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09-18-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by David Armour

Hi!

I am back-testing an EA which is using 5 min candles.

How can I get the EA to back-test data beyond the 2,048 bars which is only about 7 days? Is there an option on the MT4 platform to extend this?

Cheers,
David

Hello David,

Simply enable "Use Date" under the MT4 strategy tester and select the dates for which you want to trade. If you get an error is because there isn't any price data available in your MT4 for the time frame you chose so in that case use a shorter time frame. See attached image.

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