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Help loading historical data into MT5 for back testing

Hello, I am new to trading and to Forex. I am currently reviewing EAs and trying to back test these. I have found some free historical data which I believe I loaded into MT5 correctly. The issue I am having is when I have a Demo EA and want to back test it further, e.g. Gold it returns an error

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