Create and Test Forex Strategies
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| When an indicator uses Longer Time Frame (LTF), the Signal shift will be in the strategy main data frame bars. For example if a strategy period is H4 and an indicator LTF is D1, the indicator will be calculated on a D1 data series but the signals will be shifted with H4 bars. | When an indicator uses Longer Time Frame (LTF), the Signal shift will be in the strategy main data frame bars. For example if a strategy period is H4 and an indicator LTF is D1, the indicator will be calculated on a D1 data series but the signals will be shifted with H4 bars. | ||
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| + | === Why does not Signal Shift allow negative values? === | ||
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| + | Signal shift only **delays** the signal with a number of bars. For example if (on a day chart) something happens in Monday and you want to trade on the next day you will put a Signal Shift to 1. However if something happened on Tuesday you cannot go back in time and trade on Monday. This is why you cannot set the Signal shift to -1 or other negative values. | ||
| ===== Signal repeat ===== | ===== Signal repeat ===== | ||