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  08/09/2023 at 11:03 PM #218870
  pdrh

  // 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

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  // 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

  

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