Looking for reliable data in 1 hr and 1 minute charts as far back as possible. I'd like to import into MT4 and/or Excel. I'm willing to pay a fee for this data as long as it is accurate. Anyone know where I can find it?
Looking for reliable data in 1 hr and 1 minute charts as far back as possible. I'd like to import into MT4 and/or Excel. I'm willing to pay a fee for this data as long as it is accurate. Anyone know where I can find it?
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hi,
here you find one minute data back to 2004 in different formats, you can commpute higher timeframes from that.
Thanks for the info. I have already downloaded this data and imported it into MT4. The data isn't very good however. There are many periods of time where a one hour candle doesn't come close to the corressponding one minute candle. Many times the 1 minute data is one or two hours off from the corresponding 1 hour data.
Appreciate your response. If you know of any alternatives, I would appreciate it. Even text data into Excel would help me quite a bit.
Thanks for the info. I have already downloaded this data and imported it into MT4. The data isn't very good however. There are many periods of time where a one hour candle doesn't come close to the corressponding one minute candle. Many times the 1 minute data is one or two hours off from the corresponding 1 hour data.
Appreciate your response. If you know of any alternatives, I would appreciate it. Even text data into Excel would help me quite a bit.
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i would suggest you delete the H1 data and use the MT4 period converter script to generate the H1 data from the M1 data (or other timeframes as needed), so your data in different timeframes is in sync with the rest.
Thanks. I'll try that. It appears, however, that the 1H data is accurate and the 1M is a few hours off.
I can see where to delete the data from MT4 but I can't find the period converter.
Can't believe it is so hard to find reliable data (1M) back 1 year. At this point I'd be happy to pay for it. I trade off 1 hr charts with a tight stop. To get a reliable backtest, I need the 1M.
Thanks. I'll try that. It appears, however, that the 1H data is accurate and the 1M is a few hours off.
I can see where to delete the data from MT4 but I can't find the period converter.
Can't believe it is so hard to find reliable data (1M) back 1 year. At this point I'd be happy to pay for it. I trade off 1 hr charts with a tight stop. To get a reliable backtest, I need the 1M.
Thanks again. I went through the steps and I think I have everything loaded. One problem. The offline EUR/USD chart will only access 1 minute data. It won't change to 1hr. as the period tabs are greyed out. To test my system properly, I need to switch back and forth between 1hr and 1min charts. Anything I can do about this?
I think I'm almost there. Thanks for your patience.
Thanks again. I went through the steps and I think I have everything loaded. One problem. The offline EUR/USD chart will only access 1 minute data. It won't change to 1hr. as the period tabs are greyed out. To test my system properly, I need to switch back and forth between 1hr and 1min charts. Anything I can do about this?
I think I'm almost there. Thanks for your patience.
Zach
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if you open an offline chart, this chart is only for one timeframe, so you can not swich. if you need two different timeframes, open two offline charts with different timeframe.
Since the alpari data bank have only 1 day and 1 minute data, I assume I'll need to use the normal EUR/USD chart for the 1 hr data and the offline EUR/USD chart for the 1 minute. These two charts will match up?
Since the alpari data bank have only 1 day and 1 minute data, I assume I'll need to use the normal EUR/USD chart for the 1 hr data and the offline EUR/USD chart for the 1 minute. These two charts will match up?
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no, create the H1 data from the M1 data using the period_converter
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