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@zlpatel zlpatel commented Apr 27, 2021

I have found the culprit. It's self.__atr[-1].

/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/backtesting/lib.py(433)set_atr_periods()
-> self.__atr = atr
(Pdb) pp atr[-1]
62.03802490234375

/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/backtesting/lib.py(440)set_trailing_sl()
-> self.__n_atr = n_atr
(Pdb) pp n_atr
1.5

/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/backtesting/lib.py(446)next()
-> trade.sl = max(trade.sl or -np.inf,
(Pdb) pp self.data.Close[-1]
22.170000076293945

so per the formula: trade.sl = max(trade.sl or -np.inf, self.data.Close[-1] - self.__atr[-1] * self.__n_atr)

22.17 - (62.04*1.5) = -70.89

the code shouldn't be using atr[-1]. It should be using atr[index] where index = len(self.data)-1

Because, when self.data in init() is different from self.data in next(). self.data in init() has all the data. while the one in next() gets accumulated data over iterations. i.e. 5 iterations -> 5 data. n iteration -> n data. so doing self.data.Close[-1] in next() gets you the last record. but the same is not true for self.__atr, because self.__atr always has full computed set from init(), so you need to use absolute index while accessing atr value from self.__atr.

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kernc commented Apr 28, 2021

Continued in #322.

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