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Examples and Tutorials
Tutorial 1 - SPY Crossover
Tutorial 2 - Simple Optimization
Tutorial 3 - Simple Scan
Tutorial 4 - ETF Rotation
Software User Interface
Common Menus
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Data Menu
Run Menu
Window Menu
Help Menu
Child Window Menus
Chart Menu
Graph Menu
List Menu
Log Menu
Plot Menu
ResGraph Menu
Results Menu
Scan Menu
Script Menu
Compare Menu
Trades Menu
Bars and Panels
Tool Bar
Status Bar
Settings Panel
Debug Panel
Text Editor Windows
Script Windows
Log Windows
List Windows
Results Windows
Trade List Windows
Scan Windows
Trade Comparison Windows
Other List Windows
Graphical Windows
Daily Stats Graphs
Optimization Results Graphs
Candlestick/Bar Charts
Trade Plots and Analysis
Program Options Dialog
Report Options Dialog
RealTest Function Key Reference
Importing Bar Data
Norgate Data Import
Yahoo Import
Tiingo Import
CSV Import
MetaStock Import
Multi-Source Import
The Symbol Information File
Futures Symbol Information
The Event List File
Running Scans
Running Tests
Multiple Tests and Optimization
Walk-Forward Tests
Using an Imported Trade List
Using Command Line Mode
Using Multiple Instances
Analyzing Test Results
Test Summary Report
Test Details Log
Trading Your System
Tomorrow's Orders
Generated Order Types
OrderClerk
CSV Order Baskets
IB Rebalance Tool
Alera Signal Files
Daily Setups Scan
Multi-Row Scan
Test Output Scan
Backtest Engine Details
Asset Allocation and Position Sizing
Capacity Constraints
Compounding
Split Handling
Dividend Handling
Intraday Fills With Daily Bars
Intraday Fill Sequence Assumptions
Bar Sizes and Multiple Timeframes
Calculation of Trade Excursions
The Current Bar in Formula Evaluation
Specifying a Time Stop
Number of Bars Required for Functions and Indicators
Scaling In or Out of Positions
Referring to Past Trades in Strategy Formulas
Testing Multi-Currency Strategies
Realtest Script Language
Bar Offsets
Date Constants
Other Constants
Symbol Constants
String Values
Script Comments
File Path Syntax
Output Format Specification
Script Sections
Import Section
Data Section
One-Pass Data Formulas
Self-Referential Items
Bar-Size-Specific Items
TestData Section
Scan and TestScan Sections
Settings Sections
Library Section
Strategy Section
Strategy Names
Special Strategy Types
Strategy Elements
Strategy Element Value Types and Defaults
Parameters Section
Results Section
Graphs Section
Trades Section
Charts Section
Include Section
Formula Syntax
Operators
Formula Evaluation
Breadth Tags / Cross-Sectional Functions
External Symbol or Strategy Reference
Special Syntax for Individual Futures Contract Testing
Statistics Values in Formulas
Syntax Element Categories
Script Sections
Settings
Import Specification
Strategy Elements
Bar Data Values
Indicator Functions
Multi-Bar Functions
Cross-Sectional Functions
General-Purpose Functions
String Functions
Stock/Contract Information
Current Position Information
Test Statistics Arrays
Trade Record Values
Trade Statistics Functions
Syntax Element Details
#Avg
#ByMkt
#ByCII
#ByIndu
#BySect
#Count
#Highest
#Lowest
#Median
#OnePerDate
#OnePerSym
#PercentRank
#Rank
#StdDev
#Sum
?CII
?Currency
?Domicile
?EquityType
?Exchange
?Industry
?ListingType
?Name
?ReportingCurrency
?RunMode
?Sector
?Strategy
?Symbol
?Type
Abs
AccountSize
Adjustment
ADX
Allocation
Ambiguity
Arg1-Arg9
ATR
BarDate
BarNum
BarsHeld
BarSize
BarsLeft
BarStart
BBBOT
BBTOP
Benchmark
Bound
CashInOut
CashList
Category (reference)
Category (definition)
CCI
Charts
CIIFamily
CIILevel
Close or C
Combined (function)
Combined (section)
Commission
Compounded
Constituency
Correl
Cosine
Cross
CountTrue
CRSI
CSVDateFmt
CSVFields
CSVFile
CSVNumFmt
Currency
Data
DataFile
DataPath
DataSource
DataType
Date
DateBars
Day
DayOfWeek
DayOfYear
Days
DebugEntry
DebugExit
DebugTargetStop
Dividend
DllDataCalc
EMA or XAvg
EndDate (Import)
EndDate (Setting)
EndOfMonth
EndOfWeek
EntryDate
EntryLimit
EntryRank
EntryScore
EntrySetup
EntrySkip
EntryStop
EntryTime
EntryTradeValue
Event
EventListFile
ExchangeMap
ExcludeIf
ExcludeList
ExitLimit
ExitLimitTime
ExitRank
ExitRule
ExitScore
ExitStop
ExitStopTime
ExitTime
ExitTradeValue
Exp
Extern
Extra
F.xxx / F.xxx.Date
FillFraction
FillPrice
FillPriceAvg
FillPriceMax
FillPriceMin
FillValue
FilterNum
Format
Fundamentals
FunBar
Graphs
High or H
Highest or HHV
HMA or HAvg
HolidayList
HVOL
IF
Import
Include
IncludeList
InXXX
InfoID
InfoDelist / InfoExpiry
InfoFloat
InfoGICS
InfoMargin
InfoShares
InfoTRBC
InList
IsNan
IsOrder
IsSetup
Item
KAMA
KBBOT
KBTOP
KeepAdjusted
KeepRedundant
KeepTrades
Kurtosis
Left
LegacyMode
Length
Library
LimitExtra
LimitSlip
LinReg
ListNum
Log
LogFile
Low or L
Lowest or LLV
MA or Avg
MACD
MACDH
MACDS
MarkToMarket
Match
Max
MaxN
MaxEntries
MaxExposure
MaxInvested
MaxNewExp
MaxNewInv
MaxNewPos
MaxPerTurn
MaxPositions
MaxSameCat
MaxSameSym
MaxSetups
MDI
Median
Mid
Min
MinN
Month
NextOpen
NoDefaultCols
NoHeader
NoNan
Notes
NoWeekends
NumBars
OBV
Open or O
OrderClerkFolder
OrderNote
OrderPrice
OrderRank
OrderSettings
OrdersFile
OrdersInclude
OrdersLiveData
OrdersMktAsLmtPct
OrdersMode
OrdersNetLiq
OrdersTemplate
OrderSum
PadAlignSym
Padding
Parameters
PDI
Peak
PeakBars
PercentRank
PercentRankN
PointValue
PrevExitLimit
PrevExitStop
Product
PositionSum
PriceRound
QtyFinal
QtyRound
QtyType
Quantity
Random
RandomSeed
Range or R
Rank
RankN
Reduce
Replace
Results
ResultsFile
Right
RiskFreeRateSym
ROC or PctChg
Round
RSI
RRSI
RsiF
S.Alloc
S.BPx
S.CashInOut
S.Comms
S.Compounded
S.Date
S.DDBars
S.DDDlr
S.DDPct
S.Divs
S.Entries
S.EntryOrders
S.Equity
S.Exits
S.Exposure
S.First
S.Invested
S.LossBars
S.LossDlr
S.Losses
S.LossPct
S.LossPctAlloc
S.M2M
S.MAE
S.MFE
S.MaxAlloc
S.MaxDDBars
S.MaxDDDlr
S.MaxDDPct
S.MaxEquity
S.MinAlloc
S.MinEquity
S.NetDlr
S.NetFx
S.NetPct
S.Number
S.Positions
S.RiskFreeRate
S.Setups
S.Slips
S.StartEquity
S.Stops
S.Targets
S.TradeBars
S.TradeDlr
S.TradePct
S.TradePctAlloc
S.TWEQ
S.Usage
S.WinBars
S.WinDlr
S.WinPct
S.WinPctAlloc
S.Wins
SAR
SarF
SaveAs
SaveChartsTo
SavePositionsAs
SaveScanAs
SaveStatsAs
SaveTestListAs
SaveTradesAs
SaveTradesType
Scan
ScanInclude
ScanSettings
Select
Sequence
Settings
SetupRank
SetupScore
SetupSum
Shares or Contracts
Side (position)
Side (strategy)
Sign
SinceHigh
SinceLow
SinceTrue
Sine
Skewness
SkipTestIf
Slippage
Slope
Spearman
Split
Sqr
SS
StartDate
StartDate
StartPercent
StatsGroup
StdDev
STOC
Strategy
StrategyScore
StratNum
StopSlip
Sum
SumSince
SumSQ
Symbol
SymChangeList
SymInfoFile
SymNum
T.Bars
T.CommIn
T.CommOut
T.DateIn
T.DateOut
T.Div
T.Fraction
T.FxIn
T.FxOut
T.Highest
T.Lowest
T.NetFx
T.NetPct
T.Points
T.PriceIn
T.PriceOut
T.Profit
T.PtVal
T.QtyIn
T.QtyOut
T.Reason
T.Side
T.SlipIn
T.SlipOut
T.SplitIn
T.SplitOut
T.Strat
T.TimeIn
T.TimeOut
T.ValueIn
T.ValueOut
Tangent
Template
TargetPrice
TestInclude
TestData
TestName
TestOutput
TestScan
TestScanAllDates
TestSettings
This
TickSize
TLAdjusted
TLDateFmt
TLFields
TLStratName
TLTimeShift
ToDate
ToLower
ToNum
ToUpper
Top
TradeList
Trades
TradeStatAvg
TradeStatMax
TradeStatMin
TradeStatStdDev
TradeStatSum
Trough
TroughBars
TrueInRow
TrueRange or TR
UntilTrue
Update
UseAvailableBars
Using
Volume or V
WalkForward
Week
WhenTrue
WMA or WAvg
Year
YInt
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