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Updated September 2, 2014
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[ASK] Multicharts backtesting problem - pls help
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Hi Guys
I recently started working on Multicharts and did a few charts importing from ACII.
I am however having problem with backtesting some of the build in strategies. I follow the instructions yet I keep getting the error: DATA FOR NONE OF THE LOADED SYMBOLS IS SUFFICIENT FOR BACK TESTING OR OPTIMIZATION.
I went through all the settings 9 times did all the bar and magnifying settings etc.
The 2 signals I tested out were Bollinger Bands LE and SE.
Hope someone can help me with this.
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You need to provide a lot more details. Exact type of data imported, how much of it, length of backtest , etc.
Did you open a chart and confirm the data is valid?
Is it tick data? Minute data? Daily data?
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Try a much smaller amount of data ( maybe 15days) and see if it will generate any signals.. and like Mike said- examine to see if the data is there and complete. (Correct order etc)
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Hi yes the data is working and I can put my signals on the chart to see how it look.
The data is in basic ASCII format and is in 5min intervals i.e.
2009/09/17,08:34:53,23472,23650,23472,23650,41
2009/09/17,08:39:37,23650,23700,23649,23700,74
2009/09/17,08:44:12,23700,23700,23680,23680,54
2009/09/17,08:49:53,23680,23727,23680,23727,19
It goes back to the above date from the current date. I have tried doing a back test with less bars, but get the same error then. I just hate not getting it right because I want to start back testing my own strategy, but can't even get the build in ones to work.
Thanx for the reply's guys.
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jacoGreeff
I am however having problem with
backtesting some of the build in strategies. I follow the instructions yet I keep getting the error: DATA FOR NONE OF THE LOADED SYMBOLS IS SUFFICIENT FOR
BACK TESTING OR OPTIMIZATION.
jacoGreeff
Hi yes the data is working and I can put my signals on the chart to see how it look.
How come your signals work while at the same time you get that error?
Do you have a screenshot or something? What's you MaxBarsBack setting (see Strategy Properties for your signal)?
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How come your signals work while at the same time you get that error?
Do you have a
screenshot or something? What's you MaxBarsBack setting (see Strategy Properties for your signal)?
my max bar setting at 2000 bars and I was testing it on the build in signal pair that comes with multicharts as stated in first post.
I looked at the signal on my chart and seems to be working on there, but when I go to portfolio backtesting I keep getting that error.
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DATA FOR NONE OF THE LOADED SYMBOLS IS SUFFICIENT FOR
BACK TESTING OR OPTIMIZATION.
I have only 1 day of MC experience, but I had a similar problem yesterday. In my backtester my starting date was set to 2012 while my data is for 2010.
Once I changed that it worked.
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