How to Back-Test
ProSignal's Automated Alerts
ProSignal's charts allow you to back-test and view the past-performance of the automated trade signals as far back as January, 2003. To use the "Back-Test" feature of your charts, please follow these steps: 1. Select "Time Scale & Period" from the menu at the top of the chart would like to back-test. (Select a chart with automated signals) 2. Then select "Advanced Custom" at the bottom of the drop-down menu. |
3. From the calendar choose the date range you would like to view. (It can take up to 10 minutes to back-test a full year.) 4. Once you have selected your date range, set the 'interval' to match the time frame of the chart (i.e. select 1 hour for either the GBP/USD or EUR/USD 1 hour charts). 5. Click “Get” and after the data has finished loading Click "Apply” |
6. All of the signals for that time period should appear. If not right click on the chart and make sure there is a check mark next to 'ProSignal' at the top of the drop-down menu. Once you have loaded the historical data you wanted to back-test you can run a summary report of the total Profits & Losses & Averages for the automated trade signals. 1. Right click anywhere on your chart and select “Intelliscript” then “Customized Alert Performance Summary” from the pop-up windows. As illustrated below: |
Activating the Alert Performance Summary
| 2. A summary window will now appear displaying the total Profits & Losses generated from the automated signal alerts. The summary totals are calculated from Buy signal to Sell signal (or Entry Signal to Stop-Loss). |
Performance Summary
Back-Test
Detail Summary (Trade-by-Trade Data)
| To run a “Detailed” report of the Profit & Loss of each Automated Signal Alert, simply right-click anywhere on your chart and select “Intelliscript” and then “Customized Alert Performance Detail” from the pop-up windows. |
How to Access the Customized Alert Performance Detail
Tool
The Trade-by-Trade Profit/Loss data will open in Notepad as in the following illustration:
Customized Alert Performance Detail
Other Useful Links |
ProSignal Charting Software Main Page Receive Alerts by E-mail or Cell Phone How to Back-Test the Automated Alerts
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