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Post From: LMAX backtest profit/loss calculation

[2015-01-19 12:45:41]
Entropy - Posts: 36
I am backtesting on 5 min bars on LMAX data. As far as I have understood 10 lots in SC equals 1 standard lot in LMAX (100 000 currency units). I opened a demo account (just to make sure) on LMAX and 10 lots equals 1 standard contract (100 000 currency units), which I assume is the same as yours. However when I backtest, it doesn't seem to calculate it properly. Below is some of trades executed:

Symbol  Trade Type  Entry DateTime  Exit DateTime  Avg Entry Price  Avg Exit Price  Entry Quantity  Exit Quantity  Max Open Quantity  Profit/Loss  Cum P/L  Runup  Drawdown  Max Open Profit  Max Open Loss  Entry Efficiency  Exit Efficiency  Total Efficiency  Commission
[Sim]GBPUSD  Short  2014-03-26 03:40:00  2014-03-26 03:55:00  1.65342  1.65330  10  10  10  1.20  1.20  2.65  -1.00  2.65  -1.00  72.60%  60.27%  32.88%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Short  2014-03-26 07:45:00  2014-03-26 08:30:00  1.65217  1.65398  10  10  10  -18.10  -16.90  2.00  -35.60  2.00  -35.60  5.32%  46.54%  -48.14%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 08:35:00  2014-03-26 08:40:00  1.65370  1.65389  10  10  10  1.90  -15.00  2.70  -0.80  2.70  -0.80  77.14%  77.14%  54.29%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 08:50:00  2014-03-26 09:10:00  1.65317  1.65357  10  10  10  4.00  -11.00  6.90  -6.15  6.90  -6.15  52.87%  77.78%  30.65%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 09:25:00  2014-03-26 09:40:00  1.65326  1.65311  10  10  10  -1.50  -12.50  1.40  -7.00  1.40  -7.00  16.67%  65.48%  -17.86%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 13:05:00  2014-03-26 13:10:00  1.65404  1.65485  10  10  10  8.10  -4.40  10.60  -1.00  10.60  -1.00  91.38%  78.45%  69.83%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 15:25:00  2014-03-26 15:30:00  1.65593  1.65623  10  10  10  3.00  -1.40  5.25  -0.85  5.25  -0.85  86.07%  63.11%  49.18%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 15:35:00  2014-03-26 15:45:00  1.65575  1.65615  10  10  10  4.00  2.60  4.80  -1.00  4.80  -1.00  82.76%  86.21%  68.97%  0.00
[Sim]GBPUSD  Long  2014-03-26 16:35:00  2014-03-26 17:05:00  1.65662  1.65630  10  10  10  -3.20  -0.60  1.35  -9.55  1.35  -9.55  12.39%  58.26%  -29.36%  0.00

Taking the first trade, the profit/loss is reported as 1.2 pips or 1.20 currency units with 10 lots. If 10 lots in SC equals 100 000 currency units the profit/loss with 10 lots should be 12.0 currency units, not 1.20.

I probably have missed something here, so please explain what is wrong.

Thanks!

Cheers