Strategy Ranking error: Not connected to the internet

Author: abate

Creation Date: 9/12/2010 5:32 AM

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abate

9/12/2010 5:32 AM

When running strategy ranking it generates error of not connected to the internet to update symbols. How do I prevent the error. I have disabled the on demand feature but still get the errors.

Thanks
Abate

Eugene

9/12/2010 5:47 AM

Which data provider? Which strategy? Does it use external symbols? If yes, which data provider?

Eugene

9/12/2010 5:50 AM

Also, you may need to be connected to the internet while doing Ranking even when on demand updates are disabled. Wealth-Lab's Ranking tool, like Strategy Monitor, is trying to request updates for providers that support updates.

abate

9/15/2010 8:08 AM

I use Fidelity for data provider. I am just trying to backtest different strategies I built by using Strategy Ranking on a various data sets. I also have external symbols refrenced in the strategies but the error comes on all the symbols in the data set.

Thanks

Eugene

9/15/2010 8:27 AM

And the external symbols - which data provider they belong to?

abate

9/16/2010 4:57 AM

I use .SPX data by Fidelity- GetExternalSymbol(".SPX",true).Close.
I am not sure why a connection is necessary to rank strategies. Was able to do that in WL 4.00 with no problem. Is there any other way of ranking strategies without being connected.

Thanks

Eugene

9/16/2010 5:18 AM

Yes, update your data before running Strategy Ranking.

(Sadly, currently this won't work for MSN and Yahoo! providers due to a live bug - they will always try to update data on each run -- that's why I was asking about external symbol's data.)