That will not work you can't use OrderSend(), OrderClose() functions in the Strategy Tester with Binary Options instrument.
You need to completely simulate your trade within your EA.
zirkoner:
That will not work you can't use OrderSend(), OrderClose() functions in the Strategy Tester with Binary Options instrument.
You need to completely simulate your trade within your EA.
How do I learn how to program an EA (robot) that will work with Binary Options?
What brokers allow it? US Citizen friendly.
What programming language do you use? Can I do it in MQL4 ?
I can find no answers on Google.
I had the same problem. I added an expiry time into the EA for open orders.This allowed me to back test. It wasn't 100% accurate as back test can't have zero spread, but gives you an idea.
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Hi.
I'm a Binary Options EA developer, but I can't test them properly in MT4's Strategy Tester because of some problems when closing BO orders. I always get some kind of error like "tester cannot calculate prices".
The point here is that I suppose that MT4 is not a BO-oriented tool, and so what I've done is simulating a Forex order from a BO order. I mean: EA detects if in testing, and if so I close BO orders once the expiration time for the option arrives. I close this bo order with OrderClose, of course. I've tried to close orders with Ask price, Bid price and Close[0] price but nothing seems to work.
One more thing only: when testing BO EAs I'm trying to use the "xxxxxx.bo" instruments instead of regular "xxxxxx" instruments (xxxxxx=EURUSD, EURGBP, USDJPY, and so on). But if I use the regular instruments with this simulation everything works.
Any idea out there about how to do this?
Thank you so much!
Bruno