Strategy Tester Journal wrong data
Please post your code for your print statement.
Remember that the timestamp relates to when the print statement was made, not necessarily to the time of the RSI value you are printing.
Hi honest_knave
In fact I think you can see both timestamps in the log, the exucution date in the TIME column and the signal date in the MESSAGE column!
See below example executed today with RSI at 24.3009 on date 2017.07.02 at time 18:00, but on the chart it's at 55.2319.
2015.07.08 12:38:56.277 | 2015.07.02 18:00 Goran-0707 EURUSD,H1: BuyRSI_1 = 24.3009
Thank you for your help.
Probably because you are printing the value while the candle is open. The chart shows the value when the candle is closed.
Hi, here is the code, for Print statement . Thanks again for your help.
Sorry SRC button. :)
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| expert start function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int start() { int Order = SIGNAL_NONE; int Total, Ticket; double StopLossLevel, TakeProfitLevel; if (EachTickMode && Bars != BarCount) TickCheck = False; Total = OrdersTotal(); Order = SIGNAL_NONE; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Variable Begin | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ double RSI_1 = iRSI(NULL,0,9,0,0); double BuyRSI_4 = 50; Print("RSI_1 = ",RSI_1); //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Variable End | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //Check position bool IsTrade = False; for (int i = 0; i < Total; i ++) { if (OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES)); else; if(OrderType() <= OP_SELL && OrderSymbol() == Symbol()) { IsTrade = True; if(OrderType() == OP_BUY) { //Close //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal Begin(Exit Buy) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ if (RSI_1 < BuyRSI_4) Order = SIGNAL_CLOSEBUY; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal End(Exit Buy) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ if (Order == SIGNAL_CLOSEBUY && ((EachTickMode && !TickCheck) || (!EachTickMode && (Bars != BarCount)))) { if (OrderClose(OrderTicket(), OrderLots(), Bid, Slippage, MediumSeaGreen)); else; if (SignalMail) SendMail("[Signal Alert]", "[" + Symbol() + "] " + DoubleToStr(Bid, Digits) + " Close Buy"); if (!EachTickMode) BarCount = Bars; IsTrade = False; continue; } //Trailing stop if(UseTrailingStop && TrailingStop > 0) { if(Bid - OrderOpenPrice() > Point * TrailingStop) { if(OrderStopLoss() < Bid - Point * TrailingStop) { if (OrderModify(OrderTicket(), OrderOpenPrice(), Bid - Point * TrailingStop, OrderTakeProfit(), 0, MediumSeaGreen)); else; if (!EachTickMode) BarCount = Bars; continue; } } } } else { //Close //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal Begin(Exit Sell) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ if (RSI_1 > BuyRSI_4) Order = SIGNAL_CLOSESELL; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal End(Exit Sell) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ if (Order == SIGNAL_CLOSESELL && ((EachTickMode && !TickCheck) || (!EachTickMode && (Bars != BarCount)))) { if (OrderClose(OrderTicket(), OrderLots(), Ask, Slippage, DarkOrange)); else; if (SignalMail) SendMail("[Signal Alert]", "[" + Symbol() + "] " + DoubleToStr(Ask, Digits) + " Close Sell"); if (!EachTickMode) BarCount = Bars; IsTrade = False; continue; } //Trailing stop if(UseTrailingStop && TrailingStop > 0) { if((OrderOpenPrice() - Ask) > (Point * TrailingStop)) { if((OrderStopLoss() > (Ask + Point * TrailingStop)) || (OrderStopLoss() == 0)) { if (OrderModify(OrderTicket(), OrderOpenPrice(), Ask + Point * TrailingStop, OrderTakeProfit(), 0, DarkOrange)); else; if (!EachTickMode) BarCount = Bars; continue; } } } } } } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal Begin(Entry) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ if (RSI_1 > BuyRSI_4) Order = SIGNAL_BUY; if (RSI_1 < BuyRSI_4) Order = SIGNAL_SELL; Print("RSI_1 = ",RSI_1); //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Signal End | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //Buy if (Order == SIGNAL_BUY && ((EachTickMode && !TickCheck) || (!EachTickMode && (Bars != BarCount)))) { if(!IsTrade) { //Check free margin if (AccountFreeMargin() < (1000 * Lots)) { Print("We have no money. Free Margin = ", AccountFreeMargin());
GumRai: Probably because you are printing the value while the candle is open. The chart shows the value when the candle is closed.
No probably about it.double RSI_1 = iRSI(NULL,0,9,0,0);
Thank you for your help,
I will try to figure out why this shift could affect the output when running a EA.
WHRoeder:
No probably about it.
No probably about it.
Thank you WHRoeder, As you noticed I'm new to the programming world, it took a while before I find how to fix it, but your hint was in the good direction.
Thanks again for your help man. :)
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I recently started to use the strategy tester, on MT4 version 4 build 840. I have tried to find an answer to my problem by searching the forum and the web, but no results.
I hope that someone here will be able to at least direct my research.
The data returned by the Print function in the strategy tester journal, do not match the indicator value for specific timestamp.
JOURNAL ENTRY MESSAGE EXAMPLE:
2015.04.06 01:00 FX_3_RSI EURUSD,H1: RSI_1 = 71.5278
The RSI value from variable RSI 1 displayed is 71.5278, but when I check the value on the chart for the specific timestamp I can find that it is 73.6427!
Does anybody know what's wrong?
Thanks in advance