Backtesting time inconsistencies

[tradebot]

Hi All. Let me start clarifying I live in EU and I have all my servers set up to the local timezone. Because the strategy analyzer was so inaccurate with my multi-tiframe intrabar stop loses, I had no other option than to backtest using market replay.

In essence, my strategy opens a position in a range to be determined in between 3:30-4:00 PM local time, (that would be 9:30-10:00 Eastern time) and stops trading about 3 hours later.

My question is, when I playback the instrument and run the backtest in my local server with local timezone, does it take the EU or the US time for the backtesting?? I know it should be obvious that is uses the local timezone, but then why would the last day finishes at 5pm when in my local timezone it should be 10pm?

thanks

[NinjaTrader_LuisH]

Hello tradebot,

Thank you for posting on the NinjaTrader forums.


This would take into account your local time zone based on your PC.

Could you clarify what you mean by "why would the last day finishes at 5pm when in my local timezone it should be 10pm?"


Thank you! I look forward to hearing back from you.