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Delay start of B&H

Author: innertrader

Creation Date: 12/21/2011 6:17 PM

Wealth Lab » Wealth-Lab Developer/Pro » Delay start of B&H

innertrader

12/21/2011 6:17 PM

In backtesting, is there a way to delay the Buy & Hold trading start date for the length of GetTradingLoopStartBar()? The goal is to have the B&H results cover the same time period the trading period of the strategy under test, i.e., [Data Range - GetTradingLoopStartBar()].

Eugene

12/22/2011 12:40 AM

This is used to be called "lead bars". Here's this question asked and answered on the forum a year ago:

Delaying Start of Buy & Hold

innertrader

12/22/2011 12:18 PM

This is exactly my question and issue. (Sorry I posted in the wrong forum initially). So there is no intention to implement this? Is there any other action you suggest I take?

Eugene

12/22/2011 12:34 PM

Right, there has been no intention.

The only suggestion so far is to follow the pointers in the FAQ - meaning the forum discussion (read Cone's replies) and the dedicated User Guide chapter.

Cone

12/23/2011 2:51 AM

Note that you can create a "Buy and Hold" strategy, i.e., BuyAtMarket(1); run it in a separate window that corresponds to the dates you need to evaluate.