Open prices only tester is skipping period

[Gin2020]

I am trying to test ea on open prices only  from 2015.1.1 to 2020.4.7 but MT4 is skipping years and tests only 2015.1.1 to 2017.8.7

chart H1 H4

when I use M1 open prices only then it works fine

how to fix this?

Every tick test works fine for any period

GBPUSD60 - 7 MB

GBPUSD1 - 380 MB

with or without bar control still same bug

 

 
void OnTick()
{
 static datetime Time0; if (Time0 == Time[0]) return; Time0 = Time[0];
printf ("new bar here?");
return ;

[William Roeder]

Gin2020: but MT4 is skipping years and tests only 2015.1.1 to 2017.8.7

1. Why did you post your MT4 question in the Root / MT5 EA section instead of the MQL4 section, (bottom of the Root page?)
             General rules and best pratices of the Forum. - General - MQL5 programming forum
   Next time post in the correct place. The moderators will likely move this thread there soon.

2. Download history (current TF and all lower ones) for your test period.

3. here's how you can get all available from your broker.
   • On MT4: Most brokers only have 32 or 65K bars of history per timeframe. That's 45 days of M1, 2.5 years on M15, etc.
   • Quickly DL all available history from your broker: Problem loading historical data - MQL4 programming forum

[Keith Watford]

Gin2020:

In future please post in the correct section.

I will move this to the MQL4 and MT4 section