Issue backtesting extended period of time

[TB73]

Im getting 99.9% back tests .

So Im pretty sure I have everything formatted/mapped correctly otherwise I wouldn't be getting that %

The issue is I can only backtest 2 - 7 months worth of data at a time. I want to do 2 years at a time.

Please advise

I understand there is a learning curve but I bought the data 2 days ago and am spending more time on the forum than doing what I actually need to do. Can I please get some support/assistance here???

be as detailed as possible because all I ultimately want to do is back test a trading system not post on this forum.


Thanks

[tickstory]

Hi TB73,

I trust you've been getting all the responses we've been giving you. The fact that you're getting 99.9% modelling quality does indeed mean that you are successfully back-testing ith quality tick data.
From here, there is no reason why you should not be exporting 2 years of data and performing some back-tests. Simply press the "2 years" button when exporting to set the date range. The only caveat is to make sure that your FXT data files are under 4GB since MT4 does have a limitation of how much data it can process.

If you are having further issues, please give detailed information of what the error/problem is, otherwise it's difficult to know exactly how to assist you. If you would like general help of the back-testing process, we of course have video tutorials which may be able to help. For this, check out this link:

https://tickstory.com/whats-new

The 'How-tos' section has a number of videos going through step-by-step how to perform exporting and back-tests. Turning on Close Captions (CC) in YouTube will also give a detailed narration.

Hope this helps!

[TB73]

I can only test 2 days worth of data.

Here is everything from the log:

2016.05.21 19:12:19.360 US30,H4: 24058 tick events (2840 bars, 35711499 bar states) processed in 0:00:00.234 (total time 0:00:00.250)
2016.05.21 19:12:19.360 2014.05.22 08:00 Tester: order #1 is closed
2016.05.21 19:12:19.360 2014.05.22 08:00 TM_RSI (2): tester cannot calculate prices
2016.05.21 19:12:19.360 2014.05.22 08:00 TM_RSI (2) US30,H4: open #1 sell 10.00 US30 at 16538.99800 ok
2016.05.21 19:12:19.127 2014.05.18 00:00 TM_RSI (2) inputs: OnClose=1; RSI=7; RSIprice=0; RSI_EnterLong=25; RSI_EnterShort=75; RSI_XLong=60; RSI_XShort=40; TakeProfit=0; StopLoss=0; Slippage=3; Lot=10; MagicNumber=160516;
2016.05.21 19:12:19.119 Tester: exchange rate cannot be calculated
2016.05.21 19:12:19.119 TestGenerator: symbol US30 period 240 model 0 from 2014.05.21 to 2016.05.20
2016.05.21 19:12:19.119 TestGenerator: file "C:\Users\Benedetto\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\9ACB2E2CE0389240C909714389C79575\tester\history\US30240_0.fxt" is read-only

http://screencast.com/t/nXogiYZk6TS Strategy tester report

[TB73]

http://screencast.com/t/cgi6t6S3hvWT

[TB73]

Could this be over 4gb worth of data??

[tickstory]

Hi TB73,

Thanks for the more detailed information. It does not appear that this is related to the 4GB FXT limitation. I note you are getting errors which say "Tester: Exchange rate cannot be calculated" and "tester cannot calculate prices". These errors are usually related to non-Forex symbols which have incorrect MT4 Settings applied. Please have a look at the instructions in this thread about how to get all the information you need to extract all the (more obscure) MT4 settings correctly:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=809

If you need, you can also find further discussion on this topic by searching the forum with this link:

search.php?keywords=Tester%3A+exchange+ ... calculated

Hope this helps.

[TB73]

Did everything you outlined below you will find details:

http://screencast.com/t/KvMjV2najlqD


http://screencast.com/t/gc1wkZW6FtPk


http://screencast.com/t/FygfMNhuK


The problem has not been fixed.

Advise

[tickstory]

Hi - "Base currency" needs to be "USD", not "USA". Please cross-check the steps explained in the above-mentioned post. You need to make sure your settings match the settings that MT4 produces.

Thanks.

[TB73]

It did not fix my issues. I have included the details below

http://screencast.com/t/JCAB9LPMCKB

http://screencast.com/t/MkF0IezN

http://screencast.com/t/YmfsFIASeF

http://screencast.com/t/QmYUf0o2Q


Please Advise

[TB73]

Hi - "Base currency" needs to be "USD", not "USA". Please cross-check the steps explained in the above-mentioned post. You need to make sure your settings match the settings that MT4 produces.

Thanks.

I have done everything as you have outlined

When I purchased the data from tickstory there was a mention of "prority support" how do I access that?


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