Topic: Instrument Editor
in the editor there are three groups '' Forex , CFD , Index '' But what about other products like Stocks ,Futures and metals '' Are these product grouped under one of the main groups or need to be added to instrument editor
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in the editor there are three groups '' Forex , CFD , Index '' But what about other products like Stocks ,Futures and metals '' Are these product grouped under one of the main groups or need to be added to instrument editor
These groups do not affect the program. Choose CFD or index.
The Forex group sets requirements for symbol name and main and base currency.
Other two groups use a base currency equal to your account.
Other two groups use a base currency equal to your account.
!! what is the meaning
Attached here the symbols groups from three mt4 platforms and as you see we have us shares , uk shares ....etc how to setup all these in instrument editor
Attached here CME currencies but when i add currencies from this list it tell me wrong symbol !!!! the editor cannot recognize the CM currencies do you get my point !!!
Regards
those are futures, will be difficult to get enough data to backtest those
those are futures, will be difficult to get enough data to backtest those
i noticed that all futures have no enough history!!! why is that
futures usually trade for only a limited period of time and then change their expiry date, you will have to look for 'continuous ' contracts and try to get good data for those.
Another Question regarding to silver and gold we consider them forex or CFD !!!!
Have a look at eoddata, they sell data for the futures, it is excellent data
Use Forex where you have two currencies in the symbol name.
Examples: USDCHF, EURJPY...
Forex symbol consists of 6 capital letters.
For the Forex category you trade first three chars of the symbol name against the second three chars. In EURUSD, you trade EUR against USD.
For all other instruments use CFD or Index.
There is no name format limitations for these groups.
You trade Indexes and CFD against your account currency.
So only pure currency pairs are currencies FOREX , Other instruments whatever they are CFDs or INDxs can interchangeably used '' what matter is the instrument properties Right !!!!
And if this is right so we can use the CME currencies futures as CFD or index and adjust the properties as forex pairs Right !!!
Request 1 : could we have extended instrument column shows the spread, slippage and swap beside the instrument name
Request 2 : could we have a saved instrument profiles each one for different broker and it cannot be overrides when installing updates its painful when try testing different data i have to work with instrument every time from start It will save lots of time
Request 3 : its related to importing data could you make the import mt4 hist function remember both the directory and destination folders '' as a drop list per each , it will save time when shifting between different folders containing price data
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