by radu » Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:57 pm
I've found a solution, which seems to be enough to use as a workaround about the spread-problem (mentioned by the previous post).
1. start MT4 from TSL with the basic method
2. change the spread in the select input field, and switch to Control point method
3. press Start and wait for the first tick, then stop the test immediately with the Stop button (in visual you could easily verify when the test starts)
4. now change back to Tick method, and voila - the spread now the value what you set previuosly, and you could use it with the pre-cooked FXT data of yours.
So we're using the fact that in the 99.9% modelling doesn't use the Control point method - and because of this MT4 will create a standard backtest environment, which will eventually set the spread to the desired value.