Hi Guys, How Do We Backtest With Chart From Long Time Ago?

hi guys, about a month ago i bought this software called Forex Tester with their subscription plan where we can import broker data (like IBFX or FXDD) to their charts. It's a pretty cool software for thorough backtesting. I also gained more confidence with my trading plan because of my endless hours of backtesting with that software (which I learned from a thread here in FF). Problem is, their data is limited, only up to April 2010 and I think i want to backtest until at least 2005. With Forextester they have this source called "Forexite" until 2001 but I dont think Forexite is a reliable source as I see huge difference with real broker data (like IBFX or FXPro or whatever).

So I want to know if there's any similar software but with more long term data for both H1 and H4 timeframe. Is there any software to help me backtest my method until at least 5 years ago?

suck this and see... Personally I haven't used it but I am considering... I did two years of back testing, then forward testing, which is arguably more valuable..

http://www.fxcmapps.com/standalone/h...ta-downloader/

hi moralatheist, thank you very much for the link. I have bookmarked it!

You are correct that forward testing is also very valuable (and keep in mind i also have backtested the data from the past 3 years). i just want more confidence and it's always good to backtest with such long time data hehe

Just found this http://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/engli...ch/historical/ its free, raw spreads so be careful, because its will probably respond differently (more positively) to any system you back test, that whatever retail feed you are using