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BacktestingDataMode

enum cAlgo.API

DesktopCLICloud

Specifies the data mode used for backtesting.

Environment behaviour

CLI — not supported. Available to plugins only, and plugins cannot run in the CLI.

Cloud — not supported. Available to plugins only, and plugins cannot run in the cloud.

Definition

public enum BacktestingDataMode

Namespace: cAlgo.API · Group: Backtesting

Examples

var settings = new BacktestingSettings
{
    StartTimeUtc = new DateTime(2025, 1, 1),
    EndTimeUtc = new DateTime(2025, 1, 15),
    Balance = 10000,
    DataMode = BacktestingDataMode.Ticks
};
Print("Backtesting data mode: {0}", settings.DataMode);

settings = BacktestingSettings()
settings.Balance = 10000
settings.DataMode = BacktestingDataMode.Ticks
api.Print(f"Backtesting data mode: {settings.DataMode}")

Values

Name Value Description
Ticks 0 Tick data mode.
M1 1 One-minute data mode.
M1Csv 2 One-minute CSV data mode.
OpenPrices 3 Open prices data mode.
TickCsv 4 Tick data from a CSV file.

See also