[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 21, 2013 at 11:46 pm Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Make FXT read-only dosn’t work #19529

Hi Madk,

The “read-only” functionality has not changed between version 1.1 & 1.2. Perhaps this post helps:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=246&p=1414

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 16, 2013 at 7:30 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Slippage error in USDJPY data for 2013 #19519

Hi Jag45,

Tickstory does not sell the TDS and nor does it charge for ‘Tickstory Lite’. Please check what product you have purchased. The only person we know of that vends a product called ‘TDS’ is Birt: http://www.eareview.net.

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 15, 2013 at 10:23 pm Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Help needed. Please #19520

Hi Voly,

Can you please try another EA to see if that works? Otherwise the next step to trouble-shoot would maybe to add some lines to the EA to print out a message so you know it’s doing something.

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 14, 2013 at 9:50 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Slippage error in USDJPY data for 2013 #19517

Hi Jag45,

Seems you are using Birt’s TDS. If you have the slippage feature enabled, I assume that’s what’s causing this?
Also refer to the MT4 manual regarding Error 138: http://docs.mql4.com/trading/OrderSend
Make sure your EA is refreshing prices before placing the order with RefreshRates().

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 12, 2013 at 12:19 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: HST files in live account #19515

Hi Jeff,

To answer your questions:

1) Yes, you can just use the HST files which are used by MT4 to display charts.
2) Both FXT and HST are generated from the tick data. The HST files contain the bar-level information and FXT more accurate tick-level information.
3) The broker should only add new data to the existing HST information unless you decide to manually download information from the History Center. You should not make the HST files read-only as this will prevent new information from being added to the database.

Please note that we don’t typically support the data in this way since there is obvious contention between the two systems trying to write data to the same files. We welcome any feedback on your experiences that may help others, though!

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 6, 2013 at 10:54 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Tester: wrong bars count 0 #19511

Great to hear – thanks for letting us know you solved it!

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 4, 2013 at 11:53 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Tester: wrong bars count 0 #19509

Hi Magi,

As mentioned, try a small one-month set of data to make sure if it fixes the issue. After that, you’ll need to find a date range that is within the limit.

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 3, 2013 at 3:37 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: lost FXT files #19171

Hi Rubys,

Thanks for your feedback. Could you please elaborate on which issue was addressed by running as administrator? The files not being marked as read-only? Were your files also on a USB stick?

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 3, 2013 at 3:33 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Tester: wrong bars count 0 #19507

Hi Magi,

Thanks for the further details. Could you please check your FXT size and ensure it is under 4gb. There is a limitation with MT4 that is can’t process FXT files larger than a certain size – see here for more information: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=202.

I would recommend that you simply export 1 month of data and ensure this fixes the issue you are seeing before continuing with a larger export.

Hope this helps.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant December 3, 2013 at 3:18 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Spread doesnt get drawn #19493

Hi OneAndOnly – use the following code which will display the spread for you (i.e. the actual difference between the Bid and Ask price in the back-tester):

Print(“Bid: ” + DoubleToStr(Bid, 5) + ” Ask: ” + DoubleToStr(Ask, 5) + ” Calc spread: ” + DoubleToStr(Ask-Bid, 5) );

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant November 27, 2013 at 5:16 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Spread doesnt get drawn #19490

Hi OneAndOnly,

This sort of makes sense from a pure back-testing perspective as the back-tester appears to be evaluating that you have reached your TP because the Ask price is beyond this point on the next tick.

Generally speaking, you aren’t really performing a reasonable test to have a SL/TP that is less than the spread. If you tried this on a demo/live server I imagine you’d be denied. IHave you mentioned this on the MT4 forum – I imagine they may have more details on why the back-tester behaves in this way.

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant November 25, 2013 at 9:33 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Tester: wrong bars count 0 #19505

Hi Magi,

If your symbol in MT4 reads exactly ‘EURUSD’ then you should not need to do anything. If it had read “EURUSDm” or something similar, you would need to specify this in the “Maps To” field.

If you are still having problems, the next step is to ensure that you can see the data for your exported date range in MT4 history center by going Tools->History Center and clicking on EURUSD.

If you need additional help, appreciate if you can give full details (including screenshots) of what you are seeing.

Thanks.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant November 25, 2013 at 9:28 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Shortcut for MT4 Launch #19480

Hi Tickroll,

Thanks for the suggestion. There have been requests to make a command-line version of the launcher which should hopefully provide similar functionality.

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant November 25, 2013 at 9:24 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Spread doesnt get drawn #19488

Hi Oneandonly,

No, this doesn’t make sense. I would be analysing a specific trade and printing out all the relevant values (spread, bid/ask price, etc) to make sure everything is as you expect.

Regards.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant November 23, 2013 at 5:39 am Post count: 1479]

in reply to: Suspicious "BidPrice, AskPrice, BidVolume, AskVolume" Output #19512

Hi Evveric – The OHLC currently always takes the bid price to construct the bar data. We will make this configurable in the future so you can choose either.

Regards.

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