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Post From: Short Trades Placed by Long Only Spreadsheet system?!

[2021-11-20 23:39:50]
Sawtooth - Posts: 4179
I'm assuming you were thinking that I was looking at multiple old results
That was my assumption.

I personally don't like the Bar Based Back Test.
- It won't work with multiple charts using overlaid studies.
- It doesn't seem to work well with intrabar signals, nor with exits via Attached Orders.
- It seems less accurate with short duration bars and bars that are not time-based.
- It seems to only work well with long duration time-based bars with close-of-bar entries and exits.

IMO the most accurate backtest is a manual Replay Chart using Accurate Trading System Back Test Mode, with a very short Processing Step.
This usually means that the test is exceedingly slow, compared to the Bar Based Back Test.

So I would suggest you try using a manual Replay Chart on one of the symbols to confirm that your system is signalling accurately.
Auto Trade System Back Testing: Replay Back Testing - Manual