hello everybody, is here any way to backtest with current day data?

Pek Wai Kam 2022.04.29 08:10

hello everybody, is here any way to backtest with current day data (for example :last 1 hour data)? or the closest data i can select is yesterday data?

thank you for answer

Dominik Egert 2022.04.29 09:14 #1

No, you cannot Backtest the current day.

Pek Wai Kam 2022.04.29 09:16 #2

Dominik Christian Egert #:
No, you cannot Backtest the current day.

it is so sad to hear that and it is very necessary

Fernando Carreiro 2022.04.29 12:28 #3

Sheldon Kam #: it is so sad to hear that and it is very necessary

MetaTrader 4 had that ability, but in MetaTrader 5 they disabled it, probably to prevent using the Strategy Tester to circumvent the use of Market product's demo versions in live trading.

Pek Wai Kam 2022.04.29 12:31 #4

Fernando Carreiro #:

MetaTrader 4 had that ability, but in MetaTrader 5 they disabled it, probably to prevent using the Strategy Tester to circumvent the use of Market product's demo versions in live trading.

oh i see , so this is no way to do that anymore ?

Fernando Carreiro 2022.04.29 12:43 #5

Sheldon Kam #: oh i see , so this is no way to do that anymore ?

You could create a Custom Symbol with the data time shifted by one day or more, and back-test against the Custom Symbol data.

Personally I would probably time shift it a week so that the weekend days are aligned properly.

MT5 today data can EUA regular trading hours Backtesting on continous series

Pek Wai Kam 2022.04.29 13:12 #6

Fernando Carreiro #:

You could create a Custom Symbol with the data time shifted by one day or more, and back-test against the Custom Symbol data.

Personally I would probably time shift it a week so that the weekend days are aligned properly.

ok i try this , thank you very much for the info

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