MT5 Strategy Tester / Graph tab - suggestion

[Thomas110]

Hello,

Just a post with a suggestion regarding how the balance and equity curves are displayed.

It seems the balance curve makes a gap each time a profitable/loosing trade is opened/or right after entry (no gap if the trade is breakeven), and not when such a trade is actually closed. So basically the balance curve is updated too early. This doesn't properly reflect reality and gives rise to a biased interpretation of the equity curve as compared to the balance (e.g. if one wish to assess the drawdown based on intraday equity compared to the balance at the start of day).

E.g. on the enclosed picture, we would expect the blue line (balance curve) to stay flat during the entire trade, and be updated (a step upward) only at the end of the trade with the same value for both curves. Using MT5 5.00 build 4755.

Grateful if the idea could be noted by @MetaQuotes for a next update, if someone could indicate the link where to post relevant suggestions, or if I should search the reason on the EA's side instead.

[Arda Kaya]

You're right — in MT5, the balance line updates at the time of order execution, not at position close, which can give a misleading view during open trades.

This behavior is by design and not controlled by your EA. To officially suggest a change, use the MetaQuotes Service Desk:
https://www.mql5.com/en/contact

There’s currently no option to switch this behavior in the tester.