Renko BackTest (RenkoToCSV.mq4)

To begin, I want to clarify that English is not my native language. I apologize for my bad English.

Thanks to GoldTheHun for his clarifications regarding renko.

For a long time I could not make backtest Renko charts.

For all who are in a similar situation. Here 'a guide step by step for a backtest Renko charts, as simple as possible.

we are going to need:
1. Another copy of metatrader on your PC (any broker) (have 2 metatrader installed).
2. install some software for graphics ticks. For example SQ Tick Downloader or TickHistorylitte, etc.
3. have an EA, indicator or script that generates graphics Renko (I use RenkoLiveCharts_Pimped_V4_13).
4. download the "RenkoToCSV" I have programmed. (actually it is an indicator) is not strictly necessary but saves labor.
5. have the EA who want to make the backtest.

Step 1.
install another copy of MT4 on your PC and disable automatic login.



Step 2.
Go to the center of history. Delete all records for the currency you want to test.



Step 3.
Download the M1 chart of the currency you want to test with the SQ Tick Downloader orTickHistorylitte, etc.



Step 4.
Import data M1 downloaded onto our "useful" copy of MetaTrader 4 (the one commonly used).



Step 5.
Generate Renko graph using the EA (RenkoLiveCharts_Pimped_V4_13), indicator or script that generates Renko charts. For more accurate results, better use renko without gaps ( http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=535170 )



Step 6.
Open the Renko chart and apply "RenkoToCSV" indicator to the chart.




Step 7.
Open the data folder of metatrader. go to the Files folder, seek the file Renko_Backtest_____.csv and copy it to the desktop.



Step 8.
Open center of history (in the MetaTrader 4 did not use, it offline) and import the file Renko_Backtest_____.csv to history in M1.



Step 9.
Carry out the backtest your EA on M1.

Step 10.
Enjoy (with caution)

Thanks for your explanation
But one thing you have to keep in mind:
With a "traditional" renko chart builder the open price of a candle is not correct if a candle is in reverse direction of the previous one
(up followed by down and vice versa)
A Backtest will never work correctly
I suggest to use this Tool instead: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=535170 to create the renko chart

Hello Ekud,

Congrats on the new tool. Thank you for sharing it with us.
iwjw has a point warning about the open price of the renko charts. The open price on the renko charts are not real open prices. To get the real open price you have to create non gapped renko by Mathtrader. Or use the following range bars ea, the open will always be correct.



Thanks once again and good luck

I'm thinking ... how hard it is to make a program that generates the renko candles directly from history ticks?? (downloaded from SQ_Tick_Downloader or Tick_History_Litte etc)

I would like to "embark" on that project

Thanks ekud for such a thorough guide line. It's gonna be my first thing to do tomorrow... cheers !!

Hi Ekud

I have downloaded the tick data from SQ Tick Downloader to csv and the data looks like as posted below.

Problem is its not importing to mt4 history center, is the data downloaded in correct format?

and this is the data I'm getting while importing....

As far as I know you can't import tickdata into the history
Each entry only represents a whole candle with OHLC and Volume
It's not the same as with the .fxt files the tester is using

Sorry, my mistake, I had imported tick data instead of M1. Thanks a lot for the guide. Now MathTrader will get some rest

Unlike the backtest because there with a demo account. the negotiations are close late then lost

examples

ekud87, thanks so much for this thread.

Hi all...
sorry, I had not seen the messages.
I will read them all

hello damian
mmm I think it's your problem expert advisor, expert advisor is the opening and closing operations

Hello,

Thanks for this post. Please do not excuse my poor spelling but English is not my native language.

Unfortunately, I have problems with Step7. The indicator created no Backtest_CSV file and gives me no errors.
I hope you could help me.

Thank you very much.

You can modify renko 3.2 to not generate ticks when the price is between the open and close of the previous candle?

Not sure if this is the thread to ask this, but that is a good idea, would save me alot of CPU w/o unnecessary ticks

and it would resemble the BackTest

Hello fellow traders.

I tried this way,i performed a test last year and i used every tick method .The test was not correct, bacause i found one important glitch ,which can be found when you use a a couple of different experts which sumilate Renko bars. Very often the next bar is opened not from the price of closing of the previous one bar. I will show you pictures to better understand.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/3954ed483842477

http://www.imagebam.com/image/62b608483842491

http://www.imagebam.com/image/4a5478483842509

This way the results are incorrect ,they show a bigger profit.

If you dont have that kind of problem,i will be more then happy if you can help me with any kind of suggestion, or to suggest different method for back testing for Renko bars.

Thanks in advance .