Manual & Knowledge Base

MT4 Quick Primer & Orientation

tickstory (tickstory@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-07-03T20:32:43-0400

MT4 Quick Primer & Orientation This section describes some of the details you may need to know in order to produce Metatrader exports effectively. If you are familiar with the way in which MT4 works, you can go straight to the section on MT4 Backtesting Quick Start Guide that will get you performing 99% back-tests quickly.

Customising MT4 Export Settings - Updated information about retrieving broker settings

tickstory (tickstory@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-28T19:23:23-0400

Customising MT4 Export Settings As previously noted in the section on the MT4 database, the contains important information in order to accurately and fully evaluate a back-test. This information includes broker-specific information that define valid lot sizes, commissions, account leverage and so forth. Tickstory allows you to define all these details during the MT4 Export process and these details are subsequently embedded in your MT4 back-test database.

Frequently Asked Questions - [I am getting an error 'Export failed: Access to the path xxx denied']

tickstory (tickstory@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-12-09T17:11:23-0400

Frequently Asked Questions Installation * Windows 7 .NET installation fails with 'Invalid certificate' or other reason Exporting to File * I am getting an error 'Export failed: Access to the path xxx denied'. Exporting to Metatrader * I am getting a launcher error when starting MT4. * I am not getting 99.9% modelling quality on my back-tests (and related questions) * Why isn't TickstoryInfoExpert EA generating config file? * I am getting the error "Access to the path denied" wh…

Installation - [Prerequisites]

tickstory (tickstory@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-09-26T02:37:54-0400

Installation Installation of Tickstory is done via a standard “setup.exe” installation package. Before commencing your installation, ensure you have the following prerequisites: Prerequisites * Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11. (The application may work on other versions of Windows and also other Operating Systems such as MacOS and Linux using various 'emulation' software, however we do not officially test these configurations for compatibility nor support them).

Token Reference for Custom File Formats

tickstory (tickstory@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-08T00:22:59-0400

Token Reference for Custom File Formats Special “tokens” are simply text within parenthesis that is translated by the system before being output. For example, the {Symbol} token automatically gets translated into the instrument symbol that is currently being exported (eg.

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