why do i get different results from different timeframes?
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this may sound like a silly question....... however, my strategy uses indicators from 3 separate timeframes and some from different markets which are all programmed in to be m1, m5, m15 etc. it then is programmed to always execute trades from the m1 chart.
if i test on the m1 chart it may take 3000 trades over a year and profit 30k. if i change it to an m15 timeframe it reduces the amount of trades taken to 1800 and the profit drops to 20k? it basically gives different results for different timeframe settings in the strategy tester. shouldnt it do exactly the same thing on all settings as its programmed a certain way?
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One reason is history accuracy. If you test on H1 open-only, the bot can't open a trade at 02:13 -> that trade will be opened at 03:00. Closing trades will have the same problem.
Another reason is that some block still uses "current" timeframe
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ha ok that would make sense. all blocks are definitely set to their chosen timeframe so it must be that. im guessing then if my bot is programmed to execute on M1, those are the test results that would be the most accurate?
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@ashley111 Seems logical to me... Test with M1, and when going live, also attach the EA to M1 chart to make sure
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@roar thanks buddy
