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MTF indicators
Not long ago, when running a step-by-step back testing, and indicators were placed in tester.tpl or testing.tpl , it was a case that the indicators that ought to plot as MTF, would not do so. You just could not see where the plotting MTF was taking place, as bars progressed. . i.e. they would in
visual studio
I do not have visual studio I am just now looking at MT5. I see that the backtester is seperate and the results are passed back to the MT5 app. I seems to me that possibly the integration with Visual Studio is quite good. ie. seperated out and made to work together. Good inteface, good
visual studio
It seems possibly that integration with Visual Studio is quite good. Can someone help out and tell me how integrated backtesting and Visual Studio can be? Perhaps a different IDE is possible too???? Are you getting all watch windows working, can you "edit and continue", are breakpoints working, are
starters mq4 >> mq5 where?
Now that MT4 has a MT5 type language. What is easiest way to convert mq4 to mq5. indicators , trades etc. ???? Are there any good articles that address this update
.fxt rebuilds all the time
When backtesting sometimes the "tester/history/.fxt" files seems to always want to rebuild......doing the 1min, 5 min, 15 min and takes a long time How do you overcome this???? ie. speed up a restart backtesting ???? re-use the existing .fxt
MTF in tester
I cannot find a MTF indicator that works in tester . i.e. run 1 min chart and plot 5min MTF indicator........ Are there any examples to follow? I saw an iunima_mtf.mq5 but it uses stuff not in MT4 compiler. BarsCalculated CopyBuffer I was thinking that embedded indicator in a MTF version may not
mt5 hedging
Does mt5 allow hedging? It never used to. If it does not yet, is it something that has been mentioned as 'going to happen'
FXT file in tester/history
When backtesting if you have a FXT file in tester/history i.e. GBPUSD1_0.fxt and GBPUSD5_0.fxt How can you be sure it is used rather than another being generated? How can you be sure it is not updated? How can you be sure it is not overwritten? Is there a way to start MT4 , via command prompt, so
connection needed to backtest
I logged this as a problem inside MQL5 helpdesk But want to post here to try for a response. When starting MT4 with no network connection many trades in the EA during backtesting do not occur. i.e. 0.10 may trade but 0.24 will not. Problem can arise if a) network connection is not established via OS
Comment()
When in visual backtesting I can use 'Comment()' in the EA to show parameters. It appears on top left screen. When in normal backtesting - how do you get to do similar? ... i.e. replace the Comment that is automatically placed there. -" NameEA Input: abc=1, def=2,.... "etc. i.e. I want to list