It collects M1 tick data to perform your test, that's not the timeframe that is used.
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Why is there a statement using M1, even though the period above has been set to M5?
Because MT4 is using the lower timeframe M1 to generate ticks for your M5 backtest.

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Why is there a statement using M1, even though the period above has been set to M5?
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