Back testing M1, M5, M15 etc

 

When I back test on a new EA I can only seem to go back so far. - ie M1 goes back 11 days, M15 - 27 days etc

Is there a problem, or is this normal?  I'd like to back test M5, or M15 as far back as I can - ie 3 months, 6 months or more


Any help is appreciated


David

 
It is normal. You can try go to tools at the top menu of mt4 and then in that menu click on history center. Then double click on your currency, and then click on the timeframe, and then click the download button.Else you can look for tick data online and then click the import button to import the file
 
Brian Rumbles:
It is normal. You can try go to tools at the top menu of mt4 and then in that menu click on history center. Then double click on your currency, and then click on the timeframe, and then click the download button.Else you can look for tick data online and then click the import button to import the file

Brian


That's great - thank you