Don't understand how is profit calculated

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Hello,

I am testing a simple Expert Advisor on the EURUSD pair. In this strategy, I am sending a sell order with take profit. The TP is hit and the position is closed. I don't understand how the profit is computed.

From the Tester History (See image attaached), I see that the short position is opened at the price 1.10437 with TP 1.09437. Then, the TP is hit and a buy order is executed at price 1.09429. Given the lot size of 0.1, I would have expected


Profit = ( 1.10437 -  1.09429) * 0.1 * 100000 = 100.8


Instead, the tester says Profit = 92.11. Why is that?


Thanks

 
Maybe you are backtesting with EUR as account currency? Be sure of having USD selected.
 
Fabio Cavalloni #:
Maybe you are backtesting with EUR as account currency? Be sure of having USD selected.
This is definitely the answer I was looking for. Thank you! Mystery solved!
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