ionone wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:38 am there are a loo of things to consider when backtesting :
-is the spread set in the settings greater than the spread filter set in the EA parameters?
-are time settings ok? (and is it trading during high spread periods)
-are you backtesting real tick data ? or default tick data? or even control points or open prices?
- is lot size too big for the account balance ?

please show us your logs
thanks

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,
Okay, so I'm wanting to test this indicator to see if to these settings So 1 hour timeframe, and I want to use that as a third confirmation for my trades on a 5 or 15 minute chart. In other words, don't counter trend trade against these settings, would it improve my results as a trend confirmation if I am wanting to focus on trend trading. Here's my current settings. I have tried this using "control points" and "every tick" in the past. I usually try to keep it to only a month of data, and I'm using GBPUSD. I have $500 in the live trading account.

Here's my error log I'm not sure what they mean though or how to fix them.

Thanks for any help. It's much appreciated! I hate that the Strategy Tester has been something that I can't quite figure out how to use since I started trading, but I think it would really improve my trading if I could see if something is helpful or not!