Tickstory

Hi there!

I'm looking for some help to set the correct commission in order to backtest correctly this kind of account.

Instaforex says that Eurica has 0.03/0.07% of each trade commission. I'd like to set in Tickstory the worse condition (0.07%) and backtest it.

I saw that it charges me 1.25$ on 0.19lot trade. What's the calculation to get this commission? and settings in TickStory exporter?

Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Fabio

Hi DaemonMX,

Tickstory allows you to specify the "raw" values that are embedded into the Metatrader FXT which are as follows:

Comm type: The base commission type - either Money (set to 0), pips (1) or percent (2).
Base comm: The commission value - this is the amount of Money (if Comm type is 0) or Pips (if Comm type is 1).
Comm lots: The commission charge type - can be Commission per Lot (0) or Commission per deal (1).

So to specify a 0.07% commission on every trade, the following should work:

Comm type = 2
Base comm = 0.07
Comm lots = 1

Please let us know how you go.

Regards.

hi
my broker is Pepperstone and commision per 1lot is around 7USD (3.5 entry, 3.5 exit trade)

Can I put like this?

Comm type = 0
Base comm = 7
Comm lots = 0

Thank you,
Dr.Golf

Hi Dr. Golf - That looks correct.

I used the same settings as Dr. Golf but I don't see any effect of this. When I try this:

if (OrderSelect(Ticket, SELECT_BY_TICKET, MODE_TRADES) == TRUE) Print("commision paid: ", OrderCommission());

after opening/closing a trade, it shows me 0 commission. what could be wrong here?

Hi mmsk,

We have tried your code on the standard "MACD Sample" EA immediately after the OrderClose() command is sent and it does yield a commission. The only thing that we can think of is to double-check your export parameters by opening the FXT file in the FXT Editor and make sure they are what you expect.

Please let us know how you go.

Regards.