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Symbols vs Broker

Hello, My broker changed the name of all the symbols in the list of available instruments. I am on MT4. Since that change, I cannot download any data from Metaquote simply using the botton "Download". This is really inconvenient for backtesting since I need to use an external software to get data

MT4 Strategy tester Every tick not working

Hello, I have a problem with the strategy tester on which I have no idea about the reason. It simply does not use least timeframes to generate ticks on Gold only. All the data are there on all timeframes and it's good data coming from Quant data manager. Recently, I was working on an EA as a tool

2 robots on the same pair

Hello, One of the excuses I have got from a seller for his robot not performing was that I was running multiple robots on the same pair. He said I should not run more than one robot for one pair in the same account (even different ones). I find that rather limitative since everybody trades heavily

Expert advisor cost

Hello all, This is a very straightforward question. How much do we need to pay to get a very profitable fully automated EA right from purchase already optimised? What I have in mind is at least 10-20% profit per month from the available capital while combining 2 or 3 robots of different strategies

VPS and EAs

Hi all, I am rather new to this activity and I have a fondamental question here. In order to trade with fully automated expert advisers, is it absolutely necessary to use a VPS ? Turning this around, is it possible to be profitable from home with a computer running 24/7 and a latency of about

Drawdown

Hello, Sometimes when backtesting an EA, the report shows large absolute and relative drawdown numbers, but looking at the graph and results in details I don't see any trace of this large drawdown. Why is that

Historical data not avalaible

Hello, I noticed today that there is nothing shown anymore in my M1 and M5 history data on many pairs. Even though I make a download, it changes nothing. At the second time I get "There are no new data..". All the data are present in higher timeframes, but nothing in M1 and M5 when I double clic