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Can I get zero spread with QC ?
I am a binary options trader and I need to backtest my strategies, which requires zero spread.
In binary, there is one price only.
E.g. I open trade at 1.23400 - 1.23400 and in 30 minutes I close it at 1.23401 - 1.23401
The price has risen (no matter by how much), so a binary option would win and make me money.
However, with 1 pipette spread (the minimum I can get with MetaTrader backtester) the trade is not counted as a winning trade.
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Welcome @JanMusil! You could make a strategy with zero spread if you want. You'd probably need to hack a little bit but its possible. Are you trading on equities or forex? Do you have your own data?
The key is creating a custom transaction model. I just shared one like this a couple of days ago. With this same model you can set it to have 0-slippage and 0-fees. This will effectively have net-zero effect when you place a trade.
The backtesting engine uses the absolute of the fees - so you can't make it pay you on trading.
The key is creating a custom transaction model. I just shared one like this a couple of days ago. With this same model you can set it to have 0-slippage and 0-fees. This will effectively have net-zero effect when you place a trade.
The backtesting engine uses the absolute of the fees - so you can't make it pay you on trading.
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Thanks Jared, that's good news :-)
That means QC is the first tool I've found that can do the job.
One more question: If a trade goes neutral - e.g. Open 1.2345 and Close at 1.2345
Does it count as a profit trade (increasing Win Rate) or a losing trade (increasing Loss Rate %) ?
I'm trading on forex (but only with binary options, which is essentially betting Up/Down), there's some data with free demo accounts on MT4 and I'l probably buy some more historical data.
Or is there some free data on QC?
That means QC is the first tool I've found that can do the job.
One more question: If a trade goes neutral - e.g. Open 1.2345 and Close at 1.2345
Does it count as a profit trade (increasing Win Rate) or a losing trade (increasing Loss Rate %) ?
I'm trading on forex (but only with binary options, which is essentially betting Up/Down), there's some data with free demo accounts on MT4 and I'l probably buy some more historical data.
Or is there some free data on QC?
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We have 7 years of tick level FX you can use, you just need to request it into your algorithm -- Our data library is here: https://www.quantconnect.com/data
We actually treat break-even trades as a loss at the moment - you can see this code here: https://github.com/QuantConnect/QCAlgorithm/blob/master/QuantConnect.Common/Statistics/Statistics.cs#L244
In theory it should be possible to hide the Statistics calculator method with a "new" preface and replace it with your own one, but I've never done it before :) I'll have a go at this later tonight and post and example here for you.
We actually treat break-even trades as a loss at the moment - you can see this code here: https://github.com/QuantConnect/QCAlgorithm/blob/master/QuantConnect.Common/Statistics/Statistics.cs#L244
In theory it should be possible to hide the Statistics calculator method with a "new" preface and replace it with your own one, but I've never done it before :) I'll have a go at this later tonight and post and example here for you.
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Backtesting is the best way to find out whether your option strategy is going to work or not. However, conditions are not exactly the same while backtesting the strategy, but it gives you an idea about how strategy will work in real market without putting any money at risk.
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