Daily Equity Log

The Daily Equity Log contains an entry for every single day of the test showing summary equity information as well as a limited summary of the open positions for each day. You can use the Equity Log to determine if a trade that appears like it should have been taken wasn't taken because Purchase Equity or Margin Equity was too high. The file is named "Daily Equity Log.csv" and is stored in the Results folder.

An entry is placed in the Equity Log for each trading day in a given historical test. This daily entry includes data on all open positions, for each day of the simulation. In order that it will always reflect the most recently executed test, the Equity Log is overwritten each time a new test is run.

Test Number	The test number
Date	Includes trading dates only
Total Equity	Total Equity is Closed Equity plus Open Equity
Closed Equity	Closed Equity at month end
Drawdown	Drawdown in Total Equity
Open Equity	Open Equity is the value of open positions marked to market
Cash	Closed Equity minus Purchase Equity
Purchase Equity	Equity used for Stock purchases
Margin Equity	Equity used as Margin for Futures purchases
Total Slippage	Total Slippage to date
Total Dividends	Dividends earned test to date.
Total Earned Interest	Interest earned test to date.
Total Margin	Margin paid test to date.
Total Commissions	Commissions test to date.
Total Carry	Forex carry cost test to date.