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Run so much slower on strategy tester than during a simple backtest

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me understand why when I'm doing a genetic optimization, a run could take up to 3 hoursto complete, but when I'm making a simple backtest, it takes only 30 min. I'm usingusing the exact same modelling, exact same period or timeframe. I really don't

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RSI manual calculation is different from MT5 results

Hi everyone, Can somebody help me please ? I downloaded the USDCAD historical data directly from my MT5 in daily TF. But when I try to calculate it manually with an excel, I can't find the same value that my MT5 displays. The gap between my manual calculation and MT5 results can be more than 10

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Trailing stop won't work on my MQL5 VPS

Hello, I do not understand, I am using an expert advisor hosted on MQL5 VPS which is supposed to have the trailing stop set, but when it should be triggered it does not. I read that you have to keep your MT5 instance open at all times for trailing stop orders to pass. So if I understood correctly