[amibroker] Difference between Scan and Backtest

2006-06-23 Thread james smith
New user here. I am getting different results with scan and backtest. For example, when I run backtest on the ESU6, I am getting 11 trades, the first trade occurring on 6/12/06. When I click scan, the first entry signal is on 5/31/06. This is without changing anything. Range is set to all quotatio

RE: [amibroker] IB Tick data backfill

2006-04-18 Thread james smith
Don't hold me to this, but if I remember correctly there is a way to download 6 months of tick data from IB using the API. I think I saw it on one of the webinars. Try going here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/priorWebinars.php?ib_entity=llc and going down to some of the