Significant digits on 7.91 Backtesting

[zhkth1]

eSignal Tech support thought someone on this forum may be able to help on this issue.

I am trying the new version of backtesting (7.91) and have a problem with the number of digits that are displayed on the trade report. I have often used 7.9 backtesting on currency
futures which normally use 4 digits after the decimal point. I need to change a "setting" which controls the number of decimals that display on the reports, but then I can see all significant digits which is important on the trade report where I need to see the buy/sell price. The new version of backtesting is great, especially the graphing. However I cannot find any parameter in the new backtesting that controls the number of digits displayed on the reports.

Perhaps someone knows of a work around even though I would consider this a design error or bug. I do not know the proper channels for getting action from eSignal.

[ACM]

zhkth1
I had noticed that too and have already sent a note about this to the developers.
In the mean time here is how to resolve it. Go to Control Panel-> Regional Options and in the Numbers tab set the No of digits after decimal to 4 (or whatever number you may require)
Hope this helps
Alex

[ACM]

zhkth1

I do not know the proper channels for getting action from eSignal

If the version you are using is a beta (or Release Candidate) then you may want to post in the 7 Series Beta forum
Alex

[zhkth1]

Hi Alexis;
Thanks for the response. Your idea worked!

Any idea on how risky this approach is relative to other programs? I am not technical enough to know what affect these windows settings will have on other programs. I use my computer for other things as well and would hate to mess up data accessed by other programs (eg. Quicken and TurboTax). I did do a quick check on Quicken and I would expect good programmers would normally just use these settings as defaults.

Anyway I guess the safe approach would be to change the settings back and forth between backtesting sessions.

Thanks again.
Ken

[ACM]

Ken
Since it is very easy to change the settings on the fly I would switch them back and forth as needed (for now)
Alex