Thanks for the tip, Ronald. I will check this out. Do you know how to make the ST uses multiple cores? If I run only 1 ST, it will only use one core which is kinda waste. Intel is producing 6 cores and 8 cores soon - it'll be a shame to have these ...

Strategy Tester not running at full speed.

My machine have 4GB RAM which I think is a plenty. Will the ST uses a lot of RAM if the history data goes back many years? Usually I only run the ST on a sample size of two to four years only.

Strategy Tester not running at full speed.

IBFX demo accounts last forever if it stays active, but the Account History is only available for the 30 days only. All older history will be grouped into one big deposit.

ODL demo account keeps breaking?

nvwine, One last question: is the MetaQuotes data have the same timezone as Alpari?

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Yes, it works now Thank you, nvwine.

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I am using Alpari terminal for by backtesting. It is not logged to any account so the data won't be offloaded from the live charts. Max Bars have been increased to maximum 2147483647. Yes, the screenshot is correct. I clicked on the "Download" ...

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Thanks nvwine, I still cannot get my head around on how to use the Download facility correctly. Please let me know where I have done wrong: I hit F2 to bring up the History Center, then selected GBPUSD and M1 timeframe. Then I click Download to ...

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Has anybody used GAIN Capital's historical data with MT4? How do you convert their tick data into MT4's hst format? When I opened the csv file, the numbers in column A looks different from what normally it should be. Could that be the CurTime() ...

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Expert Advisor — Hi everyone, Just been introduced to this thread by a friend. I am an experienced MQL4 coder. I usually hang around TSD writing EAs over there. I am currently working on the Isakas series. If nobody has started writing this ...

Making an EA: "Simple Method of Scalping any pair by Imran Sait"

The price for 1 standard lot in IBFX is worth 100,000 base currency. The price for 1 mini lot in IBFX is worth 10,000 base currency. That is why their 0.01 lot is worth 1 cent per pip. Other brokers like Alpari, their 0.01 lot is worth 10 cent per ...

0.01 lots at 1 cent per pip

The minimum lot size for IBFX is actually 0.01 lot - but you are right because their 0.01 lot it is actually valued the same as a 0.001 standard lot, which is 1 cent per pip. Does Oanda also offer 1 cent per pip like IBFX?

0.01 lots at 1 cent per pip

I have been using these two, and so far they are ok: In terms of deposit - Interbank FX is okay because you can deposit using your credit card, although there will be a $20 fee. In terms of withdrawal - Try North Finance. If you account is over ...

Which broker to use for a Malaysian?

TP and SL values needed! — What this system lacks is an exit strategy. I do not have a reliable backtester platform (somehow never managed to successfully set one up for some strange reason). Could someone volunteer to do an optimisation on ...

Need an alert indicator for a great system!

EA written — I have written an EA based on David's strategy and have named this "4Stochs". Since there is no exit strategy, you have to put in the TP and SL values manually. The entry rules are based on the 4 Stochastic indicators mentioned in ...

Need an alert indicator for a great system!