Is mt5 broken after this weekend? No real ticks download in tester

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After this weekend I found that the tester on more than one broker will not download real ticks and won't even use real tick history already accumulated. Anyone else getting this problem?
 
overunityfx:
After this weekend I found that the tester on more than one broker will not download real ticks and won't even use real tick history already accumulated. Anyone else getting this problem?

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How to Clear MT4/MT5 Cache and Speed Up MetaTrader?

Michael Charles Schefe, 2025.11.15 01:05

the most obvious place to go is the ticks and history folders and delete those files. You could also go to mt4/5 settings to change the maximum number of candles you will allow on a chart.

But in my experience, when I delete all my backtest and optimiser test data, then mt5 is afresh again. Which is why i tend to keep my terminals that I use for backtests and optimisations -- on a separate terminal from my trading terminal(s). The main folder to delete is Tester -- i just have to remember to recreate this folder again, before i restart the terminal.

another place is logs, there is 2 of these in mt5 folders, 1 in mt5 directory, and the 2nd is in the mql5 folder. just remember to recreate these folders before restarting the terminal.

And if all fails -- ie mt5 continues to be slow, then I copy all my ea and indicators to a new copy of mt5 portable. and delete/uninstall the old slow terminal.


 
Ryan L Johnson #:

I downloaded a fresh install and another from another broker. Both have the same problem.
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