Visibility
The visibility section of the XetaAI Backtester
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The visibility section of the XetaAI Backtester
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Visibility Section:
The Visibility section allows you to customize the time range for which you want to view the backtest results. By adjusting these settings, you can control the granularity of the backtest data and fine-tune your strategy's performance over specific timeframes. This helps in assessing how the strategy would have behaved across various time horizons, whether it's for quick, short-term trades or longer-term trend-following strategies.
Tick Boxes and Value Boxes:
Seconds: This option allows you to adjust the time range in seconds. When selected, you can change the value in the adjacent box to specify the desired number of seconds. This is useful for testing very short-term strategies, such as high-frequency trading (HFT), where minute-to-minute or second-to-second price movements are critical.
Minutes: Similar to the "Seconds" option, the "Minutes" box lets you define the time range in terms of minutes. This is ideal for short-term trading strategies such as scalping or intraday trading where every minute's price action is important. You can set this to any desired number of minutes to examine how the strategy performs on different time scales.
Hours: This setting lets you specify the range in hours. This is helpful for trading strategies that span over a few hours or for those focused on intraday moves that may last several hours. Adjusting the number of hours will allow you to see how the strategy behaves within specific intraday periods.
Days: This option allows you to select the time range in days. This is typically useful for swing trading or longer-term strategies that are not focused on minute-by-minute or hour-by-hour movements. You can set the range in days to observe performance over several trading sessions, such as how a strategy performs over the course of a week, month, or even longer.
Weeks: The "Weeks" setting allows you to view the performance of the strategy over a weekly basis. This option is ideal for medium-term strategies, such as those looking for weekly price movements or those that trade on longer-term trends. By selecting weeks, you can analyze how the strategy reacts to weekly price cycles or trends in the market.
Months: This time range allows you to set the visibility for months. It is best suited for strategies that are designed to capture longer-term market movements. This is ideal for trend-following or position trading strategies that require extended periods of time to realize their full potential. By setting this, you can observe the overall effectiveness of a strategy over months.
Ranges: The final option in the Visibility section is the "Ranges" tick box. When enabled, this allows you to define a custom range using any of the above timeframes (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months) to suit your particular analysis needs. It provides flexibility for users who want to analyze a strategy's performance over specific, user-defined ranges instead of preset periods.
By selecting the appropriate tick box (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months) and adjusting the value box accordingly, you set the time period over which the backtest data will be visualized. This allows you to tailor the chart to your specific needs and evaluate how the strategy would have performed across different time frames.
Short-term analysis: If you're focusing on intraday or short-term trades (e.g., scalping or high-frequency trading), you would select "Seconds," "Minutes," or "Hours" and adjust the values to fit your trading horizon.
Medium to long-term analysis: For swing trading, position trading, or longer-term trend-following strategies, you can use the "Days," "Weeks," or "Months" options to evaluate performance over extended periods.
Custom ranges: By using the "Ranges" option, you have the ability to manually set and adjust the time range to fit a specific testing need, for example, testing a strategy only during a specific market event or time period (e.g., testing performance during the earnings season or specific geopolitical events).
The Visibility section gives you control over the time frame for analyzing the backtest results. Whether you're testing high-frequency strategies, intraday trading, or long-term trend-following approaches, the ability to adjust the time range in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and custom ranges allows you to gain deep insights into how your strategy would have performed over different market conditions and time scales.
By tailoring the visibility settings, you can better understand the behavior of your strategy during various periods, fine-tune it for your trading goals, and improve your overall trading decisions.
