BacktestTool - batch backtest, import and strategy parameters optimalization

[jasonbtc]

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Backtest on all pairs and strategies defined in backtest-config.pl with candles 5, 10, 20, 40 and 12 hours warmup period:

Code:

$ perl backtest.pl -n 5:144,10:73,20:36,40:15`

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Anyone knows what units should be used in CandleSize:Warmup in config file?
For example hours:hours or minutes:minutes ?
https://github.com/xFFFFF/Gekko-Backtest...fig.pl#L19

I think they are both minutes:minutes.

I am not sure about that. If you take a look at the instructions it mentions "candles 5, 10, 20, 40 and 12 hours warmup period"
and if you multiple for example 5x144 you get 720 minutes which is 12 hours.
So to me it looks something more like Hours:Minutes  but we need an official confirmation.
I am wondering how can people do backtesting without knowing this specific info which is of great importance.