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by leeb77
Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarification on commission settings
Replies: 7
Views: 18346

Re: Clarification on commission settings

Thanks, that does help. Regards, Lee
by leeb77
Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarification on commission settings
Replies: 7
Views: 18346

Re: Clarification on commission settings

Hi tickstory support, thanks for clarifying that - could you just let me know one more thing - what does the 'GTC Pending' tickbox in the Metatrader info tab do? Does this need to be ticked for accurate stop/limit position backtesting? thanks again, Lee
by leeb77
Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarification on commission settings
Replies: 7
Views: 18346

Re: Clarification on commission settings

Thanks for your reply but could you clarify:

Regarding the comm lots setting - is 0 (per lot) charged every trade?
and 1 (per deal) is for a round trip eg: total cost to open AND close a trade?

This is really important for me to get right for accurate backtesting, thanks, Lee
by leeb77
Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarification on commission settings
Replies: 7
Views: 18346

Re: Clarification on commission settings

I think I understand most of the settings but the one I am struggling with is Comm lots. Could you clarify the difference between 0 (per lot) and 1 (per deal) is a deal a round trip? Eg: cost to open AND close the trade and per lot would be each trade? Thanks, Lee
by leeb77
Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clarification on commission settings
Replies: 7
Views: 18346

Clarification on commission settings

Hi, I want to be sure that I am getting my commission settings correct in TickStory, could you tell me: 1) If I want to specify 0.35 pips commission every time a trade ( with a 5 digit broker) is open or closed I should set: Base comm: 3.5 Comm lots: 1 Comm type: 1 2) I could also express it in curr...
by leeb77
Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:02 pm
Forum: Issue/Bug tracking
Topic: Commission query
Replies: 2
Views: 8444

Re: Commission query

Thanks for your reply and keep up the great work on this excellent product! Best, Lee
by leeb77
Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:30 am
Forum: Issue/Bug tracking
Topic: Commission query
Replies: 2
Views: 8444

Commission query

Thanks for this great product and all your hard work. I have looked at queries in this forum about commission settings and how to export them which was very helpful but there are a couple of points I would like clairfied which I can't find information for: 1) Could you confirm if commission info is ...