Why backtesting auto exits on close?

[thestockbull]

i am backtesting a strategy but it is exiting trades automatically at close of the day. My system is positional. Is it possible to make the system exit only when the exit signal is generated?

[richa61416]

Under order handling, set EXIT ON CLOSE to false. That way when the session ends, it does not close your positions

[thestockbull]

Thanks Richa. It helped

[nicknamed]

you can change it in your script
just find exit on close = true and change it to true and then press F5 to compile it. then by default it will be false - you won't need to change it by hand