MoreYummy "Andyroki: Does it work for currency also? and future?" Sorry, program does not do historical currency or futures only stocks.
Will you care to expand? I can see that you can back test using all data from the DOM feed, but what indicators/parameters do you use to define rules that allow a computer to back test price action?
A good and interesting post, Cheese. Googled the net for more information and found the following: -> http://www.theessentialsoftrading.c...-isnt-just-about-evaluation-a-trading-system/ -> http://seekingalpha.com/article/154868-back-test-harris-private-bank-system -> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=...m4WeBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2 -> http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/price-action.asp -> http://investopedia.com/terms/b/backtesting.asp -> http://www.tradeology.com/priceaction.html -> http://www.tradingpriceaction.com/ -> http://www.trading-strategies.info/node/17 -> http://www.dacharts.com/articles/Buffy_on_price_action.php -> http://www.qvmgroup.com/invest/archives/5642 -> http://seekingalpha.com/article/154868-back-test-harris-private-bank-system
2 articles & code in TASC(12/2001 & 7/2005) by Massimiliano Scorpio, though on detecting reversals, should work to back-test price bar action and give you statistics of their probable success.
Welcome, TraderSystem daveb351, could you please provide the links for the above? Thanks! It seemsMassimiliano Scorpio is an expert in key reversals, is that correct?