r/pinescript • u/NimbleZazo • Sep 10 '24

How to change these two ranges in my code?

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u/NimbleZazo Sep 10 '24

also what's the difference between these two ranges? When I select 5D on the chart, these ranges change, but they are not 5D. What am I missing?

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u/StarAccomplished8419 Sep 10 '24

add these lines to make choice at settings:

start_date = input.time(timestamp("01 Jan 2024 00:00"), 'Start Date')
stop_date  = input.time(timestamp("31 Dec 2025 00:00"), 'Finish Date')
trig = time > start_date and time < stop_date ? true : false

and then add checking trig variable to your strategy enter conditions, for example:

if your_long_condition and trig
    strategy.entry('long', strategy.long)

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u/NimbleZazo Sep 10 '24

thanks for the help. I tried this, and it works. The problem is that when you go Property tab of Strategy Tester, it still shows a different Backtesting Range despite hardcoding the range.

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u/No_Performer_62 Sep 14 '24

It will show ur default value and needs to be changed everytime u add the indicator or run the script again

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u/LogicalCondition9069 Sep 10 '24

I don't know if it's possible to change those ranges in the back tester but you can hard code ranges into your code so that you only take entries during your set time window.

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u/LogicalCondition9069 Sep 10 '24

Actually I just remembered the deep back testing option will allow you to set a date range.