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is there any advantage to built continues future contract for #bars backtesting?

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[2018-05-31 18:09:37]
User61576 - Posts: 418
After reading this guide Continuous Futures Contract Charts few times I understand this is not a simple process.
I am wondering why would I need this in first place if my holding period is only for few minutes.
The only thought of the advantage in building a continues contract is to have it in one contract which will be easier to backtest as I will not need to rerun on 16 contacts for the last 4 years vs running over 1 continues contract.
Any additional thoughts? answers?
[2018-05-31 19:44:31]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Using the continuous futures contract functionality is simple and just takes a few seconds. The documentation is just very thorough on the subject.


I am wondering why would I need this in first place if my holding period is only for few minutes.
You do not.
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