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Tutorial 228 | Debugging a strategy with AI

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The strategy demonstrated in this tutorial is provided solely for educational and illustrative purposes, to demonstrate the use of AI-assisted debugging techniques with TradeStation EasyLanguage. It is not intended to constitute investment advice, a recommendation to trade, or an endorsement of the strategy’s suitability for any particular purpose. Markplex makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability, profitability or performance of the strategy and accepts no liability, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, for any loss or damage arising from its use or modification. Trading financial instruments involves substantial risk, and past or simulated results are not necessarily indicative of future performance. Anyone choosing to use, modify or trade the strategy does so entirely at their own risk and is responsible for independently testing and evaluating it, ensuring it is appropriate for their circumstances, and making their own trading decisions.

In this tutorial, I take an existing TradeStation EasyLanguage strategy from Tutorial 59, deliberately introduce a couple of errors, and demonstrate how to use Claude AI to help identify and correct them.

Starting with the errors reported by TradeStation’s verification process, I show how to copy the EasyLanguage code and error messages into Claude and ask it to help debug the strategy. Claude successfully identifies two simple coding mistakes: a missing semicolon and a misspelled variable name.

But the exercise goes beyond correcting syntax errors. Claude also highlights a potential logic problem with one of the strategy’s default input values, which would prevent trades from being generated, and suggests disabling unnecessary drawing objects to improve chart performance.

Finally, I correct the errors, verify the strategy successfully and compare its results with the original version.

The tutorial demonstrates how AI can be a useful assistant when developing and debugging TradeStation EasyLanguage strategies, helping not only to identify coding errors but also to spot potential logic and performance issues.

Explanation of tutorial 228

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