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Applying the walkforward strategy to a TradeStation chart

TradeStation does not provide a way to create a chart using EasyLanguage or their programming API. This chart needs to be created manually.  In order to make this as painless as possible, MultiWalk writes the strategy settings in the header of the optimized walkforward strategy:

Header comments of the walkforward strategy listing the TradeStation chart setup: symbol, dates, slippage, commission, MaxBarsBack

First, add or edit the symbol on the chart so that it matches your walkforward strategy:

TradeStation Customize Symbol dialog with symbol @CD, Daily interval and First Date set to 01/01/2007
TradeStation Chart Analysis Settings menu open with Add Symbol and Edit Symbol options

Apply your strategy to the chart:

TradeStation Chart Analysis Studies menu open with Add Strategy highlighted
TradeStation Customize Studies & Strategies dialog, Strategies tab, with the Properties for All button highlighted

Edit the settings so that they match the same settings you used in MultiWalk:

Strategy Properties for All Strategies General tab with commission 2.50, slippage 12.50 and maximum bars set to 100
Strategy Properties for All Strategies Backtesting tab with Fill entire order when trade price exceeds limit price selected

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