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by Floris
Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How exactly is BarMaxSpreadInt calculated? I get different values when computing bars from ticks.
Replies: 2
Views: 1981

How exactly is BarMaxSpreadInt calculated? I get different values when computing bars from ticks.

Hi everyone, I noticed a difference in the value of BarMaxSpreadInt between how Tickstory calculates it, and how I thought it should be calculated: I first exported all EURUSD ticks for a whole day (in this case Dec 19th, 2022) in MT5 format from Tickstory, then I exported 1 second bars from Ticksto...
by Floris
Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recommended way to update historical data for custom symbol in MT 4 & 5?
Replies: 1
Views: 1888

Recommended way to update historical data for custom symbol in MT 4 & 5?

Hey everyone, I have a quick question: My preferred workflow is to export the whole history of a symbol as two giant CSV files (one for ticks, one for M1 bars), then import both into MetaTrader (4 and 5) by creating a custom symbol, as described in one of Tickstory's articles (https://tickstory.com/...
by Floris
Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:34 pm
Forum: Expert Advisor Back-tests
Topic: strategy tester problem
Replies: 2
Views: 8084

Re: strategy tester problem

I had a similar issue but with MT5! I figured out why it wasn't working in my case: First, I had followed these steps: https://tickstory.com/how-to-import-tick-data-into-metatrader-5/ But with the difference, that instead of naming my custom symbol EURUSD_tickstory, I named it tickstory_EURUSD, with...