vindd:
Hi guys. I want to do the back-testing by program control in mql4.
1. using program start the back-test rather than click the start button on strategy tester
2. controlling the setting of back-test parameters such as symbol, period, date etc.
Is it possible for MT4?
This is a good starting point:
https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/service/start_conf_file
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Configuration at Startup - Tools - MetaTrader 4 Help
- www.metatrader4.com
The client terminal can be launched with some predefined settings. For this purpose, the configuration file name will be passed to the client terminal as a parameter. If the full path to the file (Drive:\SubDirectory\FileName) is not given, the file will be searched for in the client terminal's data folder. The configuration file contains...
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Hi guys. I want to do the back-testing by program control in mql4.
1. using program start the back-test rather than click the start button on strategy tester
2. controlling the setting of back-test parameters such as symbol, period, date etc.
Is it possible for MT4?