I mean if an EA is coded to use data from the current time frame used in a chart and I know it works best on H1, then I set the period in the tester to H1. But if the EA is coded to use H1 always, no matter what the time frame of the chart window is ...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure if the stops with trailing stops are set on the server side of it the client just closes the order as soon as a trailing stop level is hit. I guess I was a bit to tired when I posted the last time... ...

I'm seeking a trailing stop EA that surely must exist, any ideas?

Yeah, you're right. If I set the period to M1, it shows a value. But why is that? The choosen period has nothing to do with the available ticks, does it? As far as I understodd M1 (or whatever lowest time frame is available) will be used for ...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

That's been helpful. Thanks. No, I'm using every tick. Still wondering why it says n/a for the Modeling quality...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

Very interesting thread and great work Inspired from CaveMan's "CaveManager" I would like to ask if you'd be able to integrate another trailing function - a second instance. instance a regular trailing stop like we all know. instance the ...

I'm seeking a trailing stop EA that surely must exist, any ideas?

Sorry, can't answer your question... But who is a 2 digit broker and why would somebody use one? Greetings. MikeFT

I'm seeking a trailing stop EA that surely must exist, any ideas?

If I think about my picture from post #4 - it says something about 7million ticks. If I did the math right: A trading year has approx. 250 days, meaning 3.6million trading minutes. Seven million tick means approx. 2 ticks per minute. I guess this is ...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

Why? I thought if I have M1 that's all the Strategy Tester needs - at least tickwise. Do I need to manually create all other timeframes too, before it can perform right? And something else: Do I need to load historical data of the proper Symbol ...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

Sorry - I must have over read it. Guess I've been too excited about the picture... Anyways: I have 10 years of historical 1M Data. The graph is from when I was running Year 1-10. Also I'm not sure if it is working right. Maybe it is, but I'm just ...

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

I just forgot: What about this (see picture) - any idea?

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

Great picture Thanks a lot for spending the time therefor. Greetings. MikeFT

MT4 Strategy Tester - some information needed

I found this one. Use it quite often. It's very basic, but doing it's job. Maybe there are better ones, but I didn't look any further yet. It shows the remaining time on the top left corner below the current Symbol and also right of the current ...

Indicator shows time left for bar MT4

Perfekt. Sure that works. Thanks.

Modify Script to become an EA

Man, I knew it must be something minor. I had only one month selected - just to see if this tester is working at all. I guess that's NOT been enought data... Thanks! MikeFT

MT4 strategy tester and historical data

if (barStart < Time[0]) //start of new bar { // put your bar opening logic here barStart = Time[0]; } // end if barstart This code is nice and works, BUT I just relized that it depends on the current timeframe on my chart. So whenever I switch the ...

Modify Script to become an EA

I'm still trying to figure the out the strategy tester in MT4. I'm close to become crazy. Maybe someone can help me out? What I did: For testing I've downloaded two different history files. EURUSD M1 had been imported from a txt file. Since it was ...

MT4 strategy tester and historical data

Found it out in the meantime. See here: url As an addition I just want to summarize my experience. Put the downloaded txt file in the following folder: YourMT4folder/experts/files Open MT4 Go to Tools->History Center Choose the proper currency on ...

Alpari Historical Data site is down

@ Ronald Raygun: Great information! Thanks for that. I have a question however: The downloaded file ist TXT (and I guess 1M). How do I import TXT data into MT4?

Alpari Historical Data site is down