Some suggestion to put you put you head and shoulders above.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant February 3, 2014 at 6:09 am Post count: 1479]

#19641

Hi Coffeesnob,

Thank you for your comprehensive suggestions and information. Many of the items that you have mentioned such as an auto-update feature are on the TODO list. As you know, Tickstory is primarily focused on data gathering and dissemination which means that a back-testing function is not immediately on the cards – especially when you consider the all alternatives that are available.

The reason for the limited activity on Version 1 at the moment is that all development effort is being invested in the new version. This has been taking some time to design properly while factoring in all the great feedback we have been getting. With the redesigned framework, we’re hoping that once the new application is deployed we can move a lot faster on all the new feature requests.

If you have examples of software which works for you, please let us know more so we can understand better what features give the most value to you.

Thanks & regards.

[coffeesnobParticipant February 4, 2014 at 10:48 pm Post count: 4]

#19642

Thanks for your reply. re “If you have examples of software which works for you” in the case of backtesting and history data, they are all pretty crap. The history data is always a problem and I think this is the root cause of why most of the back-test applications I have tried are also problematic, even Tickstory with is current heavy dependence on Dukascopy has lots of gaps in the history.

Forex Strategy Builder is the closest I have found to getting it right in my opinion, however this is still problematic and buggy. at least it is open source and because its build around XML is platform agnostic (although I have never tried to get it working on Linux) it is also an example of a configuration interface that generates an XML file that is used by a server application (Forex Strategy Trader) which is what I was describing above.

other than that you would have to go to an application which is not related to Forex to see an example, services with configuration files have been around a very long time, but I would be happy to develop a design breif to explain this better if you like (time will be a challenge for me as well but I believe in what your doing and want to help) the beauty of this approach is that it is always running in the background and as a result your chosen pairs can be always up-to-date. if you use you current Gui to generate the Configuration file then half the work is done I think.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant February 5, 2014 at 12:16 am Post count: 1479]

#19643

Hi Coffeesnob,

Thanks for for the info. We totally hear what you’re saying – we believe that it’s accessible & quality data that allows you to perform professional evaluations of a trading system. We plan to address the items you mention including giving access to multiple data-sources that can be readily/automatically updated. We’re not big on XML though and are going down the path of allowing users to configure everything via the user-interface to make it easier to set up.

Thank you for your offer of assistance – much of the design is complete and we are essentially in the development phase and just doing the hard yards to get a beta out. If you have any more specific features that you would like, then this sort of feedback really helps to make the product better.

Kind regards.

[TickTesterParticipant February 5, 2014 at 11:38 pm Post count: 7]

#19644

Is there any way to get around the 4GB limit on history files? It’s a real pain because the most tick data I can get to fit in a 4GB file is 3 years. So, I have two MT4 platforms set up. One for Jan 2008-Dec 2010 and another for Jan 2011-Dec 2013. Now, that it’s 2014, I have to set up a third mt4 platform for Jan 2014 – Dec 2016. And I would like to backtest before 2008, so that means more platforms, more downloads, etc. And then I have to test every EA in every platform and stitch together the results. Don’t even get me started about optimization…

Isn’t there some way to be able to backtest at least 6 years worth of tick data at once in one platform? Preferably more than 6 as I would at least like to be able to test Jan 2008 – Feb 2014 in one run.

[imported_tickstoryParticipant February 12, 2014 at 12:29 am Post count: 1479]

#19645

Hi TickTester,

I believe Birt’s Tick Data Suite (TDS) by-passes the 4GB limitation. You read more here: http://17293gp5li0a4xdimxo5gkiy0k.hop.clickbank.net/.

Hope this helps.

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