Back testing EA with moving average.

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The moving average only goes back so far. I have an EA that uses moving averages as one of many signals. The problem I am running into is that I can't back test further than the moving average goes. Are there any moving average indicators that go back as far as the time chart goes?

[qjol]

there is no such thing, moving average is a calculation of the price

[brewmanz]

TBN, be aware that indicator processing is quite different from EA processing.

e.g.

Indicator - it is expected that you will back-calculate indicator values before the bar of the first start call.
EA - it is impossible(*) to generate trades before first bar of first start call.

Indicator - IndicatorCounted() allows you to back-calculate bars-before-now on each tick entry.
EA - IndicatorCounted() always -1.

Note that the tester spoofs Server Time as it passes in tick information generated from historical information.

(*) If anyone DOES know how to do this, please let me know. I'm prepared to pay mega-bucks for this knowledge.

[William Roeder]

What ever the longest period the EA uses, make sure you have at least that many bars.