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I have always been able to limit open orders across multiple pairs that all have different "magic numbers" but recently I am having a problem because my EA will open more than the allowed 1 trade if the entry criteria is met at the same

When we run a back test and select open chart , it displays the entries/exits and indicators used. Is there any way to hide the indicators so the strategy cannot be duplicated

In mt4 I can download a lot of pairs but not all show in the symbol drop down box of the strategy tester . Is it not possible to back test these pairs

Hi all, When optimizing to find the best settings a usually go for a combination of the best profit factor, lowest draw down and largest profit. However this can lead to confusion as many many results have good combinations and I end up with too many

I am trying to establish the ATR as a whole number, rather than e.g. 0.00100 (ATR being 10 in this case). So far I have tried the following code all which produce 0.0xxxxx ATR values. I can use the decimal values fine to place a stop loss (Ask - ATR

Does anyone know the GMT offset for back testing in Alpari UK? Also, does anyone know if the metaquotes data timestamp is on GMT or has an offset

As those who like 99% mod quality with tick data know, most tick data goes back to 2007 only (Im using Dukascopy tick data). This means we cannot test from before than with this data as whatever date we set, the test will begin when the tick data

I ran a test for 12 hours and closed the platform by accident...doh! Anyway to get the results without a re-optimization

Which do you prefer and why? For me it really depends on the system. I like to use a fixed risk % where possible as this shows bigger profits because the lots increase as the account grows. However, this is not ideal in some cases where my system

How do you account for commission when backtesting

I have been trying to edit my code to use an exact % of the account balance and it nearly does, but is always slightly off... I have tried many different edits and the following code is the closest that I can get... An example would be that on a

I have been downloading m1 Dukascopy data and converting it into all timeframes to try and make up for gaps in the default metaquotes history center data. Is Dukascopy m1 data more reliable than metaquotes? I am asking becasue results are VERY

OK, so having spent weeks messing around with different data and getting different results, I think I have found a good way to test my open prices only (once per bar) EA. Please note that I do not believe I need tick data for this testing as it only

I have a cci entry criteria when it above 100. However on one platform from my broker this can occur a bar before another platform on the same broker so causes a confliction between the results. Why is this? Surely the value of the cci should be the

I have downloaded data from the history center for Alpari UK amongst others but for some reason the data stops at the start of 2012 but goes way back to the 90's! Any ideas why? I dont want to have to go through the process of getting tick data from

OK, prob the most frequently asked question and one that causes the most confusion! I believe that when we download data from the history center (meta quotes), this data is in GMT+1 & GMT+2 time with auto adjustment for daylight savings. Is this

I only use open of bar not every tick on m15 and above...is it worth the time and effort to get tick data for 99% modelling quality? Some trades do close for a few pips but always on a new bar and not within a bar. I thought tick data was primarily

This is weird! I have downloaded different broker platforms and whenever I fill out an account with them (demo) and choose a server, I am redirected to the fxtm (forex time) site stating "thank you for registering here are your login details" - this

Is this data available, I have downloaded all timeframes multiple times in mt4 but cannot get data before then, is this normal? Alpari UK is the broker I am using

I am testing initially with open prices only as my EA only uses open of bars and indicators. Now when I test results from open prices only testing on every tick I get the exact same entries and results which is great. The EA does not rely on scalping