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Post From: V1434 Waiting to Download Historical-Stays. Seems Won't Backtest AutoTrade

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User791263 - Posts: 151
Seems some change between 1430 vs 1434 relating to Waiting to Download Historical data message never going away, is also affecting Backtesting by stopping autotrade. The SIM runs, but trades don't happen when signals occur (Trues in K). I know those same TRUE's worked on LIVE data SIM the day before. This is not in a disabled time period. It's always been tough to backtest scalping upon prior days, to avoid automatic data update from that period to current unless disconnected from net. A large complex trading system can not handle more than a few days "days to load" in charts. This requires backups of each day, to be able to test each day desired. Trade system improvements must be tested against many back days. Hence, I would unplug the I-net cable when backtesting prior days. This worked fine for 7 months: the "Waiting to Download Historical data" message would disappear in 1 minute, and Autotrade SIM worked. Since 1434, that message does not go away, and it seems to interfere with Backtest AutoTrade. That is, no autotrades occur when turned on if those messages are showing. Also the messages obstruct viewing 38 charts. Much of SC strength was fast Backtesting of 1 second+ Time Sales data. I'm not doing anything different, but it sure seems something has changed.