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Most EAs in Codebase not working with futures?

Just want to know if anybody here might know the reason why many of the source codes for Experts featured on this site won't work in strategy tester, when backtesting on futures. I've got an MT5 demo account through AMPfutures. Got about 6 months of futures data to backtest. I tried about 9 or 10

OnTick and OnCalculate

At the risk of pointing out the obvious and making some experts on this site cringe, I cant help but notice that indicators for MT4 usually have OnCalculate(), while EAs usually have OnTick() or OnStart(). I know, I am very wise and perceptive. A true prodigy. Bet you guys are having a hard time