OnTesterInit issues and the command line
CappinJack:
I think there are not much person who plays with these functions, but if you provide some example code, we can experiment a little to help you. May be it's a good idea to provide us your config file too.
I get this error when loading metatrader from the command line with a config.ini file
This error happens if the following functions are contained in the EA:
I do not recieve any errors calling the strategy tester from the platform, it only happens when using the configuration file. The documentation is pretty thin on these functions with the exception of one very complex article. Are they only used to transfer frames to a chart in the terminal window? Is there any way to extract the optimized values within the Ontester function?
Any Ideas?
angevoyageur:
I think there are not much person who plays with these functions, but if you provide some example code, we can experiment a little to help you. May be it's a good idea to provide us your config file too.
What does tester authorization error mean? thanks
I think there are not much person who plays with these functions, but if you provide some example code, we can experiment a little to help you. May be it's a good idea to provide us your config file too.
metalriff:
What does tester authorization error mean? thanks
Can you be more explicit ? Give us to complete error message, and how you obtain it.
What does tester authorization error mean? thanks
angevoyageur:
Can you be more explicit ? Give us to complete error message, and how you obtain it.
Can you be more explicit ? Give us to complete error message, and how you obtain it.
angevoyageur:
Sorry for the Jack. 787
Ok, another time don't hijack a topic not related to your problem. Word "tester" is not sufficient to establish a relation ;-)
What version of MT5 are you using ?
metalriff:
Sorry for the Jack. 787
Ok, unfortunately I don't find any obvious answer to your issue. You have to fill a request to Service Desk. And please, let us know when you have a reply.Sorry for the Jack. 787
angevoyageur:
Ok, unfortunately I don't find any obvious answer to your issue. You have to fill a request to Service Desk. And please, let us know when you have a reply.
Ok, unfortunately I don't find any obvious answer to your issue. You have to fill a request to Service Desk. And please, let us know when you have a reply.
I have put in the request.
angevoyageur:
I think there are not much person who plays with these functions, but if you provide some example code, we can experiment a little to help you. May be it's a good idea to provide us your config file too.
I think there are not much person who plays with these functions, but if you provide some example code, we can experiment a little to help you. May be it's a good idea to provide us your config file too.
I have attached a couple of files to this message so you can replicate this error. This is the confuration file:
[Common] Login=1401989 ProxyEnable=0 ProxyType=0 ProxyAddress= ProxyLogin=10 ProxyPassword=10 KeepPrivate=1 NewsEnable=1 CertInstall=1 [Charts] ProfileLast=Euro MaxBars=50000 PrintColor=0 SaveDeleted=1 [Experts] AllowLiveTrading=0 AllowDllImport=0 Enabled=1 Account=0 Profile=0 [Objects] ShowPropertiesOnCreate=0 SelectOneClick=0 MagnetSens=10 ;+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ;| Start testing or optimization of the specified Expert Advisor | ;+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Tester] ;--- The EA is located in terminal_data_directory\MQL5\Experts\Examples\Moving Average Expert=Examples\Moving Average\Moving Average ;--- The symbol for testing/optimization Symbol=EURUSD ;--- The timeframe for testing/optimization Period=H1 ;--- Initial deposit Deposit=100000 ;--- Leverage for testing Leverage=1:100 ;--- The "1 minute OHLC" mode Model=1 ;--- Execution of trade orders with a random delay ExecutionMode=0 ;--- Genetic optimization This is what triggers the error if it is set to anthing but 0 Optimization=2 ;--- Optimization criterion - Maximum balance drawdown value OptimizationCriterion=0 ;--- Start and end dates of the testing range FromDate=2013.03.20 ToDate=2013.03.23 ;--- Custom mode of forward testing ForwardMode=0 ;--- Start date of forward testing ForwardDate=2011.03.01 ;--- A file with a report will be saved in terminal_installation_folder Report=opti-eurusd ;--- If the specified report already exists, it will be overwritten ReplaceReport=1 ;--- Set automatic terminal shutdown upon completion of testing/optimization ShutdownTerminal=0
The Moving Average EA is what is intsalled in the \Experts\Examples\Moving Average directory:
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Moving Averages.mq5 | //| Copyright 2009-2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| http://www.mql5.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright 2009-2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp." #property link "http://www.mql5.com" #property version "1.00" #include <Trade\Trade.mqh> input double MaximumRisk = 0.02; // Maximum Risk in percentage input double DecreaseFactor = 3; // Descrease factor input int MovingPeriod = 12; // Moving Average period input int MovingShift = 6; // Moving Average shift //--- int ExtHandle=0; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Calculate optimal lot size | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ double TradeSizeOptimized(void) { double price=0.0; double margin=0.0; //--- select lot size if(!SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_ASK,price)) return(0.0); if(!OrderCalcMargin(ORDER_TYPE_BUY,_Symbol,1.0,price,margin)) return(0.0); if(margin<=0.0) return(0.0); double lot=NormalizeDouble(AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_FREEMARGIN)*MaximumRisk/margin,2); //--- calculate number of losses orders without a break if(DecreaseFactor>0) { //--- select history for access HistorySelect(0,TimeCurrent()); //--- int orders=HistoryDealsTotal(); // total history deals int losses=0; // number of losses orders without a break for(int i=orders-1;i>=0;i--) { ulong ticket=HistoryDealGetTicket(i); if(ticket==0) { Print("HistoryDealGetTicket failed, no trade history"); break; } //--- check symbol if(HistoryDealGetString(ticket,DEAL_SYMBOL)!=_Symbol) continue; //--- check profit double profit=HistoryDealGetDouble(ticket,DEAL_PROFIT); if(profit>0.0) break; if(profit<0.0) losses++; } //--- if(losses>1) lot=NormalizeDouble(lot-lot*losses/DecreaseFactor,1); } //--- normalize and check limits double stepvol=SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_VOLUME_STEP); lot=stepvol*NormalizeDouble(lot/stepvol,0); double minvol=SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_VOLUME_MIN); if(lot<minvol) lot=minvol; double maxvol=SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_VOLUME_MAX); if(lot>maxvol) lot=maxvol; //--- return trading volume return(lot); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Check for open position conditions | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void CheckForOpen() { MqlRates rt[2]; //--- go trading only for first ticks of new bar if(CopyRates(_Symbol,_Period,0,2,rt)!=2) { Print("CopyRates of ",_Symbol," failed, no history"); return; } if(rt[1].tick_volume>1) return; //--- get current Moving Average double ma[1]; if(CopyBuffer(ExtHandle,0,0,1,ma)!=1) { Print("CopyBuffer from iMA failed, no data"); return; } //--- check signals ENUM_ORDER_TYPE signal=WRONG_VALUE; if(rt[0].open>ma[0] && rt[0].close<ma[0]) signal=ORDER_TYPE_SELL; // sell conditions else if(rt[0].open<ma[0] && rt[0].close>ma[0]) signal=ORDER_TYPE_BUY; // buy conditions //--- additional checking if(signal!=WRONG_VALUE) if(TerminalInfoInteger(TERMINAL_TRADE_ALLOWED)) if(Bars(_Symbol,_Period)>100) { CTrade trade; trade.PositionOpen(_Symbol,signal,TradeSizeOptimized(), SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,signal==ORDER_TYPE_SELL ? SYMBOL_BID:SYMBOL_ASK), 0,0); } //--- } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Check for close position conditions | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void CheckForClose() { MqlRates rt[2]; //--- go trading only for first ticks of new bar if(CopyRates(_Symbol,_Period,0,2,rt)!=2) { Print("CopyRates of ",_Symbol," failed, no history"); return; } if(rt[1].tick_volume>1) return; //--- get current Moving Average double ma[1]; if(CopyBuffer(ExtHandle,0,0,1,ma)!=1) { Print("CopyBuffer from iMA failed, no data"); return; } //--- positions already selected before bool signal=false; long type=PositionGetInteger(POSITION_TYPE); if(type==(long)POSITION_TYPE_BUY && rt[0].open>ma[0] && rt[0].close<ma[0]) signal=true; if(type==(long)POSITION_TYPE_SELL && rt[0].open<ma[0] && rt[0].close>ma[0]) signal=true; //--- additional checking if(signal) if(TerminalInfoInteger(TERMINAL_TRADE_ALLOWED)) if(Bars(_Symbol,_Period)>100) { CTrade trade; trade.PositionClose(_Symbol,3); } //--- } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnInit() { //--- ExtHandle=iMA(_Symbol,_Period,MovingPeriod,MovingShift,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE); if(ExtHandle==INVALID_HANDLE) { printf("Error creating MA indicator"); return(-1); } //--- return(0); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert tick function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTick() { //--- if(PositionSelect(_Symbol)) CheckForClose(); else CheckForOpen(); //--- } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert deinitialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnDeinit(const int reason) { } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTesterInit() { } void OnTesterPass() { } void OnTesterDeinit() { }
I have just added the OnTester functions at the end. Now maybe that is my problem, that I do not have any code within the functions. But here are the errors when using the ini file:
2013.03.29 09:09:00 Network '1401989': terminal synchronized with MetaQuotes Software Corp. 2013.03.29 09:08:59 Network '1401989': previous successful authorization performed from 24.180.64.171 on 2013.03.29 14:03:12 2013.03.29 09:08:59 Network '1401989': authorized on MetaQuotes-Demo through Access Point USA 2013.03.29 09:08:59 Exception Encountered an improper argument. 2013.03.29 09:08:58 Terminal openCL is not supported 2013.03.29 09:08:58 Terminal launched with C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\MQL5\MAconfigauto.ini 2013.03.29 09:08:58 Terminal MetaTrader 5 build 787 started (MetaQuotes Software Corp.)
I am using Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
Here is my command line aurgument
"C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\terminal.exe" /config:C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\MQL5\MAconfigauto.ini
Files:
Moving_Average.mq5
7 kb
CappinJack:
I have attached a couple of files to this message so you can replicate this error. This is the confuration file:
The Moving Average EA is what is intsalled in the \Experts\Examples\Moving Average directory:
I have just added the OnTester functions at the end. Now maybe that is my problem, that I do not have any code within the functions. But here are the errors when using the ini file:
I am using Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
Here is my command line aurgument
I got this working with a few modifications . . . some points follow:
I don't think this will work, you have a space . . .
"C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\terminal.exe" /config:C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\MQL5\MAconfigauto.ini
change it to this
"C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\terminal.exe" /config:"C:\Program Files\Meta5_OPTIM\MQL5\MAconfigauto.ini"
I added an entry in the configuration file for the set file
ExpertParameters=MA_TEST.set
ExpertParameters — name of a file containing input parameters of an Expert Advisor. This file must be in the \tester folder of the terminal installation directory.
I made some other changes, but I don't think they will make a difference . . . try these changes one by one, see if they help and let us know.
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I get this error when loading metatrader from the command line with a config.ini file
This error happens if the following functions are contained in the EA:
I do not recieve any errors calling the strategy tester from the platform, it only happens when using the configuration file. The documentation is pretty thin on these functions with the exception of one very complex article. Are they only used to transfer frames to a chart in the terminal window? Is there any way to extract the optimized values within the Ontester function?
Any Ideas?