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Old 08-03-2010, 04:08 PM   #1
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I'm probably missing the obvious but I don't see how the Max. Drawdown figure is calculated within the Summary tab of the Backtest results.

I have attached a screenshot of the Summary and Trades tabs and was expecting to see Cum.Profit to show $-605 at some point.
I can't see where the figure of $-605 on the Summary comes from.

The only other place I can find the $-605 drawdown figure is in the Graphs tab showing the Drawdown plot.

Any chance of some enlightenment :-)
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Old 08-03-2010, 04:25 PM   #2
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Hello FatCanary,

Here is the definition for DrawDown:
http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...xDrawdown.html

It takes the highest account value - lowest account value, which will not typically be equal to your running cumulative profit.
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Hi Ryan

I had already read that part of the manual but, upon re-reading it and doing some manual calculations, it now makes sense.

Thanks for pushing me back to reading the manual :-)
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