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Sometime ago, I imported historical data into MT4 and today realized that imported data was GMT+1, so I wanted to correct this and import it again using shift = -1. In both cases, there are 2524624 M1 bars (as shown in the history center), however

I finally found the root cause of problems in the tester (see my other post here ). Steps to reproduce: 1) Stop MT4 2) Delete all files under MT4_HOME/history and MT4_HOME/tester/history 3) Start MT4 4) Go to history center and download EURUSD M1

In another post I complained about modeling quality itself. Now I found that the modeling quality is not constant for the same test that is run multiple times . This ultimately proves that the tester is not reliable (build 222). 1. First, let's make

During backesting, I'm seeing the following error message: 2009.03.30 23:27:26 TestGenerator: unmatched data error (low value 1.3987 at 2008.12.30 09:05 and price 1.3986 mismatched) However (as depicted on the attached screenshot) the low value is

I downloaded M1 historical data using the history center in MT4 but getting dozes of errors like this during backtesting: 2009.03.28 12:01:37 TestGenerator: unmatched data error (low value 1.2565 at 2008.11.24 09:00 and price 1.2563 mismatched) Also

After I downloaded data for the EUR/USD symbol using the History Center, I can only see 1 minute data from 03/25/2009 till 03/27/2009. There is no data available prior to 03/25/2009. Is this correct? How to get all data, i.e. starting from 2000? Not

Today, I updated MT4 to the latest version (build 222) and noticed that the predefined variable "Point" returns 0 when using a sub-pip broker (such as United World Capital, which is the default demo broker in 222 build). MarketInfo

What I noticed that if an indicator is recompiled while still being attached to a chart, the line width specified via SetIndexStyle() is ignored inside init() and the default width is used (1). Here is the code, you can try it yourself: #property

According to the description of the IndicatorCounted () function in the manual: ...To avoid indicator calculation errors in such situations, the IndicatorCounted() function returns the count of bars minus one. The above is clear, then after this a

Do I need to normalize the following calculated stop loss? double sl = 20 * Point; The documentation states that: The calculated StopLoss and TakeProfit values, as well as open price of pending orders must be normalized with a precision the value of

I finally managed to write my first EA, using a very trivial trading strategy based on MA crossover. My intention was to develop a template (EA engine) rather than a profitable EA for now. Any suggestions/comments are welcomed. PS. Before I went to

According to a "golden rule" no more than 2% of capital should be risked for a single trade. Considering the above which of the following would be the best approach: 1) Position size should be no more than 2% of available capital 2)

Is there any benefit of iterating through the list of available orders in reverse? I noticed that this approach is used by others, for example: for (int i = OrdersTotal() - 1; i >= 0; i++) { } vs. for (int i = 0; i < OrdersTotal(); i++) { } For

Hello, I want to update (trail) stop loss level only if a position is profitable. Is the below expression a correct way of detecting this condition? OrderProfit () - OrderCommission() + OrderSwap() > 0 Does the commission returned by this function