Detecting back test

[jepper]

I am writing some files for state persistence, but this is not needed when back testing.

What code or environment variable (or similar) can we use in the EA, so it knows when it's being executed by a backtest?

[Fernando Carreiro]

jepper: I am writing some files for state persistence, but this is not needed when back testing. What code or environment variable (or similar) can we use in the EA, so it knows when it's being executed by a backtest?

if( MQLInfoInteger( MQL_TESTER ) ) ...

• Documentation on MQL5: Checkup / MQLInfoInteger
• Documentation on MQL5: Constants, Enumerations and Structures / Environment State / Running MQL5 Program Properties

• ENUM_MQL_INFO_INTEGER

  Identifier	Description	Type
  MQL_TESTER	Indication that the program is running in the tester	bool