Hi dperales,

I've answered your question in this post so that I don't have to repeat myself all over the places.

I hope this help.

https://forexsb.com/forum/post/46563/#p46563

I have change the start date, but nothing happens in the Strategy periods....

hannahis wrote:

Hi dperales

Yes, under different time chart, the initial starting date will be different.

If you want to adjust to the same, I think you can use the function under "Data Horizon" to set the start and end period

Eg. Use start date limit and Use end date limit.  I'm not that sure about this cos I only use 1 min time chart (with LTF features) for all my EA and I don't use any other time chart, so this isn't an issue for me. 

Your FSB historical bar limit can be changed under the "Account setting", "Data Horizon"

Another method is go to"file" and under the scroll down menu click "user's file folder" and under "system" look for your data folder you saved under then scroll all the way down and you can see

Here is just a sample

  },
  "StartDate": "2000-01-01T00:00:00",
  "EndDate": "2020-12-31T00:00:00",
  "IsUseStartDate": false,
  "IsUseEndDate": false,
  "MaximumBars": 50000000,
  "MinimumBars": 300,
  "MaximumBarsLimit": 5000000,
  "MaxIntrabarBars": 10000000,
  "MaxIntrabarBarsLimit": 100000000,
  "IsCheckDataAtLoad": true,
  "IsCutOffBadData": false,
  "IsCutOffSatSunData": false,
  "IsFillInDataGaps": false,
  "IsCacheDataFiles": true
}

To read up more about setting the bar limit click the link below

[url]https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/data_horizon?s[]=historical&s[]=bar&s[]=limit[/url]

Hi dperales

Yes, under different time chart, the initial starting date will be different.

If you want to adjust to the same, I think you can use the function under "Data Horizon" to set the start and end period

Eg. Use start date limit and Use end date limit.  I'm not that sure about this cos I only use 1 min time chart (with LTF features) for all my EA and I don't use any other time chart, so this isn't an issue for me. 

Your FSB historical bar limit can be changed under the "Account setting", "Data Horizon"

Another method is go to"file" and under the scroll down menu click "user's file folder" and under "system" look for your data folder you saved under then scroll all the way down and you can see

Here is just a sample

  },
  "StartDate": "2000-01-01T00:00:00",
  "EndDate": "2020-12-31T00:00:00",
  "IsUseStartDate": false,
  "IsUseEndDate": false,
  "MaximumBars": 50000000,
  "MinimumBars": 300,
  "MaximumBarsLimit": 5000000,
  "MaxIntrabarBars": 10000000,
  "MaxIntrabarBarsLimit": 100000000,
  "IsCheckDataAtLoad": true,
  "IsCutOffBadData": false,
  "IsCutOffSatSunData": false,
  "IsFillInDataGaps": false,
  "IsCacheDataFiles": true
}

To read up more about setting the bar limit click the link below

[url]https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/data_horizon?s[]=historical&s[]=bar&s[]=limit[/url]

1. Hi once you have downloaded the data, you need to tick which time frames you want these data to be converted to.

2. Save these files in the same format as FSB Demo Data (go to FSB, click "User's File Folder and go to "Data", "FSB Demo Data" to view how these files are names.

Eg. EURUSD1 = D1, EURUSD5 = M5 etc

3. Create another new folder name (eg TickDown 3yrs) under "Data", same folder where you can locate "FSB Demo Data"

4. Transfer all those files you have downloaded with the correct name format into this new folder (always use the FSB Demo Data as your sample or reference to see whether you did it the same method).

5. Go to FSB software and under the tab "Market" look for "Data Sources"

6. Create a new data sources (name whatever you like) and go to browse to locate where you save this folder in (i.e. Data folder, under the new name you created such as "TickDown 3yrs).

7. Close the software and when you re open it, go to "FSB demo Data" tab (which is next to the "Default profile" tab), click the scroll down menu and if you have set up your data sources correctly, you will see your new folder's name there.

Here is the instruction on how to set up Data sources, if my explanation isn't clear enough.
https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/data_sources

Hi Araza

Thanks for your words of encouragement.  I usually don't like general comments because it is as good as nothing.  Hence I try to be as specific as I can with workable steps that really can be of any help.  However, I have to strike a balance between helping others shorten their learning curves and yet at the same time avoiding spoon feeding those who never intended to try but just want hand outs.  I don't like to reward laziness. 

Imagine just walk up to Coke company and say "Hey I really love your drink, can you please tell me what's in your secret recipe?"  Although Coke company may conduct tours to curious customers/tourists to visit their factory to see the workflow.  They aren't going to tell you their secret ingredients.  Likewise, I'm fine sharing with people my workable workflow...just hope they don't ask me anything about my indicators/parameters   (I will pretend to ignore these questions).

Yes ideally if you have your broker's data to work on that will be great.

However, I don't think you have the time nor will you wait till you have gathered sufficient data from your broker (such as 1 yr, 5yrs etc) for you to start wanting to develop your EA.

As for the use of LTF (sorry, I'll make my efforts to explain the abrev. in futures).  LTF refers to Longer Time Frames.

When you use FSB Pro to input your opening/closing conditions you have the choice of using the Default (time frame as according to the time chart you use such as 1min, H4, D1 etc) or you have a choice to incorporate other Longer/higher time frames indicators too (remember it has to be higher, if you use 1min time chart, you can choose anything above or more than 1min but if you choose D1 as your time chart, you can't choose anything lower than W1 which is higher).