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I'm running a futures algorithm with Renko Consolidator and keep running into an issue where the same algorithm produces different results when back-test over the same period. My expectation is the results to be the same if I rerun the same algorithm twice with no code change.
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Shile Wen
Hi Bo,
Could you attach a backtest? It will make it easier for us to identify the problem. For now, here are some ideas for the differing results:
Best,
Shile Wen
Bo Vargas
I'vee opened up a support ticket since it seems a few bugs in the framework. However, before we close this discussion out.
How is the framework handling orders executions in backtesting? The algorithm is deterministic in my specific case. So I would expect to see the same results given that the same data coming in. No different than the framework unit test work.
If the framework is handling order execution via a happy path (i.e. immediate full order) then the results should be the same.
Alexandre Catarino
Hi Bo Vargas ,
Yes, the results should be the same since the backtest should be deterministic.
We haven't had any report on this issue (non-deterministic backtest) so we need to take a look at the algorithm you shared with support@quantconect.com in particular.
Bo Vargas
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