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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 17, 2016 1:23am Jan 17, 2016 1:23am
I've been out of the forex trading game for a while now and forgot how to use MT4 lol. I always use price action to trade but with it being a weekend I've been looking at a couple indicators. I came up with a couple indicators when combined and looking at a chart looks pretty good actually. I would like to do a little back testing but I don't know how to get these indicators on a strategy tester chart. I am a total rookie when it comes to strategy testers. All the help I could get would be greatly appreciated.
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  • #2
  • Jan 17, 2016 1:26am Jan 17, 2016 1:26am
I've been searching and messaging a few people now for about 18 hrs straight today trying to get help. All I want to do is put 3 indicators on a chart, and test it with the last 20-30 years of data. I know its possible but no one seems to know how to do it.
JOHN 3:16
  • #3
  • Jan 17, 2016 1:45am Jan 17, 2016 1:45am
Quoting renasdad
I've been searching and messaging a few people now for about 18 hrs straight today trying to get help. All I want to do is put 3 indicators on a chart, and test it with the last 20-30 years of data. I know its possible but no one seems to know how to do it.
Make a template with your indicators on it then go into the strategy tester and set it up on visual for an expert advisor ( not an indicator ) then start the tester and load the indicators using the template you previously setup.
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  • #4
  • Jan 17, 2016 2:22am Jan 17, 2016 2:22am
Quoting cja
{quote} Make a template with your indicators on it then go into the strategy tester and set it up on visual for an expert advisor ( not an indicator ) then start the tester and load the indicators using the template you previously setup.
I don't see anything that says visual. I know how to make a template. I know I'm a smart person but when I have problems like this, I feel so stupid. I used to know how to do this stuff but I've been away from forex for so long...it's so dang frustrating
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  • #5
  • Jan 17, 2016 2:26am Jan 17, 2016 2:26am
Quoting cja
{quote} Make a template with your indicators on it then go into the strategy tester and set it up on visual for an expert advisor ( not an indicator ) then start the tester and load the indicators using the template you previously setup.
I have mt4 and mt5 charts and neither one of them that I can see has a place to change it from indicator to visual. ​
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  • #6
  • Jan 17, 2016 2:39am Jan 17, 2016 2:39am
Quoting renasdad
{quote} I have mt4 and mt5 charts and neither one of them that I can see has a place to change it from indicator to visual. ​
Try dragging the top border of the tester window up to make it taller
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  • #7
  • Jan 17, 2016 2:48am Jan 17, 2016 2:48am
Quoting Gumrai
{quote} Try dragging the top border of the tester window up to make it taller
What I need is someone to get on messenger or something like that and walk me through it so we can go through the steps. When I do what you suggest, this is what I see...
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  • #8
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:01am Jan 17, 2016 3:01am
maybe im stupid............... BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW A TRADER CAN FORGET HOW TO USE MT4, ITS LIKE NOT HAVING SEX IN A LONG TIME AND FORGETING HOW TO HAVE SEX.
I am what Many Dream to be but only a few can achieve, im a part of the 1%
  • #9
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:09am Jan 17, 2016 3:09am
Quoting renasdad
{quote} What I need is someone to get on messenger or something like that and walk me through it so we can go through the steps. When I do what you suggest, this is what I see... {image}
I was talking about the MT4 tester. Your image is the MT5.
I have never used the MT5 tester so don't know if it has visual testing.
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  • #10
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:14am Jan 17, 2016 3:14am
Quoting Soros
maybe im stupid............... BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW A TRADER CAN FORGET HOW TO USE MT4, ITS LIKE NOT HAVING SEX IN A LONG TIME AND FORGETING HOW TO HAVE SEX.
Really dude? If you knew what I have gone through in the last 6 yrs you might have thought twice about posting this. It's posts like this that make me realize FF isn't anything like it used to be. If I can't get help here I will go somewhere else and eventually find my answer. Back in the day I didn't have a problem helping people with their problem and I still don't. Now days if a person cant benefit somehow, they don't seem to want to help.

I'm very smart when it comes to trading but I guess I'm and idiot when it comes to metatrader. ​I don't have a problem being called stupid. But I do know the person that is stupid is the one that doesn't ask questions when they need help.
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  • #11
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:20am Jan 17, 2016 3:20am
Quoting renasdad
{quote} Really dude? If you knew what I have gone through in the last 6 yrs you might have thought twice about posting this. It's posts like this that make me realize FF isn't anything like it used to be. If I can't get help here I will go somewhere else and eventually find my answer. Back in the day I didn't have a problem helping people with their problem and I still don't. Now days if a person cant benefit somehow, they don't seem to want to help. I'm very smart when it comes to trading but I guess I'm and idiot when it comes to metatrader. ​I...
Don't judge everyone by the actions of a few.
There are still a lot of helpful people here.
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  • #12
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:21am Jan 17, 2016 3:21am
Quoting renasdad
{quote} Really dude? If you knew what I have gone through in the last 6 yrs you might have thought twice about posting this. It's posts like this that make me realize FF isn't anything like it used to be. If I can't get help here I will go somewhere else and eventually find my answer. Back in the day I didn't have a problem helping people with their problem and I still don't. Now days if a person cant benefit somehow, they don't seem to want to help. I'm very smart when it comes to trading but I guess I'm and idiot when it comes to metatrader. ​I...

Im really sorry for my uninformative and very childish post bro, im very sorry, instead of offending i should have offered a helping hand, instead of breaking i should have built, thank you for pointing out my mistake and im truely sorry from the bottom of my heart.
I am what Many Dream to be but only a few can achieve, im a part of the 1%
  • #13
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:24am Jan 17, 2016 3:24am
Quoting Gumrai
{quote} I was talking about the MT4 tester. Your image is the MT5. I have never used the MT5 tester so don't know if it has visual testing.
It doesn't matter which one I use. I went on mt4, saved the template, x'ed out of the charts, re-opened them, and I get the same thing. I know its possible, I just don't remember how to do it. I wish the guys were around here from back in the day. They would have gotten right on the phone and talked me through it.
JOHN 3:16
  • #14
  • Jan 17, 2016 3:26am Jan 17, 2016 3:26am
Quoting Soros
{quote} Im really sorry for my uninformative and very childish post bro, im very sorry, instead of offending i should have offered a helping hand, instead of breaking i should have built, thank you for pointing out my mistake and im truely sorry from the bottom of my heart.
Apology accepted
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  • #15
  • Jan 17, 2016 4:02am Jan 17, 2016 4:02am
Quoting Soros
{quote} Im really sorry for my uninformative and very childish post bro, im very sorry, instead of offending i should have offered a helping hand, instead of breaking i should have built, thank you for pointing out my mistake and im truely sorry from the bottom of my heart.
I​ was going to go on about my life story for the last 6, maybe 7 years but whats the point? If I told my story in depth, it would make me cry and whats the pojnt in that?I'm not here for a sob story. just like everyone else, I came here cause I want to learn something and make money. That is the bottom line....make money. I'm not here to bash someone unless I see they are nothing more than a fake which I have seen since I've been back only for a few days.

When it comes to trading I know my potential and I will be a very profitable trader and make it. Life istn't about the past, its about the future and what we can make in the present to ensure our future. I'm the type of person that can take a beating from someone, stand up and shake their hand. I understand that everyone in some aspect has their flaws and needs help in some way or another. There are many aspects of my life that I need help with but I also know that there many things other people need help with and I can help them.

When you tell me you are sorry, and I think about it for a little bit, I can only tell you thank you because what you said makes me think about so many things. Granted, it makes me think back on the last 6 or 7 years...more like 7 or 8 years but who's really counting.

Lastly, I hate having to ask questions. I wish I had all the answers. Some of the questions I want to ask seem so stupid but I know that if I don't ask them, I may wonder for the rest of my life.

I could go on and on but that's enough for now
JOHN 3:16
  • #16
  • Jan 17, 2016 4:07am Jan 17, 2016 4:07am
Quoting Gumrai
{quote} I was talking about the MT4 tester. Your image is the MT5. I have never used the MT5 tester so don't know if it has visual testing.
I get the same thing basically
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  • #17
  • Edited 5:32am Jan 17, 2016 5:20am | Edited 5:32am
Quoting renasdad
{quote} I get the same thing basically {image}
Quoting renasdad
{quote} I have mt4 and mt5 charts and neither one of them that I can see has a place to change it from indicator to visual. ​
Your MT4 Strategy Tester screenshot shows the "Visual" mode is ticked and "Expert Advisor" selected so its all set to go, just click on "Start" and load your template.
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  • #18
  • Jan 17, 2016 10:05am Jan 17, 2016 10:05am
Friend..

when you update the mt4 the latest VERTION (Build 950 ) mt4 can"T see THAT OPTIONS IN TESTER...you have to used old vertion of mt4
  • #19
  • Jan 17, 2016 12:39pm Jan 17, 2016 12:39pm
Thanks guys. I don't have it exactly how I'd like but I got it working good enough to do what I want. Thank you for your help.
JOHN 3:16
  • #20
  • Jan 17, 2016 1:27pm Jan 17, 2016 1:27pm
Quoting pradeep68
Friend.. when you update the mt4 the latest VERTION (Build 950 ) mt4 can"T see THAT OPTIONS IN TESTER...you have to used old vertion of mt4
Build 950 on my computer has all the same settings as previous builds
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