Weekend

[Ralf]

Hi,

I just downloaded Tickstory yesterday - so I am not yet very familiar with it.
Maybe I did not yet find the way to solve my problem.

Nevertheless: My broker does not send any ticks during weekend - and I would like to have
this similar while backtesting.
I used Dukascopy as source, downloaded their data several times with "including weekend"
checked and unchecked - but the result is always the same: in MT4 I have flat bars during
weekend.

What went wrong?

KR

[tickstory]

Hi Ralf,

Because there is no trading on the weekend in the Dukascopy Forex market, there is no data and therefore what you see is correct. The option is available for those who wish to filter or include the weekend bars as appropriate for them.
Further discussion on the feature is here:

http://www.tickstory.com/forum/viewtopi ... t=46&p=154

Regards.

[Ralf]

Hi,

1) I saw the other topic - but I'm not sure if this is the same as my problem:
At the beginning you write: "A new feature needs to be added to eliminate weekend information"
But at the end you write " You can enable the export of weekend information by checking the "include weekends" checkbox"

2) I am not sure if you got my point ...
Yes, there is no trading. And yes, there is no data. So ... why do I have bars??

If correct or not ... what do I have to do, to have NO bars during weekend?

KR

[Ralf]

Hi,

Forget about it - it's working now.

I did not do anything (as usual). Maybe because I restarted MT4.
I'm confused...

Sorry for any inconvenience

KR

[tickstory]

Hi Ralf,

We tested this again and there is no issue. As you seemed to have found, leaving the 'Include weekends' unchecked will omit the weekend bars. Checking it will create flat bars for the weekend.

Regards.

[Ralf]

Hi,

This morning I did again some backtests, and was even more confused ... I had flat bars again.

But now I know the difference: visual mode

In case I check the visual mode I have no flat bars.
In unchecked mode (which is much faster) there are flat bars.
Attached is a screenshot with two windows (checked and unchecked).

Just now I see, that the flat bars are not the complete weekend.
And there are more flat bars than real bars - so there is a gap in between.

In visual mode it is perfect: bar on friday 10:55 pm and the very next bar is the one from sunday 11:00 pm
But in non-visual mode ... ???
I have no idea what to do...

And ... I did not yet consider optimization

KR

[Ralf]

Hi,

is it only me, or anyone else who has the same behaviour?

KR

[Jan]

Hi Ralf,

it's not only you having this issue. Same problem for me. Happens on all Fridays I have checked, around 9pm.
Take a look at my attached pic.

@Tickstory: seems to be a problem around the time the market is closing.

Jan

[tickstory]

Hi Jan,

Is this the same issue as above or another one? Could you all please advise if there are any time-zone shifts that have been applied?

Thanks.

[Ralf]

Hi tickstory,

correct - I assume Jan used a different time-zone, as his flat bars are starting at 9 pm.
I am sure it will be also starting at 10pm when using the correct time-zone.

So the basic issue is the same, which are the flat bars and/or the difference between visual and non-visual backtest-mode.

As you can see on my pictures, there are not only additional flat bars inserted - there are also real markel-bars
replaced by flat bars. So the test-results are different.
As of now, I can only use the visual mode - which takes at least 5 times more time.
And optimization is not possible at all.
So this is quite a big issue for me.
Hope you can provide some solving soon.

But to answer your question: I am using UTC+1.

KR