Start and End date on Strategy Analyzer

[theoj]

Can somebody please help me with how to set the start and end dates when running a back test on daily graphs on the Strategy Analyzer?

TIA
Theo

[Doji3333]

Here you go...

This is what I use in my code... It might be a bit much for you right now, but you'll find it will help in the future..

// user variables
var StartTime = 630;
var EndTime = 1215;

// global variables
var vHour;
var vMin;
var vSec;
var vDay;
var vMonth;

function main()
{

var vTime = new Date();
//---------------------------------------------------
// Get Time Variables
vTime = getValue("Time", 0);
vHour = vTime.getHours();
vMin = vTime.getMinutes();
vSec = vTime.getSeconds();
vDay = vTime.getDate();
vMonth = vTime.getMonth() +1;


if ( (((vHour*100)+vMin) >= StartTime ) &&
(((vHour*100)+vMin) <= EndTime ) ) {

// .... allow your trading stuff here.

}

}

[theoj]

Thanks for your reply Brad. Apart from entering it into the code, is there any way to set the date parameters in the Formula Wizard or the Strategy Analyzer?

TIA
Theo

[ACM]

Theo
Yes you can set it up in the Formula Wizard as part of the conditions in Set1, Set2, etc (getDay()>=yourstartday, getMonth()>=yourstartmonth, etc and the inverse getDay()<=yourenddate, etc).
As to the Strategy Analyzer it will test whatver data is loaded in a chart and whereas you cannot specifiy the end date (because it will always be the last bar in the chart) you can define the begin date by loading only the desired data using a Time Template
Alex

[theoj]

Thanks Alex - that works well!