Is backtesting 'Optimization' supposed to work for multi-symbol?

Created at 30 Jan 2021, 20:20
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ctid2514471

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Is backtesting 'Optimization' supposed to work for multi-symbol?
30 Jan 2021, 20:20


I have a multi-symbol bot I would love to use Optimization on.

When I try, it seems to get upset about the non-primary Symbols I am loading in OnStart.

(It works just fine in normal backtesting mode)

But in Optimization I see this logging, and all the Passes seem to fail identically:

26/01/2021 03:00:00.294 | Backtesting was stopped
26/01/2021 03:00:00.294 | Crashed in OnStart with NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
26/01/2021 03:00:00.294 | Failed to get symbol 'GBPUSD': symbol not found.
26/01/2021 03:00:00.294 | Starting OnStart()...
26/01/2021 03:00:00.294 | Backtesting started
 

The lines above look somewhat out of order to me, but I get the drift it doesn't like the secondary symbol I am trying to load.

 

The only API call I have in OnStart() is a call to Symbols.GetSymbol(), twice, for each symbol I want to use.

(It seems to be OK for the 'primary' symbol that is selected for the backtest)

 


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Replies

PanagiotisCharalampous
01 Feb 2021, 08:03

Hi there,

Multisymbol optimization is not supported at the moment.

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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ctid2514471
01 Feb 2021, 16:48

RE:

PanagiotisCharalampous said:

Hi there,

Multisymbol optimization is not supported at the moment.

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

OK, thanks for that.

 Manual optimization it is then. That's a shame...


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hendrikf
02 Nov 2021, 10:36

RE: Multisymbol optimization is not supported at the moment

PanagiotisCharalampous said:

Hi there,

Multisymbol optimization is not supported at the moment.

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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Hi Panagiotis

Do you know if this will be supported in future? Is there a workaround?

H


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PanagiotisCharalampous
02 Nov 2021, 10:46

Hi hendrikfick,

Yes, this should be enabled in the next major update of cTrader.

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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hendrikf
02 Nov 2021, 11:16

RE:

PanagiotisCharalampous said:

Hi hendrikfick,

Yes, this should be enabled in the next major update of cTrader.

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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Σας ευχαριστώ. 

@hendrikf