One last question please: in FSB, is there an area that I can have the user chose MM or fixed lot?  I would like both options on the input area for the user.

... to remove or amend codes that are slowing the EA down from testing.

The FSB Pro experts are designed to be fast and safe for generating and testing in FSB Pro. That is. You either generate complex experts in FSB Pro or make fast tests in MetaTrader.

If you want fast tests in MetaTrader, use Expert Advisor Studio

I created several good strategies that I have in demo, but still trying to back test in MT4 so that I can sell in MQL5.  Again, I cannot sell in MQL5 without the customer being able to back test first in MT4.  Is there anything I can do to code before compiling that will allow for a faster BT in MT4? 

I did have an exchange with someone else who is selling EA's made from FSB and he said he has the same problem and it does affect sales.  I bought one of his EA's and it seems to be good, but the community really needs help on this.  I don't even mind hiring a coder to remove or amend codes that is slowing the EA down from testing.

Thanks for all your help.

I finally figured out how to back test in MT4 and with TDS data.  TDS helped me with the settings so I don't get the error (not enough bars).  But, then there is the problem with the back testing speed.  You are right, something is wrong with the EA code after Editor compiling and it takes days to test.  Any chance I can fix this somehow?

I would not only like to make EA's for myself, but also be able to sell good ones online.  And as you know, the standard for showing results is through users being able to back test in MetaTrader unfortunately.   Maybe something I can change in the coding before compiling?

Thanks again.

Oh - and the developer of TDS provided this to help with back testing in MT4/5 with FSB generated EA's.  Maybe help?

https://eareview.freshdesk.com/public/tickets/764d7c7ae668a673f540ee3f96a8f35d8ca4fb58331ddabb993e1d9971a887e8

What errors you have then? Not enough bars? Can you set up your 99.99 to start after say 500 bars? For example, if you have a MA200 in your strat, then it needs at least 200 bars to calculate the first MA value. That's how this works.

Yeah, my point exactly! Mt is useless as a backtesting platform, FSB does much more and is way faster.

Ticks are not needed. The whole concept of FSB is based on bar data. If you have a backtest quality of 100% or 99% then what ticks? Bars are enough.

To develop and backtest strategies and trade them. What else is there? Backtesting hasn't made anyone a profit yet, trading has. Trading is very difficult business and much more than a backtest in mt.

Ok, answer my question I asked before, what is 9999 and what is less than 9999? What is it? Give me a formula! Then we can discuss. 9999 is hocus-pocus until there is factual statement in the form of mathematical formula.
And you can use History Center in FSB to see stats about loaded data and make up your own mind. Again, those are facts you see there, not some 9999 voodoo, which cannot be explained.

Bar data is needed, not ticks.

Whose stopping you? Don't they have a live track record going on in mql5, why don't trade then? Are there really people who buy third-party EAs based on unknown backtests and backtests alone? Hmm, I could churn out a backtest result, which would make anyone's head spin - straight diagonal shooting from the left corner to the upper right!

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Long story short. FSB interests you only in the form of EA export function. And it has to be backtestable by 3rd party data providers using mt. Ok, there's your problem - TDS and mt malfunction when using FSBs EAs. Ask them if there is a way to start a backtest further back, so there would be enough bars for the EA to calculate correct values. If they say it is not possible, then that's the end of the road for you. You have closure and you can stop wasting your time and find what suits you best.

Hope this helps!

But here is what I don't understand.  Every single EA from any source I can back test in MT4 using TDS tick data except for an EA created from FSB.  Even EA's that I create from SQX can easily be back tested on MT4 with TDS tick data.  Why is it I cannot back test with FSB created EA's?  Now, when I do not use TDS ticks in the MT4 ST terminal, and I set the spread to 2, yes, I can finally back test.  BUT, it takes literally multiple days to back test and it still will not finish.  I am now trying to do back testing in MT5 because MT5 loads its own data broker broker with higher accuracy.  But I STILL cannot BT with FSB created EA's even in MT5.  I have downloaded all ticks for any pair and nothing works.  My agents tab in MT5 just reads "core 01 0.1%" for hours and hours.  What is the point of using this software if I cannot back test in the terminal that I would be running the EA in?  And exactly how do you know the data history in FSB is 99.99% when it is originally imported from the same MT4 broker that is giving less then 99% when back testing other EA's.  Now, on that point, it took me two weeks to figure out how to import quality ticks/bars from TDS and load them into FSB.  But, I still need to verify on a BT.  And I also want to be able to send the EA to a buddy or even sell it on MQL5.  How is anyone going to back test an EA created from FSB if they cannot back test??  I am pulling my hair out and need help....

Well, not everyone are into double, triple, quadruple backtests, because it can get you only so far. In terms of FSB, it is a very good backtesting program. Let me give you an example: you say multiple times "99.99%", can you define it please in a meaningful way?
At the same time lets see what FSB tells: I devised a simple strategy and the BT quality is 100%.
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How is that number derived in comparison with that marketology slogan 99.99?

The formula is: 100.0 * (testedBars - ambiguousBars) / testedBars

Not convinced? There's medicine for that as well, it is called Bar Explorer, one can look at every bar and every trade and study how every single trade is carried out. Total transparency compared to mt backtester and all that 99.99999 bs, pardon my French.

Commissions, leverage, spread - you can test them all in FSB and the upshot is that it is light years faster than mt. Yes, spread is not variable, but set it higher then. The time it takes to backtest in FSB is like an eye blink. Use it to your advantage.

The most relevant of it all is how the strat/EA behaves during live trading. If there is a problem, mismatch of some kind, broker tricks, then no backtest will help.

And the reason I paid for Tick Data Suite is because it is integrated into MT4 so that I can test with commission, variable spreads, different leverage, etc.  Real world trading.  If you don't test this way, then the EA is going to perform like crap.

Can you take a working mt and switch its data? You paste or import tds data or whatever you have and try to backtest offline if a double backtest is so relevant to you. EA file needs a slight change though to work without login in offline condition, but this is easy to do.

you had right Popov, it was from MT4. I reinstalled it and now everything works just fine.

thanks for your very fast help....

Ok now I tested the MACD Sample from MT4 default expert advisors folder and it is working flowless.

I tested my strategy also on the second PC and I receive the same error. Is it possible to be a Broker problem? I have a  pepperstone account...

Please post a screenshot of the MT Tester.

Your expert works fine in my test.