Have totally different results

Raffinoso · Post by **Raffinoso** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:13 pm

Hi

i use a offline demo account with ICM and Dukas Tickdata in portable mode
Start Time 01.01.2014 to 19.09.2014
when I start BT with launcher: in the Statement it shows wrong start date and count all bars in history
when I start BT without launcher: in the Statement it shows wrong start date and count fewer bars in history
But in both mode BT beginns at the correct date and the first trades are identic
And don't have Modell-Quality also

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Raffinoso · Post by **Raffinoso** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:17 pm

Hi

I have a offline demo account with ICM and Duka Tickdata in portable Mode
Start time 01.01.2014 to 19.09.2014
When I start BT with launcher it shows wrong start Date and count all bars
When I start BT without launcher it Shows wrong start Date with fewer bars
But in Statement the first Trade are identic
But I dont have Quality result

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Raffinoso · Post by **Raffinoso** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:25 pm

Hi

I use live demo account with ALPARI UK and Metaquotes Data in portable Mode
Start time 01.01.2014 to 19.09.2014
When I start BT with launcher it shows correct start Date and count fewer bars
But I have Quality result 90% and the results are a worstcase

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Why I have so totally differnt results ?

Post by **tickstory** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:03 am

Hi Raffinoso,

Firstly, it's very important that you use the launcher when attempting to back-test with Tickstory's tick data. Without it, Metatrader will not correctly use the exported tick data and instead try to produce its own data set which will markedly differ from Tickstory.
Ensure you are firstly getting 99,9% modelling quality in your results. If you are not, you are performing one of the export steps incorrectly.
Check out this primer video for more information:

https://youtu.be/084k9fJCeCY

You can also have a read of the discussion here which may assist:

http://tickstory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=501

Hope this helps.

alexflibero · Post by **alexflibero** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:04 pm

sorry this signify that to make my backtest i have to launch MT always from Tickstorylite ?
Once Thickstory has generated the .FXT and .HST in the right directory i should be able to work only running MT4 without TickStory. Is it right ?

Post by **tickstory** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:48 am

Hi Alexflibero,

Yes - you always need to launch MT4 via Tickstory. This is an important step as without it, MT4 will not correctly use the generated exported data. If you get 99.9% modelling quality then you can ensure that 1) you have launched MT4 correctly and 2) that your exported FXT & HST files are in the correct location.

Regards.

Tickstory