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After a whole lot more testing and research I've discovered that non of my FXCM 1010 installs are showing commissions factored into the running trade-by-trade balance but my Tallinex MT4 install does (for the same EA and same testing period). I've tested connected both online and offline to my live ...

Support for Scenario 1) is what I was led to believe was possible from multiple sources include the following: The following article "How To: Include Commission Cost During Back Test" http://www.jtatoday.info/forum/showthread.php?tid=20511 which led me to Tickstory says: ------- Download y...

Hi BIllworld, Could you please explain why you need to edit the FXT files that are being created by your FXCM MT4? If you are testing with FXCM data, there should be no need to edit these files as they will already contain the specific settings for the account you are using. This is normal behaviou...

And the "Launch MT4 for backtesting" command still doesn't work and yields the same error dialog as previously posted. Whenever FXCM MT4 runs a backtest it overwrites what edits were made to the FXT by TS. If I set the properties of the FXT file within the OS to "read only" in an...

Okay I upgrade to 1.8.5 and did the following steps: 1) Ensure settings were pointing to the correct install of MT4 2) Quit MT4 3) Open an FXT file from a recent backtest 4) Documented the default settings for the following: - Base comm = 0 - Comm type = 1 - Comm lots = 0 5) Changed settings to: - B...

Also, can kindly please confirm that in v1.8.5 if I start up MT4 and do NOT connect to the server (to get the broker/server info) and simply work offline (to protect my data from being overwritten by MT) my custom TS created FXTs and backtests will NOT be affected. I had this specific issue months a...

tickstory wrote:2) If you are using FXCM data, there is no need to do any export or any launching. MT4 will use its own data as per normal.

Yes but is not the launching required to force MT4 NOT to overwrite the FXT file when it does its backtest?

2) You will only see FXT files once you have exported data via Tickstory. Tickstory produces FXT files that contain tick data that MT4 can use for its back-test (as opposed to the standard MT4 behaviour which is to create its own FXT files which contains only 1-minute data). 3) You will need to eit...

I purchased Tickstory several months ago for the express purpose of editing FXT files—specifically to keep the lotsetp at .01 even when running tests offline. Couldn't get it working at the time even with assistance from TS support and I had to stop spending time on it and resort to my workaround de...

Another user reports the same issue I've encountered at https://forum.mql4.com/46922. His points: -------- MarketInfo("AUDNZD", MODE_MINLOT) is returning 0.1 as well. It should return 0.01 -------- Is exactly the same issue I’ve encountered. The only workaround I've found are the following...