Strategy tester problems
Yes, I experience the same problems.
I think one of the reason is because the server time used in MetaTrade is different from the one used in Interbank. There is 1 hour difference.
The problem I have is OrderSelect() and OrderClose() function. When I try to close all open positions at the same time, the EA crashed. It used to work perfectly in Version 184.
Regards
I think one of the reason is because the server time used in MetaTrade is different from the one used in Interbank. There is 1 hour difference.
The problem I have is OrderSelect() and OrderClose() function. When I try to close all open positions at the same time, the EA crashed. It used to work perfectly in Version 184.
Regards
Yes, I am also seeing the same problem.
I also saw that when you run the tester on non-major currency pair for first time, you get one result and then if you check recalculate and run again, you get a completely different result (however, in later recalcs, this result stays pretty much same).
My workaround was to run the tester multiple times (lame, but works) till you get an idea about the range of the outcomes and median values of key stats.
I'm attaching a sample run results across all currency pairs for a particular strategy to show these variations.
Pair Spread # Trades Bars Ticks First Trade Last Trade
Modeled Act
GBPJPY 0 4 2,823 16,396 5,102,933 03/25/2003 04:09 10/26/2005 13:25
GBPCHF 0 4 3,669 16,396 5,106,423 04/01/2003 12:26 10/28/2005 13:58
EURGBP 0 3 54 16,395 1,840,622 04/01/2003 08:31 05/05/2003 16:05
EURJPY 4 4 1,635 16,394 3,514,203 03/27/2003 17:10 10/27/2005 11:39
EURUSD 2 3 2,927 16,366 4,904,721 03/26/2003 13:18 10/28/2005 12:53
EURAUD 7 7 1,481 13,762 3,687,279 08/19/2003 08:41 10/27/2005 08:55
AUDJPY 0 7 122 8,052 2,967,536 08/18/2004 13:02 01/26/2005 09:26
CHFJPY 0 5 378 7,987 1,492,524 08/18/2004 13:02 01/28/2005 10:59
NZDUSD 0 5 342 6,485 1,950,082 11/15/2004 23:01 10/28/2005 12:35
GBPCHF 8 8 703 2,239 1,814,461 08/04/2005 09:20 10/28/2005 13:45
GBPUSD 0 4 441 2,172 1,426,862 07/29/2005 11:07 10/25/2005 08:11
USDCHF 4 4 443 2,172 1,572,221 07/29/2005 13:00 10/28/2005 12:53
USDJPY 0 4 553 2,171 1,496,422 07/29/2005 08:05 10/28/2005 14:50
EURCHF 4 4 97 2,169 1,180,901 07/29/2005 09:35 10/28/2005 15:59
AUDNZD 0 8 239 2,060 1,700,490 08/10/2005 02:10 10/25/2005 06:07
EURCAD 0 7 168 2,058 1,391,681 08/09/2005 13:38 10/28/2005 15:05
NZDJPY 0 7 84 2,057 1,200,855 08/09/2005 10:03 10/28/2005 09:22
AUDCAD 0 7 29 1,948 1,042,159 08/09/2005 07:52 10/26/2005 12:15
For all tests, I chose the timeframe from Nov 2001 to Oct 2005, but never got any trades before 2003. Would like to hear from the experts how they tackle this problem.
I also saw that when you run the tester on non-major currency pair for first time, you get one result and then if you check recalculate and run again, you get a completely different result (however, in later recalcs, this result stays pretty much same).
My workaround was to run the tester multiple times (lame, but works) till you get an idea about the range of the outcomes and median values of key stats.
I'm attaching a sample run results across all currency pairs for a particular strategy to show these variations.
Pair Spread # Trades Bars Ticks First Trade Last Trade
Modeled Act
GBPJPY 0 4 2,823 16,396 5,102,933 03/25/2003 04:09 10/26/2005 13:25
GBPCHF 0 4 3,669 16,396 5,106,423 04/01/2003 12:26 10/28/2005 13:58
EURGBP 0 3 54 16,395 1,840,622 04/01/2003 08:31 05/05/2003 16:05
EURJPY 4 4 1,635 16,394 3,514,203 03/27/2003 17:10 10/27/2005 11:39
EURUSD 2 3 2,927 16,366 4,904,721 03/26/2003 13:18 10/28/2005 12:53
EURAUD 7 7 1,481 13,762 3,687,279 08/19/2003 08:41 10/27/2005 08:55
AUDJPY 0 7 122 8,052 2,967,536 08/18/2004 13:02 01/26/2005 09:26
CHFJPY 0 5 378 7,987 1,492,524 08/18/2004 13:02 01/28/2005 10:59
NZDUSD 0 5 342 6,485 1,950,082 11/15/2004 23:01 10/28/2005 12:35
GBPCHF 8 8 703 2,239 1,814,461 08/04/2005 09:20 10/28/2005 13:45
GBPUSD 0 4 441 2,172 1,426,862 07/29/2005 11:07 10/25/2005 08:11
USDCHF 4 4 443 2,172 1,572,221 07/29/2005 13:00 10/28/2005 12:53
USDJPY 0 4 553 2,171 1,496,422 07/29/2005 08:05 10/28/2005 14:50
EURCHF 4 4 97 2,169 1,180,901 07/29/2005 09:35 10/28/2005 15:59
AUDNZD 0 8 239 2,060 1,700,490 08/10/2005 02:10 10/25/2005 06:07
EURCAD 0 7 168 2,058 1,391,681 08/09/2005 13:38 10/28/2005 15:05
NZDJPY 0 7 84 2,057 1,200,855 08/09/2005 10:03 10/28/2005 09:22
AUDCAD 0 7 29 1,948 1,042,159 08/09/2005 07:52 10/26/2005 12:15
For all tests, I chose the timeframe from Nov 2001 to Oct 2005, but never got any trades before 2003. Would like to hear from the experts how they tackle this problem.
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1) date selection does not seem to work
2) although I have 3 years history, when I run the tester it runs only the last few days (I have tried Recalculate)
3) on the MetaTrader demo platform, I am not getting any trades for one of my EA but on the Interbank demo I am getting lots of them! It is the identical EA.
Am I the only one? In which case my EA must be doing something the tester does not like... any help / comments would be welcome!
regards
PS. I do have the latest version running.. 186