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by tickstory
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: backtest for long period not work
Replies: 1
Views: 11

Re: backtest for long period not work

Hi Lucratioz, It could be that you are running across a limitation where MT4 or your EA cannot handle the amount of tick data involved in a large date range. As such, you should try reduce the size of your exported data. Previously, there was a 4GB FXT limitation in MT4, so you might try keeping you...
by tickstory
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MT4 Strategy Not working
Replies: 1
Views: 65

Re: MT4 Strategy Not working

Hi Joez, Looking at the screenshots, are you sure your begin/end date range matches the date range you exported? It looks like you have exported April-July 2023 but are trying to test from August. I would uncheck the begin/end dates first just to make sure you are getting results and work from there...
by tickstory
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

Thanks, Nauris. I think we're on the same page, except as I figure, the date-shift doesn't play any part in this particular example because you should get the same result with and without shifting the date. In any case, I can see the potential for a price shift function to be of use in this case and...
by tickstory
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

Understood, but if you add 28 years, the <mm.dd> date would be the same and the filter would work in the same manner including the "unfair avoid" which specified "Don't trade on <mm.dd> between x and y price". This means that only the price adjustment would be meaningful, not the date shift? Thanks ...
by tickstory
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

Hi Nauris, Appreciate the additional explanation. In your description, you seem to suggest that both options in Tickstory Advanced Tester would be enabled (i.e. date shift and price shift) but if the date shift is enabled, won't the legitimate filters be incorrect since the date has been shifted? Th...
by tickstory
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

OK, thanks. For further clarification, could you explain how you think an EA could cheat with price alone? If you know some pseudocode, that would help just to make sure we're on the same page. It still doesn't quite make sense to me without having a date range involved. If a user decides to enable ...
by tickstory
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost Download Link
Replies: 1
Views: 542

Re: Lost Download Link

Hi Simon,

Your download link has been resent to your email.

Thanks.
by tickstory
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:54 pm
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

I agree that if the EA has a legitimate reason to avoid certain dates then a date-shift will not work. That said, how would a price shift alone work in this scenario? It would really be up to the person testing to determine which anti-cheat mechanism to use. So just to be clear, how would you see th...
by tickstory
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MT5 Export; both ticks and M1
Replies: 1
Views: 127

Re: MT5 Export; both ticks and M1

Hi Ausimike,

Please check out our guide to Importing Bar and Tick data to MT5 from Tickstory.

Thanks.
by tickstory
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:30 am
Forum: New features & suggestions
Topic: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs
Replies: 18
Views: 183305

Re: Add new export data feature option to detect dishonest EAs

Hi Nauris,

Thanks for your input. If the EA is restricting based on both date and price, why wouldn't the date shift capture this scenario? In your given example, if the date was shifted from May 15th to say June 15th, then the fraudulent EA's logic would not apply regardless of price.

Cheers.