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  • #1
  • First Post: May 19, 2010 12:11pm May 19, 2010 12:11pm
Hello folks,

Thanks to this thread:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...=1#post3738696
I found historical Data for MT4.

It's M1. If I understand the code right it can't be more than four ticks per minute (O,H,L,C). Otherwise there should be more values with the same minute, right?
Here's a snippet:
Inserted Code
<TICKER>,<DTYYYYMMDD>,<TIME>,<OPEN>,<HIGH>,<LOW>,<CLOSE>,<VOL>
EURUSD,20010105,104700,0.9541,0.9541,0.9535,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,104800,0.9535,0.9538,0.9535,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,104900,0.9535,0.9535,0.9534,0.9535,4
EURUSD,20010105,105000,0.9536,0.9537,0.9535,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,105100,0.9536,0.9537,0.9536,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,105200,0.9537,0.9538,0.9536,0.9537,4
EURUSD,20010105,105300,0.9537,0.9538,0.9535,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,105400,0.9536,0.9536,0.9534,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,105500,0.9535,0.9536,0.9534,0.9536,4
EURUSD,20010105,105600,0.9535,0.9538,0.9533,0.9538,4
EURUSD,20010105,105700,0.9538,0.9539,0.9538,0.9539,4
EURUSD,20010105,105800,0.9539,0.9540,0.9539,0.9540,4
EURUSD,20010105,105900,0.9539,0.9540,0.9538,0.9539,4
Can somebody confirm my thoughts, please?

Thanks.
MikeFT
  • #2
  • May 19, 2010 1:47pm May 19, 2010 1:47pm
I suspect the volume values are fixed because they are unknown.
  • #3
  • May 19, 2010 2:01pm May 19, 2010 2:01pm
I'm still trying to figure the out the strategy tester in MT4.

I'm close to become crazy. Maybe someone can help me out?

What I did:
For testing I've downloaded two different history files.

 

  1. EURUSD M1 had been imported from a txt file.
    Since it was M1 only I used the "period converter" script with value "1440" to get daily candles.
  2. USDJPY M1 and D1 had been downloaded trough history center.

None of them will work with the tester if I set Period to daily and try to use whatever expert came with MT4.

There is always an error and I have no idea why this error is coming.

Anybody any idea for me?

Thanks.
MikeFT

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  • #4
  • May 19, 2010 3:10pm May 19, 2010 3:10pm
What are you start and end dates?
  • #5
  • Last Post: May 19, 2010 3:19pm May 19, 2010 3:19pm
Man,

I knew it must be something minor.
I had only one month selected - just to see if this tester is working at all.
I guess that's NOT been enought data...


Thanks!
MikeFT
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