backtesting

[Dimension]

Can the following be scripted using eSignal?

1) Backtesting of daily and intraday systems
2) Can eSignal be scripted to automate trading on buy sell signals
3) Can eSignal be extended using COM/OLE or the javascript language? i.e., i have an activex object that "scrapes" data from various sites. can i use this in esignal and have it display the results in a window?

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Dimension,

1) Yes, see Guide to Developing eSignal Strategies. The term, strategy, is used to refer to back testing formulas.
2) Yes, although its probably the most advanced task within EFS. I saw Garth gave you some good information on this topic in your other thread today.
3) We do have the Desktop API that you might want to look into. Within our EFS environment you can connect your Studies to custom DLLs. Another option may be to have your existing application write to a text file placed in \eSignal\FormulaOutput\ and use File I/O to parse the data out of the file and return the info to your Advanced Chart through an EFS.