I have a strategy that's supposed to trade only once per day with set exit time everyday,
when changing exit time for backtesting purposes I noticed that the number of trades increases:
12:00 exit time: 188 total trades
13:00 exit time: 208 total trades
looked at the orders logs but I can't find any day where it executed multiple trades on the same day.
any thoughts as why would this happen ?
Mak K
Maurício Cordeiro
Hi Mak K,
Your strategy is supposed to trade once a day, but only if a specific condition is met:
data["AMD"].Close > self.openingBar.High
As the condition is checked inside OnData, it keeps checking for the condition every minute (your specified Resolution). So, if you extend the close positions time, from 12:00 to 13:00, you have +1hour to be checking for the entry point and increases the probability of having a trade that day.
Mak K
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