MultiCharts Bar Magnifier Question

January 9th, 2011, 10:59 PM

Hi Everyone,

Looking to get some clarification on the Bar Magnifier. To date, I've looked around attempting to determine the useage of the Bar Magnifier when developing a strategy. (Specifically when using 13 point bar in MC) --we are currently using IOG. The question is, do we need to use the bar magnifier when backtesting/optimization? It seems like with IOG turned on, and bar magnifier..with 13 point bars..it doesnt matter what strategy we are backtesting..the length of time needed to test is dramatically increased..on a quad core processor. I just want to ensure I'm getting the most accurate results in backtesting/optimization.

Thanks in advance for the ideas and thoughts...

-Ben

January 11th, 2011, 06:22 PM

I am closing this thread, you posted the question twice.

See:

Do we need to use the bar magnifier when backtesting/optimization in MultiCharts?

Bar Magnifier is of no use on tick data (range, tick, volume, etc). Only on minute data is it useful, as what it does is apply tick data 'behind the scenes' to your minute data.

Check here also:

Mike

Mike

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