Strategy Desk Users' Group

[JohnPS]

Ok, here goes:
"Interval to Day" Yes in BT window

"(override option deselected")you are referring to the Strategy Setup screen. Yes, deselect this, but Jason T told me to have the same interval entered in the Interval box while it is deselected - don't fully understand this one - and I have seen that it makes a difference at times.

"test with detect intrabar = 1" No, do not use this with 1 bar ago setups. I am not 100% sure, but I think the intrabar feature is for BTing 1 minute interval formulas running live.

"slide all the phrases in the statement back a day" Yes, ex: MA,5,0,D > MA,5,0,D,1 becomes MA,5,0,D,1 > MA,5,0,D,2

Having said all this - I have not done this in Day intervals, I have noticed a lot of discussion here about scans and what-not referencing Day intervals. I am working in 1 minute and 5 minute intervals. I am not sure you will be satisfied with the results if the trade fires 1 bar ago when the bar is a Day. Please set up a formula and test it. I had more discussion today with TD helpdesk people. They said a BT'd 1 bar ago formula should have correspondence to real time or saved orders. The timing will be accurate and the profit will be accurate. I am concerned about my post and how it will be evaluated by other users, such as yourself. Typically the stuff I have written lately is very simple, just a few terms and I make it a point to use the same interval thru out the formula. My buy and sell formulas are typically symmetrical, MA's and Stoch buy and the same MA's and Stoch sell with > and < reversed. Having a lot mixed indicators and intevals may be difficult to attain corresponence.
I had a good day of testing again today. I tested 4 formulas and 8 stocks half had correspondence, I am seeing a pattern. My 1st goal is BT correspondence so that I can have very high probability of success when I put up the money. My 2nd goal is to write profitable formulas. I had one today that was profitable - but look at the big picture today, most everyone made a profit today. But I was pretty happy.