Search found 3 matches
- 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: 4502
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...
- 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: 3
- Views: 9986
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/...
- Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:34 pm
- Forum: Expert Advisor Back-tests
- Topic: strategy tester problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 32696
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...