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How does MT4 tester considers the spreads?

How does MT4 tester considers the spread? Say I've inserted a 2 pips spread in the tester - does it adds 2 pips to Bid rates? does it perform the test as if the spread is 0 and subtract the 2 pips value from the P&L? TX

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iRSI in 2 periods - such a wierd issue!

Hi all I'm back-testing an EA using Tickstory data, latest MT4 build and with M5 period in the tester. I use iRSI for 2 periods - M5 and H4. I save the values like this: rsiM5 = iRSI(Symbol(), PERIOD_M5, 14, PRICE_CLOSE, 0); rsiH4 = iRSI(Symbol(), PERIOD_H4 , 14, PRICE_CLOSE, 0); The thing is

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WHY DO i GET COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RESULTS IN BACK-TEST ON BUILD 950?

Hi all! I'm using Tickstory data for back-testing and for some reason I get COMPLETELY different results on build 950 vs newer other versions (build 970 or build 1045) Any idea why? TX

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Should I provide my login for monitoring purpose?

Hi ‌ I‌'m looking for a large investor to collaborate with and a financial company just asked my for my login details (user name & password) so that they could monitor my live account for 3 months. Is it an acceptable request? Should I comply? Is there any danger here? ‌ Thanks

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Encrypting my very good EA

Hi there... So, I developed a very good EA (IMHO), comprised of 5 algos, back tested it for 14 years (using tickstory, even though my algos are not day-trading), run it on a live account for the last year... I like the results. Anyway, I'm finding some investors and will need to open a joint account

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Real EA full report

Hi there Does anyone know how to get a full report on a real EA like the one in the back testing (with statistics and chart)? TX

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Typecasting Question

Hi there This question might sound foolish - my apologies! I have 3 types of params in my EA: int, bool and double. I'm backing everything up during runtime in a csv file, using an array of type double. This is how I'm doing the backing up: saving all the params in the array and then storing the

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Sleep() function - PLZ help

Hi there, I'm using an EA on MT4 build 670. I have a question regarding the Sleep() function: if I use the function and let the EA "sleep" for 10 seconds, will if freeze completely even if there are new pips? or will new pips cause the "start" section run all over for every new pip again and then

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I need your advise please........

Hi there, I have an EA and I had a back testing on a tick data from 2004 to 2014 (via tickstory) because I wanted to check the results on multi-year and in various market conditions (it's not HFT algo). Here's the thing: on GBP-USD I get very good results: about 40-50% per year on average. On other

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back test for more than 5 years

Hi there, I need to test my algo from 2004-2014. I have the data (it's tick based data) and I run a test in MT4 but it stops after 5 years. Why? What should I do? TX