So, was your "misuse" the fact that you were not referring to any Foreign symbols in your code? If you did in fact use Foreign in your code (e.g. reference to an index for example), then would Pad & Align have been appropriate for you (e.g. aligned to that index)?
Mike --- In [email protected], "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just had an illuminating chat with Marcin, that I'd like to pass on... > > In my backtests, I noticed that I randomly got an extra trade at the beginning of a data set. > > Marcin found the problem to be because I had checked the Pad & Align box in AA window. > > The help files warn to use Pad & Align judiciously as it is meant for data obtained from Foreign() function. > > Of course when I unchecked the Pad & Align, the backtest results were what I expected them to be, without the extra trade. > > The implication is that when Backtest is run and there are a lot of trades, the impact is probably not noticable. If you have only a few trades, the the impact may be significant. > > It seem that this is not a "fixable bug", as it is not a bug at all, but a feature for a specific purpose and when it is misused (as I misused it ) then a problem arises. > > Marcin, thanks for your time. > > Ara >
