backtester chart question

I don't know what's exactly causing this. It's not just the discrepancy between balance and equity, but at the same time balance is increasing, equity is decreasing. This is just a backtest chart from the MACD sample EA.

I assume this discrepancy is because the EA is holding losing trades while simultaneously making winning trades. But these losing trades are for 500+ pips. The MACD sample EA has a trailing stop on it though.

Any ideas?

In the tester what did you see in the results tab? It should show you when trades are opened by number so you can see how many trades are open. Also open the tester journal log file and compare to the results tab.

You can also check a range with the visual tester on a chart. If you use the 'skip to' button it does not take very long.

those bold, italicized, and underlined numbers are the prices related to the order # 729....with a 656 pip difference. When my trailing stop is only 10 pips, this shouldn't happen. And since the overall success rate of short trades is 15%, i have to imagine that there is a problem with the trailing stop on a short trade. Maybe i'm wrong, but these numbers seem to point out some kind of error.