Tickstory

... I cannot use anything from it to perform my tests. Notice in the image I put here in my post that the session I could handle profit, currency commission margin, slippage all disabled, why does this happen? Why do they offer something asking us to test it when this something doesn't even allow ...

... MT4 Settings -> Map To field. Once you have selected the symbol, all your symbol settings will be automatically set (although if you want to have commission settings, you can use any of your existing *.mt4config files for that). Hope this helps.

... ea s that was working before now working too. But lately, some ea s I try in mql5 doesnt make any trades in my backtests with %99.90 real spread commission and slippage added. In authors ea signal, the ea trades everyday, also lots of trades in his/her backtest reports. Pair doesnt matter. This ...

Hi Gu00hero, If you are getting different results, please check the commissions that are being applied by using the OrderCommission() function. Print this to the Journal log and compare the value with and without the advanced Commission settings active. (There is no way in MQL to get ...

Hi Xypaa,

Using the above-mentioned method of finding your broker settings, it seems Tickmill uses the following settings:

Base comm: 0.004
Comm type: 2
Comm lots: 0

If you are unsure if your terminal has the same settings, please use the method described above.

Thanks.

How to set 2 per side per 100,000 traded of Tickmill?

... i have to set on Tickstory when downloading the ticks. On ICMarkets they say i'm paying average EUR/USD spread is 0.1 pips, with only a small commission of $3.50 per lot payable per side. So which number should i set before download the EUR/USD ticks? 70? 7? Or what? i'm confused.

Hi Victor,

Commissions are factored in and I believe swaps also. The swaps/commission fields are just a snapshot so there is no historical information kept on the values.

Thanks.

Does strategy tester take account swaps and commision per trade and is the swap variable historical data?

Hello! Please forgive my bad english. I do not understand how to correctly specify the settings of the commission of my broker. Please tell me the correct settings Tickmill Pro
https://tickmill.com/accounts/types/pro/