Bar.LoadMoreHistory() on multiple timeframes and multiple indicators fails in backtesting & optimizing; please enable it !

Created at 23 Apr 2023, 20:52
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Shares4us

Joined 01.04.2020

Bar.LoadMoreHistory() on multiple timeframes and multiple indicators fails in backtesting & optimizing; please enable it !
23 Apr 2023, 20:52


When you are using indicators that consume data from other timeframes on backtesting, you need to make sure that they get enough data from the other
timeframes so that they can display the correct values for the date the backtesting starts, also indicators sometimes need more data to be OK.


Bars.LoadMoreHistory() is great for that puprose but much to everyones surprise it is not implemented for backtesting and optimization.


This has been an issue for a while now and Spotware told us it was by design (later on it was not implemented) and gave a workaround to start .backtesting
earlier and wait until the wanted date has arrived.
It is indeed a workaround and an ugly one too. It makes alll our lib routines that are based on calculating timebased things go bezerk.

I always thought the backtesting schould be functionality wise the same as on Life so please fix ASAP.


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Replies

Spotware
24 Apr 2023, 10:14

Dear Share4Us,

This feature is planned for one of the upcoming versions of cTrader Desktop.

Best regards,

cTrader Team


@Spotware

Shares4us
24 Apr 2023, 19:50

RE:

Yahoo finally!
Hope it's in the next one!
Thnks for the answer.
that also means some of the suggestions should change status i think ;-)

 


@Shares4us

lubiqet
15 Jun 2024, 10:08 ( Updated at: 16 Jun 2024, 05:53 )

RE: Bar.LoadMoreHistory() on multiple timeframes and multiple indicators fails in backtesting & optimizing; please enable it !

Spotware said: 

Dear Share4Us,

This feature is planned for one of the upcoming versions of cTrader Desktop.

Best regards,

cTrader Team

 

Is there any update Spotware on this topic? ETA? Here we are in June 2024 and it is still not working. Please fix it…


@lubiqet

PanagiotisCharalampous
16 Jun 2024, 05:58

RE: RE: Bar.LoadMoreHistory() on multiple timeframes and multiple indicators fails in backtesting & optimizing; please enable it !

lubiqet said: 

Spotware said: 

Dear Share4Us,

This feature is planned for one of the upcoming versions of cTrader Desktop.

Best regards,

cTrader Team

 

Is there any update Spotware on this topic? ETA? Here we are in June 2024 and it is still not working. Please fix it…

Hi there,

This feature was released in v5.0

Best regards,

Panagiotis


@PanagiotisCharalampous