Strategy Tester historical quote data

 

Hi all!

I am a long time programmer, but new to MQL4/5.


I have been toying around with some indicators and want to test them using Strategy Tester.  I can seem to find Forex data, but how do I add other markets.  For example if I wanted to run some stocks from the DOW through it. Where do I find / How do I import them into Strategy Tester.


Thanks

 
The data/quotes/symbols are related to the broker (the brokers are providing the data for trading.
Check Market Watch in Metatrader (right mouse click on Market Warch window - Symbols) to check which symbols are proposed for trading by the broker.
If you want the desirable symbol - press Show.
If you did not find what you want - check the broker having the different symbols (look at my post below).
 

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Stock feed for Scandinavian and American stock

Sergey Golubev, 2017.03.29 07:16

You can check the brokers by yourself, or you can look at the images below.

Metatrader 4:



Metatrader 5

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can you trade the E mini S&p 500

Sergey Golubev, 2017.03.13 07:17

I am not sure ... but I found the following (Just2Trade-MT5 server to open the account in MT5):

E‌-mini S&P 500 Mar 17:


and more here (and you can look at the other brokes too):




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Stock or CFDs?

Sergey Golubev, 2017.02.21 06:10

Ask the broker.
I think - if your account is connected with some stock exchange so it may be the real stock.

Example: Liquidity for MetaTrader 5 from Just2Trade: 9 000+ instruments on NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE and other exchanges 





 
Sergey Golubev:

Thanks Sergey I will give it a try.
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