I am currently doing a lot of finetuning and testing of my new EA and strategy.
However, yesterday when my broker closed for the weekend, their EurUsd spread widened significantly, 4-5 times the normal spread.
I couldn't understand why my ea suddenly took so many losses untill I discovered that the spread was that high during the whole backtesting period, Jan - Oct 2009.
It appears the tester uses the current spread and not the historical ask/bid quotes... It this normal?
However, yesterday when my broker closed for the weekend, their EurUsd spread widened significantly, 4-5 times the normal spread.
I couldn't understand why my ea suddenly took so many losses untill I discovered that the spread was that high during the whole backtesting period, Jan - Oct 2009.
It appears the tester uses the current spread and not the historical ask/bid quotes... It this normal?