Metatrader 5 strategy tester

I have followed simple instructions to generate the simplest of EA's but to no avail the strategy tester will not execute trades. All I ever receive is a flat line on my graph and the report show no execution of trades what so ever. Is there anyone understand what I could be doing wrong? I use metatrader 4 with no problems but mt5 is a real challenge in troubleshooting. Below is a picture of what I'm talking about. Any help would be a life safer. Thanks for taking an interest in my problem.

Hi thjw,
I recently changed from MT4 to MT5, and I'm quite happy with it - especially about the possibilities of multi-currency-testing and performance optimizing.
But the most challenging part is indeed the order handling.
If you share the souce code of your EA, I could have a look into it.

Regards, Oliver

I appreciate that but i don't think it's the source code because I've tried to use all the default EA's like the MACD that comes with it and all i get is a flat line on my graph and the report stays the same with the default balance. I've tried everything I know on this S.T.5 and nothing works. I've googled the problem and found nothing at all. This thing is driving me crazy. It's got to be something simple. Maybe I should uninstall and reinstall the software. Unless there is something I missing. Thanks for the help your a real cool dude for stopping by.

Well I fixed the problem. I found a MT5 for mac at fxtm. I was using Crossover for mac to run windows apps. I uninstalled the app mt5 running on crossover and installed the mt5 for mac and everything works with no problems. :-) very happy. Thanks for the insterest in helping me out osfx.

Regards
Jon Thetford
Houston, TX