[agoraParticipant September 18, 2014 at 3:26 am Post count: 25]

in reply to: MT4 Limit of 2GB and variable raw spreads #18858

i, can backtest 4 years with 4gb.
What is the purpose of doing a 10 year backtest, from a trader perspective?
I mean market changes alot in this time frame. From my experience i can optimise for about 2 years. but i i would optimise for 4 years for example
the win is not linear. A 10 year optimisation for example is just a very huge compromise.
I mean you will benefit more if you watch each year in seperate and then compare it to a 2-Year and 4 Year Backtest.
(If your Ea Values can stand in win zone). To to this for a 10 year period , i doubt i will work.

As workaround you can just split your backtest, or better your a second pc in parallel to save time.

greetings

[agoraParticipant September 18, 2014 at 2:11 am Post count: 25]

in reply to: multiple instances of Tickstory? speed up backtesting #20335

I tested some further.
By now Windows 7 can run max 1 instance of Mt4 Backtest (started by Tickstory launcher).
I tried with different users offcourse and different brokers and folders.
The second instance always stops after 1 bar.

Interesting is, Windows XP can run 2 instance of Mt4 Backtest (started by Tickstory launcher) at the same time.
When i started to run a third instance with a third user, i get the same error lik under Windows 7,
the backtests “finished” after 1 bar.

I really want to understand why this happens .

My initial goal was to run 4 Instances on a quad cpu, but at the moment i am limited to 2.
(better than 1 at least 😉 )

If anyone haas ideas, please reply.

greetings

[agoraParticipant September 16, 2014 at 10:34 pm Post count: 25]

in reply to: help #20255

maybe you can solve your problem by addinng a flase proxy connection to mt4 to avoid metatrader
to connect to the server (i use 1,1,1,1 as Ip).

greetings

[agoraParticipant September 16, 2014 at 8:03 pm Post count: 25]

in reply to: Launch Issue Build 670 (solved / solution) #20317

I installed the same setup (Tickstory 1.5.1 + AAAFX Mt4 build 670)
on a new XP SP3 installation and was facing the same launcher Problems.

After brute force try and error of 1 hour XD
i found the soloution.

I was trapped in a thought circle.
I always linked to the user datafolder (C:users….TerminalMetaquotes and so on)
in the field where Tickstory requested MT4 Installation path and Mt4 Data path.
I thought it was correct because i work as user with limited rights (for security reasons).

So the soloution is :
under the field where Tickstory asks for Mt4 Installation the user must linkt to the mt4 installtion path
under Windows 7 it looks like this:
C:Program Files (x86)MetaTrader – AAAFx

and the mt4 Datafolder must link to the folder of the actual users mt4 folder looks like this (windows 7 64 bit german)
C:UsersInternetAppDataRoamingMetaQuotesTerminal3BD2B5E5A5264AFE17C1E2DDC7D6B381

i attached a screenshot for better understanding

[agoraParticipant September 15, 2014 at 9:42 pm Post count: 25]

in reply to: Launch Issue Build 670 (solved / solution) #20315

OK,

but could you think of another error source which causes the launcher to fail permanently ?
(i mean i tried different broker , which work on another pc)

greetings

[agoraParticipant September 13, 2014 at 12:16 am Post count: 25]

in reply to: Cant export to MT4 because of program denies my folder #20311

Finally this post helped:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=501

I have to migrate to a new harddrive, my actual harddisk isn’t usefull for this huge tickdata amount.

greetings

[agoraParticipant September 13, 2014 at 12:10 am Post count: 25]

in reply to: Modeling N/A #20285

thanks for th video, i managed to backtest with 99,9% now.

But the downsid is, now i can only use the tickmodelling mode, if i choose “control points (medium speed mode)” it doesnt work.
I guess this is because mt4 stated form tickstory with F8 is in tickmode only ?

greetings

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