Lot size

[ahenrich]

Hi, when backtesting a strategy with EFS, the lt size is allowed. Is any ther way to make the lot size a variable of a certain $quantity that you have available. That is insteas of trading 10 lots, you want to buy 1000 USD/the close of the share you are interested in.
Thank you
Alex

[ACM]

Alex
Yes it is possible. You would create a variable for the dollar amount then divide that by the Close and round the result (see enclosed example). At that point you would use the result as the lot size parameter in the doLong() or doShort() functions.
Alex

function main(){
 
    var myDollarAmount = 1000;
    var myLotSize = Math.floor(myDollarAmount/close(0));
 
    if(myCondition){
        Strategy.doLong("Long", Strategy.CLOSE, Strategy.THISBAR, myLotSize);
    }
    //rest of your code