How do you measure the real impact of economic news on an EA? - page 2

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Chris K. # :
Good point @Roberto Danilo Riccio , and from the buyer side it goes one step further.

As far as I know the calendar functions don't work in the MT5 tester. So unless the seller did the CSV thing you describe, the news filter on the product page was never part of the backtest at all.
The backtest shows the EA without it, live it runs with it. Two different EAs really.

Thats one of the questions i'd ask a seller before buying: was the filter active in the test, and how?

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Chris
Yes. And this becomes a gamble. A news can trigger volatility in your favor or against you. But it's normal: users ask for it, and often, the client who buys the expert advisor believes he knows better than the person who created it. So, sellers automatically include it. This is my conclusion.
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