Dec 8, 2024 · Check out this free MT5 tool that creates a custom backtest report and includes some of the key metrics MT5 leaves out on purpose.

Jun 21, 2025 · Hello trading community, running the same EA on the same broker (FBS) and platform (demo) and timeframe with the same settings, Demo Trading provides profit while …

Mar 13, 2016 · MT5 automatically downloads needed data before a backtest before it tests. As I said earlier, the coding of MT5 is much more complicated than the simple MQL in MT4. It's …

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Jun 14, 2023 · Hi, This is a very basic EA I'm working on, here is the first version. You can use it to manually backtest strategies with MT4 Strategy Tester. It only works with Strategy Tester, …

Nov 13, 2019 · Hi Wanted to ask if it is possible in MT5 to backtest multiple symbols and multiple timeframes? Or even one symbol... that uses multiple time frame of data. The reason I ask this …

Dec 25, 2020 · I always hear that you have to had 99% backtesting quality in order for you to get somehow accurate results for your strategy or EA that you like to backtest. And I also hear …

Feb 12, 2011 · As far back as possible and make sure you backtest your trades in different trade environment to compare, i.e. test the trades in both active markets and slow markets (summer …

Sep 11, 2014 · Live demo accounts make sense to compare, thx. With backtest I mean to take the best optimization result from MT4+Tickstory and let it run on MT5 to doublecheck the …

Feb 17, 2022 · I code MT4 on a modern machine but the machines I use for backtesting are old (Windows Intel 2 core & Mac Intel 2 core). They are fast enough for simple backtests but I …