Unable to manually limit positions

• 01/13/2021 at 3:11 PM #157660
  juanj

  Can someone else confirm that the countofposition (and countoflongshares; countofshortshares) is working in v11?

  I am using conditional instructions to open a limited amount of positions but the backtest engine just keeps adding positions indefinitely:

  MaxPositions = 3 If (onmarket = 0 or countofposition <= MaxPositions) and ConditionLong Then Buy 1 contract at market ElsIf (onmarket = 0 or countofposition <= MaxPositions) and ConditionShort Then Sellshort 1 contract at market EndIf

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  MaxPositions = 3   If (onmarket = 0 or countofposition <= MaxPositions) and ConditionLong Then Buy 1 contract at market ElsIf (onmarket = 0 or countofposition <= MaxPositions) and ConditionShort Then Sellshort 1 contract at market EndIf

   

   

  

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  01/13/2021 at 3:16 PM #157661
  juanj

  Nevermind! Forgot to use abs(countofpositions)

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  01/13/2021 at 4:22 PM #157670
  Nicolas

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  01/13/2021 at 5:43 PM #157682
  juanj

  I am aware, thought it was a v11 bug. Turns out it was an ID10T issue

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