Timeframe Setting In EA Blocks
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Can I set time frame in EA block to different time frame that chart is set to? For example, block in EA is set to M15 but mt4 chart that EA is attached to is set to H1. I tried running such an ea with mixed time frames in test mode on different time frames and it produced different results for each TF. It seems like each TF is blind to other TFs so if I set a M15 in one of the blocks and the EA is running on an H1 TF, it won't pick up the M15 instruction. If that's true, then is there a way to have TF setting in block mean true for that TF even if chart is on different TF?
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maybe it's just something to do with mt4 testing mode
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good proof!
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I tried the same thing using this concept with formulas and printing the result in 3 different ways but for some reason they don't print the same on the chart. Shouldn't they? Is one of these methods more reliable than the other? Tested starting 2010-feb-19 tickstory data as well as 2010-apr-28.
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I can see you are using 1 as start candle in one place in block 3... if this could be the problem. I tried (with 0 instead of 1) and the result is this: http://prntscr.com/33oivs
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oops, they were all supposed to be 1s but 0 is probably better. Thanks
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__I can see you are using 1 as start candle in one place in block 3... if this could be the problem. I tried (with 0 instead of 1) and the result is this: http://prntscr.com/33oivs[/quote:371ppu9p]
strange - this ea doesn't work on tickstory data from 20-feb-2011 through 19-feb-2012. Also for same date range in 2010-2011 the correct values only start printing in comments on 22-feb-2010. The starting date 19-feb-2010 was a Friday but wouldn't it still pick up the data from that day? Anyway, maybe this more of a question for tickstory but just wanted to make sure the problem isn't something related to the ea settings.
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At least give block 1 id number that is greather than 6. Otherwise I don't know about Tickstory, I don't use it. I tried it, but... It's too much for me - MetaTrader, then fxDreema, then Tickstory... only because MetaTrader itself is not enough. I prefer to keep it simple, if possible
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ok, that makes sense that it will execute after the formula is calculated. I have been using tickstory because the I came up with great results using broker's data in metatrader only to find that the results were much different using tick data. Do you know anything about tick data in mt5? This article claims that it is reliable: http://www.mql5.com/en/articles/75
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I don't know for sure because I can't see what is actually in the data files. In MT4 in the History Center we can see what we have in M1, M5 and so on. If M1 data is missing before let's say 2013, then we know it, but in MT5... I'm sceptic
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__At least give block 1 id number that is greather than 6. Otherwise I don't know about Tickstory, I don't use it. I tried it, but... It's too much for me - MetaTrader, then fxDreema, then Tickstory... only because MetaTrader itself is not enough. I prefer to keep it simple, if possible :)[/quote:3uwlxlut]
3 months later I'm still trying to get this cross-timeframe ea to read the tickstory data. What's strange is that is works on the first time after you download it but then it stops working the next time you load up mt4 from Tickstory. Is there any chance it could be something to do with the ea?
The reason I use Tickstory is because it give you results on real tick data. I have found the results using broker data to be very different, even from broker to broker and many brokers have complete historical data from only the recent past. So how do you test a strategy if the data is not accurate? I'm just still stuck on this one for months now - even the simple D1 indicator test you build (http://fxdreema.com/shared/0sUcvU7Xb) does not work consistently on the Tickstory data. I raised the issue on their forums but have not gotten a response. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Sometimes I play with fxDreema trying some simple strategies, mostly for fun. The history data is crap, but what can I say
