access past data on smaller timeframes -problem

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hello

I have following problem with manual backtesting / browsing the charts:

Lets say I set timeframe to Daily - and on Daily chart I can see 150 data bars

then I move fixed data position cursor(small triangle at the bottom of chart) to 50 days back -

if I switch timeframe to lets say 5min I end up in wrong time on the chart - it looks like MT4 does not download enough data to see the position I marked (I can manually scroll back but it takes time


I increased max bars in chart to maximum and it does not help

thanks for any ideas

 
mari99 :

hello

I have following problem with manual backtesting / browsing the charts:

Lets say I set timeframe to Daily - and on Daily chart I can see 150 data bars

then I move fixed data position cursor(small triangle at the bottom of chart) to 50 days back -

if I switch timeframe to lets say 5min I end up in wrong time on the chart - it looks like MT4 does not download enough data to see the position I marked (I can manually scroll back but it takes time

Your Broker does not give you much data for the smaller timeframes, typically when you look at an M1 chart you will see just a few months.
 

Typical broker just has 32k-65k bars of history. 22-45 days M1

Download history from somewhere or leave open a M1 chart, use period converter

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