{"id":36,"date":"2006-09-29T06:55:36","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/kb\/2006\/09\/29\/how-to-set-individual-trading-rules-for-symbols-in-the-same-backtest\/"},"modified":"2014-12-04T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:23:15","slug":"how-to-set-individual-trading-rules-for-symbols-in-the-same-backtest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/wordpress\/kb\/2006\/09\/29\/how-to-set-individual-trading-rules-for-symbols-in-the-same-backtest\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set individual trading rules for symbols in the same backtest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following code shows how to use separate trading rules for several symbols included in the same backtest. <\/p>
<\/span>\/\/ default trading rules if the symbol is not specified below:
<\/span>Buy <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>20<\/span>), <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>50<\/span>) );
<\/span>Sell <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>50<\/span>), <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>20<\/span>) );

<\/span>\/\/ individual trading rules for selected symbols
\/\/ that will overwrite the above default rules
\/\/ if particular symbol is detected

\/\/ system for MSFT
<\/span>if( <\/span>Name<\/span>() == <\/span>"MSFT" <\/span>)
{
 <\/span>Buy <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>50<\/span>), <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>100<\/span>) );
 <\/span>Sell <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>100<\/span>), <\/span>MA<\/span>( <\/span>Close<\/span>, <\/span>50<\/span>) );
}

<\/span>\/\/ system for IBM
<\/span>if( <\/span>Name<\/span>() == <\/span>"IBM" <\/span>)
{
 <\/span>Buy <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>MACD<\/span>(), <\/span>Signal<\/span>() );
 <\/span>Sell <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>Signal<\/span>(), <\/span>MACD<\/span>() );
}

<\/span>\/\/ system for NVDA
<\/span>if( <\/span>Name<\/span>() == <\/span>"NVDA" <\/span>)
{
 <\/span>Buy <\/span>= <\/span>Cross<\/span>( <\/span>RSI<\/span>(), <\/span>30<\/span>);
 <\/span>Sell <\/span>= <\/span>0<\/span>;
 <\/span>ApplyStop<\/span>( <\/span>stopTypeNBar<\/span>, <\/span>stopModeBars<\/span>, <\/span>10<\/span>);
<\/code>

Note that different per-symbol stops (ApplyStop) are possible only in regular (non-rotational) backtest.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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