I am attempting to use es=f, mnq=f,rty=f, and ym=f in a daily strategy backtest with 1 year of data using yahoo as the data provider .
ES=F and RTY=f work fine ... but the system will not load mnq=f and ym=f in the backtest. However, if I just click on the symbols in the dataset list the chart window opens and those symbols have several years' worth of data.
ES=F and RTY=f work fine ... but the system will not load mnq=f and ym=f in the backtest. However, if I just click on the symbols in the dataset list the chart window opens and those symbols have several years' worth of data.
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What does it mean "the system will not load mnq=f and ym=f in the backtest", precisely? Your problem report is not being descriptive to understand.
I am not sure if the images are loading properly. When I run the backtest in the notifications/errors pane it says "Need to Load Data Could not load Backtest Data in this Scale/Range". Data is not loaded for 2 of the 4 symbols. However, as I indicated when I double-click the symbols giving the errors (only mnq=f and ym=f: yahoo data provider...) a new chart window opens with daily candlesticks for several years. So I know that the data is in fact being loaded. But somehow there is a problem in backtest with those same symbols using a daily strategy. In the dataset window I could not find equivalent symbols in Wealth data for E-mini S&P 500, Micro E-mini Nasdaq, Mini Dow Jones, and E-mini Russell 2000 so I am using Yahoo as the provider.
Sure, it works for a Daily scale. Yahoo! (like Wealth-Data) is an Daily-only provider.
For the Strategy Test, you selected an intraday scale. Check the scale in the Strategy Settings.
Here's what Wealth-Data is all about:
https://www.wealth-data.com/faq
Which broker will you be trading futures with?
For the Strategy Test, you selected an intraday scale. Check the scale in the Strategy Settings.
Here's what Wealth-Data is all about:
https://www.wealth-data.com/faq
Which broker will you be trading futures with?
I was using a daily scale, however your answer prompted me to look closer at position sizing. I updated that to 1 contract and now its working. Thanks for the help
Okay, "will not load" to us sounds like the data doesn't load. You even showed us an image with "Could not load Backtest Data in this Scale/Range". Creating positions (trades in the backtest) is what you're describing now.
The pictures are correct. So perhaps the wrong error is being displayed. It really is a position sizing limitation. As I mentioned I knew the could not load message was incorrect because opening a new chart window with those same symbols does show the data. It was only a problem in the strategy backtest.
Okay, then there's probably a sequence of actions we need to discover that makes that happen.
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