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--- eas-guide:data-horizon [2018/01/10 14:00] – yavor
+++ eas-guide:data-horizon [2024/08/23 15:30] (current) – Updated the screenshot the options description Miroslav Popov
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 ====== Data Horizon ======
-{{:eas-guide:data-horizon.png?nolink|Data Horizon}}
+By default, the complete historical data series will be used for backtesting.
-The Data Horizon is a tool, used to define (limit) the time span for the marked data used for backtestesting.
+The Data Horizon tool allows you to limit the period of backtesting data.
-{{:eas-guide:eas-data-horizon.png?600|}}
+{{youtube>M9Oq9H7m3oA?medium|}}
-**Minimum data bars** - will always be set at 300 bars. Some indicators require at least so many bars to start drawing their line.
-**Maximum data bars** – this value can vary between 300 and 200 000. This setting does not change the data files. The program will load the file's data and filter the bars using the settings below.
-**Start Date** – Change this option to select date where the backtesting data should start. There must be a minimum of 300 bars between the Start and the End Date.
+===== Options =====
-**End Date** – The limit at the end of the period you selected.
+{{:eas-guide:data-horizon.png?nolink&600|Data Horizon options}}
+**Max data bars** – this value can vary between 300 and 200,000. This setting does not change the data files. The program will load the files' data and cut the bars using the settings below.
+**Max data length** - set the desired length of the loaded data. You can use a number of units as "Days", Weeks", "Months" and "Years".
+The program considers a month to be 30 days and a year to be 365 days. It does not take into account the leap years so far.
+**Min start date** — change this option to select the date the backtesting data should start. There must be a minimum of 300 bars between the Start and the End Dates.
+**Max end date** – the end of the used data period.
+**Timezone** — you can select a custom timezone. The program will convert the data if you do.
+You can easily chack if the data is in the correct timezone. Do it by comparing the Indicator chart of the application with your MetaTrader's chart.
+===== Timechart =====
+{{:eas-guide:eas-data-horizon.png?nolink| Data Horizon Explanation}}
+~~DISQUS~~

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