2 different profits in strategy tester MT5

[john s]

Hey guys, what is the difference between these 2 profits in strategy tester??! It had 1438 profit but it's written 393 

[Fernando Carreiro]

john s:Hey guys, what is the difference between these 2 profits in strategy tester??! It had 1438 profit but it's written 393 

Did you perhaps enable to option "profit in pips" in the settings? ... Strategy Optimization - Algorithmic Trading, Trading Robots - MetaTrader 5 Help

[Fernando Carreiro]

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[john s]

Fernando Carreiro #:
Did you perhaps enable to option "profit in pips" in the settings? ... Strategy Optimization - Algorithmic Trading, Trading Robots - MetaTrader 5 Help

No that is unchecked

[john s]

Another issue I had is this: there is 2 different balance amount in history tab and trade tab

[Fernando Carreiro]

john s:Hey guys, what is the difference between these 2 profits in strategy tester??! It had 1438 profit but it's written 393 

Please enable all the columns for trade costs such as Commission, Fee, Swap.

The discrepancy will probably be there, as the "Profit" column is the pure profit without those trade costs.

[john s]

Fernando Carreiro #:

Please enable all the columns for trade costs such as Commission, Fee, Swap.

The discrepancy will probably be there, as the "Profit" column is the pure profit without those trade costs.

yeah exactly it was commission and swap thank you so much!

[john s]

@Fernando Carreiro

john s #:
Another issue I had is this: there is 2 different balance amount in history tab and trade tab

any idea for this?

[Fernando Carreiro]

john s #: @Fernando Carreiro any idea for this?

Your "History" is shows only two open positions, yet the balance is already different from the initial deposit. So, I can only conclude that the initial opening commission, which is not shown, is to blame.

The difference between the "History" and the "Trade" tabs, I can only explain if they were taken at different times while the tester was "un-paused". Make sure you pause the tester when you compare the two tabs.

[john s]

Fernando Carreiro #:

Your "History" is shows only two open positions, yet the balance is already different from the initial deposit. So, I can only conclude that the initial opening commission, which is not shown, is to blame.

The difference between the "History" and the "Trade" tabs, I can only explain if they were taken at different times while the tester was "un-paused". Make sure you pause the tester when you compare the two tabs.

It was paused and I took this picture at the same time