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I set margin init to zero and what i get:

Buy 0.1, drop price on 0,0007 pips, and we have -2.30 Loss.
So one pips is 2.30\7 = 0,3285714285714286
Look this is situation on real accout

One pips = 0.1 + 3pips fee = 0.4
According to real index 0.0001 pips of drop =0.4, in test 0.0001 pips of drop = 0,3285714285714286
What happening, results of testing are far-far from real
My account properties in this post http://www.tickstory.com/forum/viewtopi ... t=10#p2019
I dont understant what happening

Oh, i handled this story. Broker support gave me wrong info about comm lots

Support told me that commision takes from deal, but it turned out that comission depend from lot, i set zero instead of 1 and get right parameter of testing LETS TEST!!!!!,

So how works Margin init? if i set, for example, margin init = 100, then if free margin equal to or more than a 100 the deals are opening, if free margin is equal to or less than 99 - the deals is not opening???
And this Free Margin is displayed here?

Hi Moralproxy,

From the MT4 manual:

MODE_MARGININIT => Initial margin requirements for 1 lot
MODE_MARGINREQUIRED => Free margin required to open 1 lot for buying

These values are taken directly from the MarketInfo command.

The free-margin you highlighted in the screenshot is for the live/demo account - not for the back-tester.

Regards.

OK Leaving zero
But why TickStoryINfoExpert replaces zero with 100000???

Hi Moralproxy,

In some cases the server is returning zero values whenever the broker connection is unavailable. In these cases, the Tickstory EA attempts to assume some values. In the case of Initial Margin, however, you are right that it should really be zero. We will update the EA accordingly.

Thanks.