Colin Gilbert

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backtesting - consistency and reliability

I have built an expert advisor using a set of candlestick patterns combined with a simple set of indicators. The indicators are used to decide the trend and then this is applied generically across any of the candlestick triggers to decide whether to trade. The EA runs on the 4 hour chart. So the

Candlestick EA generating signals at 19:00 on 4 hour chart

I have written an EA to trade using candlestick patterns and I'm mainly testing it on the 4 hour timeframe . Using historical data, the majority of all trades are executed at the expected times - 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 But for some reason, there are a significant number of trades at 19:00 I have

new unmatched data errors from existing history files

Hi all, I do understand that much has been written on this topic, but I'm struggling to line up my exact problem with the rest of the problems and solutions covered already. I'm testing some EAs in MT4 using a set of .csv history files purchased online in June 2020 from a reputable source. I'm