How to simulate slippage on strategy tester?

[tradingforward23]

Hi! I am back testing my EA and I wonder how can I replicate the slippage that is happening on live markets so that I can have a more realistic back testing result? Thank you in advance!

[l'andorrà]

I'm not an expert on this, but I guess testing on MT5 can be an option. If testing on MT4 that is not possible.

[tradingforward23]

@l-andorrà I suppose selecting the last ping of my server can work as close to the live market in terms of trade execution speed and lag.

[l'andorrà]

Technically yes, but `lease remember that ping is not a static measure.