Backtesting a weekly EA

Hi,

In my search of the Holy Grail I just finished the development of my first EA, which was designed to work on a weekly chart.
How can I backtest it? When I tried to do it with MT4 Strategy Tester, the biggest timeframe I was able to choose was the daily.

Am I missing something? How can I backtest a weekly EA?

daily is the highest timeframe available for testing.

you have to code logic into the EA like this:




int day;

int init() {
day = DayOfWeek(TimeCurrent());
}

int start() {

if(DayOfWeek(TimeCurrent())!=day) {

day = DayOfWeek(TimeCurrent());

// do whatever
}
}


I think the syntax is right. Please double check. Regardless, that is how it is done.

weekly charts you can backtest with a pen and paper.. there are only a few bars in 10 years, no biggy.

Thanks both of you... I just wanted to avoid paperwork...

there are some scripts that can generate any chart.. 8 minute, 5 seconds, 8h etc.. but I haven't been experimenting with this lately so I cannot pin point you to it. If I remember correctly then you cannot run Strategy Tester on it anyway but should be good enough for manual browsing.

Try searching here: http://codebase.mql4.com/