Only 2500 candels back???

Hello, can some tell me if its possible to go back more then a certain amount of candles on meta trader? It will only let me go back 2500 candles? I want to back test a year(Im not a coder so I have to do this by hand)using 5 min charts but it will only let me go back three or four months. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

click tools, options, then select the charts tab. Down at the bottom there is a selection for max bars in history, max bars in chart.

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It will only let go back 2500 candles, I tried to change this but it will only go back 2500 candles. Can some one tell me if its possible to go back more? Thanks for your help.

Even after changing the value you will need to scroll left to get mt4 to request the data from the server.

What broker are you using?

I am scrolling left but It will stop at Oct.24. Im using alpari for my data feed.

for each month on a 5 min chart you will need about 5,700 candles, so you are getting more than 2500. It may be that alpari limits the history. Check with them to find out.