Problem with start testing from specific date
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Problem with start testing from specific date
I've loaded the historical data which start in 2001 for a few pairs, but often I want to start testing from a later date, for instance, 2004. When I do this, the program insists on pre-loading all the existing data from 2001 before it lets me start testing at 2004, and this can literally take an hour or more. Is there a way to bypass the pre-loading, or at least to speed it up?
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Well, I tried it again, and what you said does not appear to be the case. After re-generating ticks for the GBPUSD with a starting date of 1/3/2004, the testing mode still offers me to start testing in Jan of 2001.. It says if I want to test from 1/3/2004, I will need to preload 1095 days of data, which would take at least 30 to 40 minutes...
Mike, can you address this issue for me? I'd like to know how I can avoid these lengthy waits for data preloading..
Mike, can you address this issue for me? I'd like to know how I can avoid these lengthy waits for data preloading..
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Tantalus wrote:Well, I tried it again, and what you said does not appear to be the case. After re-generating ticks for the GBPUSD with a starting date of 1/3/2004, the testing mode still offers me to start testing in Jan of 2001.. It says if I want to test from 1/3/2004, I will need to preload 1095 days of data, which would take at least 30 to 40 minutes...
Mike, can you address this issue for me? I'd like to know how I can avoid these lengthy waits for data preloading..
It is strange, generating new ticks data should remove old data and build new. Did you really generated ticks from 2004 like on attached image?
If problem still exists, close program, go to data\Ticks\ and delete everything there. Then generate ticks again.
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