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Some Confirmation Control settings do not influence Pro Tester results but will affect algorithm behavior when configurations are exported to the . These should be considered to ensure strategies perform as expected.
Backtesting in the Pro Tester uses confirmed candles as TradingView does not allow examination of within-candle data. While this setting does not affect Pro Tester results, selecting 'confirmed' ensures strategies perform as anticipated when exported to the Lendal Pro Trader
This setting, which determines macro trend direction, significantly impacts backtest data unless a Higher Timeframe is specified in each algorithm contributing to a strategy.
While Pro Tester backtests use confirmed candles, setting Higher Timeframe Confirmation to real-time can affect profitability data. Minor trend changes on the Higher Timeframe can cause significant Net Profit variations on the local timeframe.
Win Rate (Trends) specifies the number of trends used to calculate Win Rate (%). The system will enter a if Win Rate (%) falls below the specified threshold. These settings will not influence Pro Tester results unless a Win Rate (%) >0 is set, in which case Trading Halts may occur.
Setting Win Rate (Trends) to a high value (e.g. 5000) ensures strategies perform as anticipated when exported to the Lendal Pro Trader when set to confirmed.
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Backtesting in the Pro Tester uses confirmed candles as TradingView does not allow examination of within-candle data. While these settings do not impact Pro Tester results, deactivation ensures strategies perform as anticipated when exported to the .
These will influence backtest results according to their normal function. See the section for details.
The impact of global confirmation control settings should be carefully considered during strategy optimization.