General Discussion

[Jose Sinning]

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.

[Jose Sinning]

Originally Posted by escobar On the FXCM platform, does anyone know how to allow the fluctuations in the indicator values to be displayed on the indicator label without going to cursor data?

Hello Escobar,

It looks like you wish to customize an indicator. The solution you want is not currently available so we would have to sit down an modify the code so that it does what you want, and this could take several hours of programming. If you are willing to pay for this send us an email to consulting@fxcm.com and provide some more details as the type of objects or values you wish to have displayed on FXCM's Marketscope.

[tomo1]

There are many similar questions on forums,
your broker is supposed to provide you with all technical and any other kind of information. Well from my exoerience.

Originally Posted by escobar On the FXCM platform, does anyone know how to allow the fluctuations in the indicator values to be displayed on the indicator label without going to cursor data?

[fraidknot]

Can you use mt4 to access a fss and a fxcm trading platform accout? The reason I want to do this is I can put the mt4 on my pda. But not fxcm trading platform. I have also been unable to get a mobile browser to run fss.

[Jason Rogers]

Originally Posted by fraidknot Can you use mt4 to access a fss and a fxcm trading platform accout? The reason I want to do this is I can put the mt4 on my pda. But not fxcm trading platform. I have also been unable to get a mobile browser to run fss.

You wouldn't be able to access the FSS platform with an MT4 account. It requires a separate account number to access FSS.

[Selow]

Hi,

Just noticed chf/jpy and eur/nzd have corrupt data in the chart windows for 1h and above. If you goto tools/history centre you can see the data, is it possible to correct the fault ( I have tried but there is no save button, so the data goes back to its original settings) or is the problem a server download fault?

Cheers

[Artin]

This happened a little after 5:00pm EST today (Thursday, October 8, 2009).



It would've gone unnoticed if you were looking at the chart and not the tick chart. As you can see the ask price jumped to 0.7460 while the bid price was at 0.7420 - a spread of a whopping 40 pips!

Is there an explanation for this or is this to be expected in FXCM / MT4?

Artin

[Jason Rogers]

Originally Posted by Artin This happened a little after 5:00pm EST today (Thursday, October 8, 2009). Attachment 38725 It would've gone unnoticed if you were looking at the chart and not the tick chart. As you can see the ask price jumped to 0.7460 while the bid price was at 0.7420 - a spread of a whopping 40 pips! Is there an explanation for this or is this to be expected in FXCM / MT4? Artin

Hi Artin,

For something like this, please check with client services to investigate if it is a bad tick. If it is a bad tick that got through on NDD feed, we will make an adjustment.

Jason

[kenchong021]

The contract size in the MT4 starts from 0.1 to 8 which means that I can trade up to 8 standard contracts using the platform. Can I check on how to use the platform when I decide to enter 16 mini contracts? Normally I chose to deal in 10 mini contract instead of 1 std contract especially in swing and breakout trades where I want to take half the profit or take half the loss whichever when the price reaches a certain level.
IN my other platform IG Markets, we are provided a choice to trade std or mini contracts and the we just specificy the lot size and exit easily. I know that different platforms differ. Appreciate your input on that

Thanks
Kenny

[tomo1]

Hello,
I understand that you are interested to trade on metatrader, but some of you wish to try on a demo first. Well I don t know if fxcm let people try demos for free,
anyhow, I am now trading with fxopen, who does offer MT4 platform with not only an ECN price feed but also true ECN/STP execution and fills. The demo is available for any1, you don t even have to talk to a representative, you download it from the website.

download the terminal, and u ll have it.

[shoham123]

Hi Jason,

i was referred to you by a the technical department of FXCM

My question is like that -

In MT4 i went to "History Center" and i downloaded history since 1999 with 1M charts
how could id do the same but instead of 1M charts should be on a "Tick Chart"

English is not my 1st language so my apologies...

Hope u understood what i want

And hope to hear from you soon

i might post you a message on the forum as well as i m not sure where u will get it quicker

Thanks

Sam

[Jason Rogers]

Originally Posted by tomo1 Hello, I understand that you are interested to trade on metatrader, but some of you wish to try on a demo first. Well I don t know if fxcm let people try demos for free, anyhow, I am now trading with fxopen, who does offer MT4 platform with not only an ECN price feed but also true ECN/STP execution and fills. The demo is available for any1, you don t even have to talk to a representative, you download it from the website. download the terminal, and u ll have it.

The MT4 demo accounts are available through FXCM UK
MetaTrader 4 Platform | FXCM Metatrader 4 Broker

All MT4 accounts with FXCM UK have hedging and are non-FIFO (you can close positions in any order). The execution on all live MT4 accounts is NDD/STP.

[Jason Rogers]

Originally Posted by kenchong021 The contract size in the MT4 starts from 0.1 to 8 which means that I can trade up to 8 standard contracts using the platform. Can I check on how to use the platform when I decide to enter 16 mini contracts? Normally I chose to deal in 10 mini contract instead of 1 std contract especially in swing and breakout trades where I want to take half the profit or take half the loss whichever when the price reaches a certain level. IN my other platform IG Markets, we are provided a choice to trade std or mini contracts and the we just specificy the lot size and exit easily. I know that different platforms differ. Appreciate your input on that Thanks Kenny

Hi kenchong,

Thanks for the question.

10 mini lots is equal to 1 standard lot. If you wanted to trade 16 mini lots in the MT4 platform, what you should do is type 1.60 as the volume in the order window.

One thing to keep in mind is that FXCM's MT4 platform currently does not have the ability to partially close trades. You can on a demo but not on a live account. Instead, you should open multiple positions which you can then close out at specific profit or stop levels.

Jason

[Jason Rogers]

Originally Posted by shoham123 Hi Jason, i was referred to you by a the technical department of FXCM My question is like that - In MT4 i went to "History Center" and i downloaded history since 1999 with 1M charts how could id do the same but instead of 1M charts should be on a "Tick Chart" English is not my 1st language so my apologies... Hope u understood what i want And hope to hear from you soon i might post you a message on the forum as well as i m not sure where u will get it quicker Thanks Sam

Hi Sam,

It's not possible to download ticket data from MT4 unfortunately. The Marketscope chart in the FX Trading Station is able to export tick data. When you open a ticket chart in Marketscope, goto the top left of the chart, and click on File > Export Data To Excel.

Jason

[shoham123]

Originally Posted by Jason Rogers Hi Sam, It's not possible to download ticket data from MT4 unfortunately. The Marketscope chart in the FX Trading Station is able to export tick data. When you open a ticket chart in Marketscope, goto the top left of the chart, and click on File > Export Data To Excel. Jason

thanks

but at the FX station the max of ticks u can have in one window is only for a week or so and i m loooking for the last 10 years

is there any way i can get it (even for cost)

as i didnt belive i will get FULL history of 1M either but i found it in FULL at the MT4 so please could u assist ? finding me where i can get the tick chart in full ?

thanks again