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  • DK
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Topic: Entry and exit timing

So I've noticed that there are quit a few entries and exits (or reversals) that fit my criteria but do not get executed because the crosses occurred during the bar, and by the end of the bar the logic was no longer true.  Is there a way to get the program to execute whenever the indicators go and not just by the bar?

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Re: Entry and exit timing

the crosses occurred during the bar, and by the end of the bar the logic was no longer true

We did our best to eliminate this behaviour. With it, the result is only on - FALSE BACKTEST. The problem is that in the backtest you have all bars fully fixed and the indicators have their final values, but in the live trade this is not true until the end of the bar.

If you want the backtest to correspond to our live trade, you must always use fixed indicator values. See more info in this article: Use Previous Bar Value

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