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Hi, I'm very new to algorithmic trading and I am trying to teach myself the basics. I can't figure out why in my backtest it won't make any trades, could someone help me out?
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Gurumeher Sawhney
Thanks for attaching the code! The reason why no trades were being made was due to a Type Error; the conditional statements in OnData() were comparing a QuoteBar to a number. As a result, the algorithm would not enter the line of code that purchases EURUSD. The errors in the program were fixed in the algorithm below:
Alex Haseldine
Thanks Gurumeher! That really helped me out
Alex Haseldine
Hello, would anyone know how to add to the code so that if the command to buy (if the previous price is below the lower band and the current price >= lower band) goes through, it would then liquidate if the price = middle band?
I made an attempt but it is wrong
Alex Haseldine
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