Differences in results backtesting on different MT4 terminals
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mikeyc
8 years ago #113961
Hi,
Can anyone here suggest why I see different results, using the same SQ strategy in MetaTrader, same data loaded, same starting deposit and both in USD.
1 2010.01.01 00:00 sell 1 0.83 1.61733 0.00000 0.00000 0.00 10000.00
2 2010.01.01 00:00 modify 1 0.83 1.61733 1.62333 1.59733 0.00 10000.00
3 2010.01.01 03:00 close 1 0.83 1.61685 1.62333 1.59733 34.03 10034.03
and other terminal:
1 2010.01.01 00:00 sell 1 0.83 1.61733 0.00000 0.00000 0.00 10000.00
2 2010.01.01 00:00 modify 1 0.83 1.61733 1.62333 1.59733 0.00 10000.00
3 2010.01.01 03:00 close 1 0.83 1.61685 1.62333 1.59733 39.84 10039.84
Difference in profit for every trade. Strategy is on GBP/USD?
Thanks,
Mike
mikeyc
8 years ago #131370
Okay I think I worked it out. One terminal is ECN style broker and the other is not. The ECN has a commision of $7 per lot. 0.83 * 7 is 5.81, which is the difference between the two profits. :rolleyes:
I never realised the backtester took commission into the results, it doesn’t appear anywhere in the backtest results and cannot be changed anywhere….
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