[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 12, 2015 at 12:52 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Exported History File is incomplete #20743

Hi Jlao,

In theory, you should be able to use Control Points or Open Prices mode in MT4 simply by NOT launching via Tickstory. The Tickstory launch process suppresses the generation of the FXT files which are used for the actual back-test in the selected modelling type. In tick-mode, this allows the FXT file that Tickstory has generated to be used (as opposed to a sub-quality interpolation from the bar/HST information). If you bypass this step, MT4 should (in theory) generate the control points/open prices FXT file from the HST file that Tickstory generates as part of the export process. Of course, given that Tickstory is focused on tick-accuracy & the tick-based modelling type, you’ll have to try this out for yourself.

Here’s a good article on the various modelling types in MT4 that may also be useful: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1511.

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 7, 2015 at 11:54 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: DAX Data Maping #20908

Hi Suffi,

Check out this thread for a user that has posted his DAX settings:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=450&p=2732

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 7, 2015 at 8:16 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20882

Hi Primto & Em2l,

We’ve managed to solve the issue for Toughcookie offline. Can you please check that your MT4 Settings has a valid installation folder selected. That is, the folder where terminal.exe is installed. It usually is in C:Program Files (x86). For example, c:Program Files (x86)Metatrader. The data directory will be automatically detected upon a valid installation folder being selected.

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 6, 2015 at 11:24 pm Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20881

Hi Primito,

We so far have been unable to reproduce the problem on any Windows 7 platform, so if you can try note/suspend any additional software that could be causing the issue (as mentioned above in a post to Toughcookie), that would help.
Separately, we’ll PM you to try something for us when you have a moment.

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 10:43 pm Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20879

Hi Em2l,

Please confirm you have applied your license in Help->About and your launcher error message mentions that it tried “Build 765+”?

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 1:42 pm Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Free tick data available for Amibroker, Ninjatrader and more #18948

Hi Threshold,

I’ll add a brief comment on this as you’re probably going to get much better answers to this on the Amibroker forum. In my experience, you will need to break up your data into manageable periods. Amibroker will attempt to evaluate any formulas on the chart in one go, meaning that if you are displaying tick data it will traverse the entire dataset before it plots anything. Keeping your datasets to a minimum is the best way to reduce lag/plot times and also assessing whether it is meaningful to be plotting tick data within Amibroker in the first place. That is, are you actually using this data to make trading decisions or are you actually using 15-min candles, 144-ticks, etc? If so, adjust your import granularity to suit – import only 1-minute candles, for example, if you’re working in intraday bar time-frames.

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 11:57 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Incorrect point Size for some pairs #20885

Hi Bmigette,

Thanks for the feedback. TickstoryInfo EA can only obtain this information if the mentioned symbol exists on the broker’s server. For those that don’t exist, a point size is assumed and you will need to manually edit the information. Once you have done this, you can ‘Save as Default’ to ensure that these values are used on your next export.

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 11:28 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: 0 tick events with tickstory v. 1.6. #20900

Great to hear, Master_dude 😉 Just take a note of the above in case you run into further issues on the next back-test.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 11:22 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20877

Hi Toughcookie,

We have analysed the data you have sent us and it unfortunately reveals no reason why the launcher should not be working. Could you please try and commencing a back-test to see if you are getting 99% quality after launching, regardless of whether you are getting an error? Perhaps there’s a false error being reported. Outside of this, appreciate if you can do a quick scan of anything else that could be preventing the launcher from working such as permissions (maybe try running as administrator?), virus checking (try suspending it for 10 mins?) and possibly low memory. In each of this cases however, we would expect an error to be generated but it’s worth trying to rule this out. The other thing we can try is getting a copy of your terminal.exe and seeing if this helps to reproduce the problem on our end.

Thanks for your assistance.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 11:13 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: 0 tick events with tickstory v. 1.6. #20898

Hi Master_dude,

“MT4 not using the data correctly” means that:
a) You are not launching MT4 via Tickstory and/or
b) You are exporting the data from Tickstory to a location that MT4 is not looking at and/or .

Given that you are successfully doing a), please check the following for b):

1) When exporting the data via Tickstory, note the “server” you export to. Some terminals have both a ‘Demo’ and ‘Live’ server and depending which is selected, the data will be exported to the respective location. Check that the data exists within the respective MT4 HST & FXT folders.
2) Start up MT4 – don’t allow the terminal to connect to the broker. Note the server you are connecting to.
3) In MT4, check the history center to ensure the data exists for the date range you exported. Also go to File->Open Data Folder and double-check that the data exists and that it corresponds to the folder you exported to.

Make sure you also have a read of the manual which gives you some useful background information about “FXT” and “HST” files and where they are located. This information really helps when trouble-shooting.

Note that you only need to export data once for any particular date range. As for launching MT4, you need to only do this once each time you start MT4 (if you exit MT4, you will need to launch again via Tickstory).

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 9:16 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: 0 tick events with tickstory v. 1.6. #20895

Hi Master_dude,

In response to your comments:

1) This is an informative message, however the fact that there are 0 tick events indicates that the data you exported from Tickstory is not being used correctly.
2) The second error message usually indicates that you have not launched MT4 via Tickstory (by pressing F8 or the “play” button).

Can you please ensure you have launched via Tickstory before commencing your back-test as this should resolve both issues.
If you’re new to things, the following video is a great primer for beginners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-rMOen4UHg

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 9:11 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20876

Hi Master_dude, great to hear this resolved your issue. There is no need to carry out the diagnostic test as you are not having any issues.

Toughcookie – thanks for giving us the further details. We need to perform analysis on the information you sent and will update you shortly.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 5, 2015 at 4:15 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20873

Hi,

We have now tried fresh installs of Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) along with Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit) but still unable to reproduce the error. We are following up with a PM to you to see if you are able to provide further information that can assist diagnose the problem.

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 4, 2015 at 12:24 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20871

Hi Toughcookie,

I’m not sure if Primito got this solved in the end.
On our side, we’ll try to do a few more tests under Windows Professional to see if we are able to reproduce the issue. The only thing I can think of you can try on your end in the mean-time is whether you have access to a virtual machine with Windows 8 to temporarily work around the issue? The other option of course is to temporarily revert back to an earlier version of MT4 just so your back-testing is not interrupted while we try to resolve this.
After that, there is one more thing we can try to get more diagnostics from you. We’ll update you shortly on this.

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant July 3, 2015 at 10:42 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: MT4 Launcher issue on Windows 7 #20869

Hi Toughcookie,

Appreciate the further tries you made. Regarding the link, it allows you to download the file in a “regular” mode which requires no registration – apologies, I wasn’t clear on this point. Not to worry, as it appears that you have tried the same broker we have successfully tested with, which rules out any differences there.
The last thing I can think of is to try the ‘Professional’ edition of Windows 7 but I can’t imagine any differences there. Could you please confirm whether your Windows is 32 or 64 bit? The tests we have done are on 64 bit.
As indicated to you in a PM, we are happy to issue a refund if we can’t get this going.

Regards.

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