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Backtesting error: OnTick Critical Error & array out of range in 'StdChanel.mq5' (469,18) Hi i get a backtesting error when i try to run my EA in the MT5 strat tester.. the EA complies fine though with no errors etc. I have also checked other EAs

Strategy Tester: What does Every Tick based on Real Ticks mean? My EA gets errors when I backtest/optimise using it... Does anyone else have this problem, if so why? PLEASE SEE THE ERROR PHOTO ATTACHED. THANKS

hi, using code or otherwise is there ANYWAY possible for- The user to define the spread used mt5s strat tester? or if that is not possible, is there anyway for the user to "turn off spread"? as I would rather my EA use no spread than to use the

hi i am wondering if it is possible to choose the spread in the mt5 strat tester manually.. i dont like the current "dynamic" system in place as i do no know what spread is being used. so is there a way to manually enter the spread used in the MT5

hi, i am looking for the names of some  MT5 brokers who offer cash/spot stock indexes e.g. sp500, ftse100, dax30, dow jones 30 etc? anyone that knows of any who do please post! spot/cash means NOT futures, if you are unsure of what spot/cash

Hi, please see the pictures attached. I am wondering if MT5 has the "limitations" option for optimisation as MT4 did? or have they removed it? it is a very useful function as it allows the optimiser to find the results that are within a given

Hi, Please post below your top two/three metrics that you follow and you use to evaluate what a "good" trading account is... by metrics I mean key performance indicators e.g. max dd, win %, profit % it can be anything you like, it doesnt have to be

hi, i recieved this mt4 strat tester report from an EA, i dont understand where the maximal drawdown or relative drawdown figure (155) is coming from? it is shown as 155 (9.18%) but how can this be? the largest loss was 11, the largest run of losses

hi does anyone know how to code "% profit trades" into an EA so it can allow this factor to be optimised in the strat tester? Im suprised they dont offer this built in. max dd, balance, profit factor are all available/offered but % winning trades

is the mt5 strat tester could network available free in any way? or is it a completely pay only service? thanks

Hi. I am backtesting/ optimising using mt4 strat tester.. I am backtesting on the m1 and tickdata scale. My modelling quality is never greater than 25%? why is this? I thought 1min and tick data is the finest/most accurate data so why is it so low at

hi does anyone have any reccommendations for low spread MT5 Index brokers? please send me some names if you know/use any! thanks, myles

HI, I dont understand why I can scroll back 20 years on stocks, commodities and index on the M1 scale and read the data but then when I go into the history centre only 2 months worth of M1 data is available.. how is this possible? Surely the M1 graph

Hi, Please post the name of any MT4 brokers that offer stocks/shares to trade.. also preferably brokers who also offer a large amount of historical data on their stocks in their history centre. thanks in advance, myles

HI, Please see below the pictures of my backtest/optmisation .. i have ticked all necessary boxes etc, when i "start" the optimisation/bactest it calculates the number of iterations as usual then completes them within the "expected time frame"

Hi guys, I need to back test 5 years worth of data but I am having trouble obtaining/retrieving the data to MT4, it seems the default data stored in the history centre of mt4 is 1 month (on the minute scale) - i require 5 years. I thought at first

Hi,   Could someone give me a list of the lowest spread FX brokers they know for CFD or Spread betting accounts?   thanks, Myles 

Hi,   I have an EA running on MT4 on a windows 8.1 interface. When a buy/sell position is opened, the alter box pops up on my mt4 screen, BUT it does not make any sound.     Id like it to make a sound so that I know when if/when one

Hi,  I was wondering if commission only CFD (stocks/shares not fx) brokers exist? e.g. paying £7+ per trade but entering the market at the market price NOT at the spread price. If so could you please state their names in a comment - id greatly