[DonParticipant October 7, 2015 at 2:17 pm Post count: 4]

in reply to: Commissions #21218

Hi,

Thank you for sending the version 1.61.

My brother sent me a copy of his version 1.62 which I installed on a new platform running build 890.

Running the same EA code over the same history file I still get the higher P &L which appears to be different from my brother’s results by the commission costs.

My brother was using build 880, but the results were the same as when we were comparing 840 with 880.

At this point I see:

• No change between TickStory 1.62 and 1.72 (as you expected).

• No difference between built 880 and 890

• There must be something different about the base oommission setting in the FXT Header. However:

– I have confirmed that the header is located on the same platform and in the same account file, and

– My brother and I have compared every value on the FXT header and find we are seeing exactly the same data for all parameters.

QUESTIONS

1. Is there any other file or folder that interfaces with the platform that could override the FXT Header data?

2. Other than manually enter the broker commission data in the FXT Header while updating TickStory data is there another way that the platform could get different commission parameters?

MOVING ON

At this point the difference remains a mystery, but since we are getting identical P & L point results we can still get useful trade comparisons.

Hopefully, this problem will either go away or the solution will eventually become obvious.

For now I am going to go back to version 1.72.

Anything you can offer will be appreciated, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem with your version 1.72.

Thanks again for your help

Don

[DonParticipant October 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm Post count: 4]

in reply to: Commissions #21217

Thanks for your thoughtful response.

I agree that we need to find what is causing the difference between the two TickStory versions so that we can move forward with your future updates.

I am going to download Version 1.6 and try it with my current platform build, which is currently 890, while my brother is using 840( MetaTrader decides when to send the new builds and the only way to force the update is to launch a mew platform).

If we are both using your 1.6 and different builds this might pinpoint the problem.

I will keep you informed.

Thanks again for your view of the problem.

Don

[DonParticipant October 3, 2015 at 4:14 pm Post count: 4]

in reply to: Commissions #21215

Thank you for the response. Unfortunately I still have the problem and no idea how to proceed.

To further explain, my brother and I run Strategy Tester using the same EA and the same TickStory history date range. Since I purchases 1.7 we get different answers.
My brother is still using version 1.6.

When we were both using version 1.6 we could get exactly the same P & L result.

We believe the problem is in either Strategy Tester not accepting the Base Comm = 6 parameter or that the TickStory 1.7 no longer passes this parameter to Strategy Tester. As I stated earlier I see the Base comm = 6 on the input form.

By comparing the first trade, which has exactly the same lot size on both of our platforms, we find that my P & L is less than his by exactly the commission cost ( i.e., Base Comm X Lot size).

Questions:

1. Has there been any change in the TickStory code that might affect the passing of the commission parameters?

2. Has Strategy Tester changed such that it no longer recognizes the TickStory commission parameter?

3. How else can I resolve this differences between version 1.6 and 1.7

4. Could I go back to version 1.6?

I will appreciate any thing you can offer to resolve this difference.

Thanks Don

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