Thank you for all of this help NSG... but as I examine individual backtest trades closer, there is something just not right. Please look at attached screenshot zorro-7. In the trade I circled in red, it didn't exit at the 20 point profit target and instead employed a "Trail" stop... yet I do not specify any trail stop in my strategy code (as you see in my first post). I only use a straight stop loss and a profit target. However the .log file shows "Trail" for that trade. Here is the portion of the log file that shows it (with some entries of before and after):
[314: Tue 22-11-22 18:55] (34022.32)
[315: Tue 22-11-22 19:00] (34015.32)
[US30::L31504] Long 1@34015.32 Risk 50 p at 19:00:00
[US30::L31504] Stop 1@34005.32: -50.00 at 19:05:00
[316: Tue 22-11-22 19:05] -50.00 0 3/7 (34019.82)
[317: Tue 22-11-22 19:10] (33993.32)
[318: Tue 22-11-22 19:15] (33997.82)
[319: Tue 22-11-22 19:20] (34020.32)
[US30::L31904] Long 1@34020.32 Risk 50 p at 19:20:00
[320: Tue 22-11-22 19:25] -20.00 +30.00 4/7 (34026.32)
[US30::L31904] Trail 1@34020.32 Stop 34016.32 at 19:30:00 <<<<<<<<<< Trail stop ????
[321: Tue 22-11-22 19:30] 20.00 +70.00 4/7 (34034.32)
[US30::L31904] Stop 1@34024.32: +20.00 at 19:35:00
[322: Tue 22-11-22 19:35] -30.00 0 4/7 (34014.82)
[US30::L32204] Long 1@34014.82 Risk 50 p at 19:35:00
[US30::L32204] TP 1@34034.82: +100 at 19:40:00
[323: Tue 22-11-22 19:40] 70.00 0 5/7 (34045.32)
The corresponding entry in the "testtrades.txt" file shows this:
MyCont1Test,Long,US30,31904,1,2022-11-22 19:20,2022-11-22 19:35,34020.32,34024.32,+20.00,0.00,Stop
It's very unsettling for a new user... it looks like Zorro does things that my strategy never specifies at all.
Thank You
ShawnM
