TS can't backtest a portfolio???

I'm pretty fed up with Investor/RT and was about to switch to TradeStation, but I decided to download and read the manuals first. It looks like you can only backtest single symbols, not groups of symbols. I emailed TS support and asked, and they told me "The backtesting component is done on 1 symbol at a time. The results would also be on an individual basis"

Is that really true? It seems like portfolio backtesting is such a basic feature, I can't believe they don't have it. TS is so highly rated as a backtesting platform.

Can someone set me straight on this?

Thanks,
Phil

 

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Please take a look at the discussion in the thread listed below. I wrote a nice description of TradersStudio there. I think that TradersStudio would be the best solution for you. Our current price is only $499.00

http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=66534

 

That's correct. TS is a single symbol testing package. There are other vendors that provide add-in's to do portfolio testing with TS.

http://www.rinafinancial.com/PortfolioStream.asp

 

Amibroker & Portfolio Backtesting = $ 200 U.S

 

http://www.portfoliomerge.com/index.html

 

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TRy veritrader or whatever they call it after the sale.... hint... google...

 

I use Rina with TS and its pretty sweet. It comes at a high price though. PortfolioMerge is much cheaper.

 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond. I'll check out all the alternatives that were suggested.

Phil