Error Message
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In this section you will find all the errors that can be generated when using this software. All errors are displayed via a red pop-up that appears next to our software.
For this software you can find two different error runtimes:
1) Bankruptcy
'Bankruptcy! The equity line of this backtesting is negative. Try the backtesting again using different parameters, or reduce or increase the test period.'
This error indicates that the performance of the strategy with the current parameters did not produce a profit but on the contrary brought the account balance below zero. To resolve this error, you can reduce the period of analysis time, for example by focusing on shorter and different time periods. This will help you understand under which market conditions it is best to avoid using this algorithm. A second alternative to solve this problem is to use different configuration parameters, e.g. changing the capital value to be used for each new order, the take profit percentage, the maximum capital to be used etc. To change these parameters, go to the 'Inputs' section of the user interface.
2) Wrong timeframe
'You are using a higher timeframe than the selected investment time period. Please reduce the timeframe to a time period equal to or less than the timeframe selected in the user interface. Please correct the timeframe.'
This error indicates that the algorithm is unable to perform backtesting due to a lack of granularity alignment of the data. The timeframes in Trading View technically indicate the period at which trade data should be organized within a single cluster (candlestick). By selecting a cluster larger than the one chosen in the user interface for the 'Invest every' function, the analysis engine will not be able to work correctly.
To solve this problem, you will have to align the Invest every functionality to your timeframe or to a higher value (A), or conversely you can set the timeframe to a value equal to or lower than that of the 'Invest every' functionality (B).
