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Post From: Back test crashing

[2017-10-09 18:01:37]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
is there anything I might look at or do I have to run it again with log on?
You would have to run it again, but we want to try to reproduce the problem using your files.



Additionally when this happens, all the programming in the spreadsheet is wiped out, I have to dig up the backup version in the "Backups" folder of a couple of events earlier, even the backup of the last run spreadsheet has no programming;

All the formatting of the windows in the chart book is lost;

Trying to think why this would be the case. Do you have Global Settings >> General Settings >>Auto Save Chartbooks Time in Minutes enabled?



In the chart book, I have two charts & two spreadsheets, one sheet is not used yet;

Attach these files here so we can test and give us the steps to reproduce. Here are instructions:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=PostingInformation.php#AttachFile


I manually save the chart book before the backtest but it hasn't preserved the state in the Backups folder version;
When you save the Chartbook, the prior state of it is first backed up.



File date-time limits have something to do here? The last date in spreadsheet to trade is 10/10/2016;
Make sure you have enabled Global Settings >> General Trade Settings >> Save Replay/BackTest Trade Activity.

What other setting may I be missing to cause only about 6 weeks of backtest for a 180 day chart? Thanks.
As long as you have not restarted Sierra Chart, the only possible reasons for this, is that either the controls at the top of the Trade Activity Log are not correct, or no trades were taken earlier. Refer to:
Trade Activity Log: Viewing Historical Trade Activity
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2017-10-09 18:03:26