Does history include interest?

Hi all, I would still consider myself a bit of a newbie trader as far as experience level goes. I have recently been focusing a lot on learning about Expert Advisors and playing with MT4 quite a bit.

I like having the ability to backtest the EAs for some research but I was wondering about something specific about a pair's history and I just can't find any info on it.

I was wondering if the history of a pair includes the interest rates as well as the prices as I figure the presence or absence of this information would skew the results of backtesting an EA a little bit.

Thanks for the help.

Interest is not included.

Are you referring to rollover premiums? They are not included either. Neither is spread.

You can hardcode your EAs to remove spreads. It isn't trivial but can be done. As for rollover swaps.... those can be hardcoded too, but in my opinion it is better to just move the SL up or down according to the way the swap would effect the account.

Sorry if this isn't clear, but w/ research you will eventually get it.

Ah ok, clear enough, thanks. I'll do some more research as I didn't remember the term rollover swap off the top of my head. Thanks again.

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Thanks Shin.