FAQs

Why do I need a date entry menu in the MoonBot terminal in the BackTest window in the “Exchange archives” zone?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. In the “Exchange archives” area of this window, in the date selection menu, you can specify for which dates historical data with […]

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Why do I need a coin input field in the MoonBot terminal in the BackTest window in the “Exchange archives” zone?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. In the “Exchange archives” area of this window, in the coins field, you can enter the name of the coin (in any

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Where are the commands sent from the MoonBot terminal if the “WebSocket API” option is checked on the “Settings – Advanced – Engine settings” tab?

In the MoonBot terminal, the WebSocket API parameter is located on the Settings – Advanced – Engine settings tab. By default, it is checked and the WebSocket API is used to send commands to the exchange. For example, for the Binance exchange, commands from the MoonBot terminal are sent here: ws-fapi.binance.com.

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Why do I need the Spot / Futures menu in the MoonBot terminal in the BackTest window in the “Exchange archives” zone?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. In the “Exchange archives” area of this window, in the Spot / Futures menu, you can select which markets to download historical

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What is the “WebSocket API” parameter for on the Settings – Special – Configuration of the MoonBot terminal engine tab?

In the MoonBot terminal, the WebSocket API parameter is located on the Settings – Advanced – Engine settings tab. By default, it is checked and the WebSocket API is used to send commands to the exchange. This setting in the MoonBot terminal currently only works for the Binance exchange and the Bybit exchange. Using this

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need a strip under the “Download data” button in the MoonBot terminal in the BackTest window in the “Exchange archives” zone?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. In the “Exchange archives” area of this window, after clicking the “Download data” button, the download of historical data with trades on

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What is the procedure for launching a backtest on historical trade data through the BackTest window in the MoonBot terminal?

Launching the backtest procedure (using the example of a demo file from the MoonBot terminal collection): On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. Click on the “Download Examples” button, and examples from the MoonBot terminal collection will be downloaded to the BackTest folder. Click

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Is it possible to hide half of the BackTest window in the MoonBot terminal and leave only the top buttons and the progress bar for playing historical data?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest”, the “BackTest” window will open. There is a button with three dots “…” (for light themes) or a “Hide” button (for dark themes) under the progress bar

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I run the backtest procedure for playing historical trade data through the MoonBot terminal’s BackTest window several times on the same “bin” file and the same strategy, but I get slightly different results each time, why is that?

In scalping, there is no repeatability of the result when running the same market record over and over again! Just as two identical MoonBot terminals with the same strategies on two different VDS will not trade exactly the same in the real market, so two historical data runs with the same strategy will not give

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From what date is the archive with historical trade data for the Gate Spot exchange available for download in the MoonBot terminal in the BackTest module?

The MoonBot terminal has a “BackTest” function – testing strategies based on historical trade data. On the main window of the MoonBot terminal, click on “Menu – BackTest” to open the “BackTest” window. In this window, in the “Exchange archives” zone, you can select the coin, the type of exchange, for example, Gate Spot, and

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