Emulate Slippage
You emulate slippage by causing a delay ...
Thank you for the reply.
Could you kind explain how Custom delay is entered? I cannot find the field to enter the values.
Could you kind explain how Custom delay is entered? I cannot find the field to enter the values.
Ying Siang Ng #: Thank you for the reply. Could you kind explain how Custom delay is entered? I cannot find the field to enter the values.
"Custom delay" is just typing in your own value for the delay (in milliseconds), instead of picking from the drop-down list. It is that simple. Nothing special.
I’d treat tester slippage as part of the validation setup, not a cosmetic setting. For gold, I would run the same strategy with a few slippage and spread assumptions to see whether the result is robust or only works in an ideal fill environment. Are you trying to calibrate the tester to a live broker or stress-test the strategy?
This is what I was missing, wasn't checking that option.
Didn't notice that this was also mentioned here:
Configuring trading fees in the MT5 Strategy tester when backtesting (custom symbols)
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Hello,
When I click on "Emulate Slippage" at MT5 backtest, I dont find setting relate to slippage emulating, can someone shed light on how to set this?