Tick Data Suite internationalization and other improvements
May 9, 2018
The new Tick Data Suite version marks the beginning of its internationalization and brings Italian, Hungarian and Romanian translations. A whole host of other improvements and speed optimizations has been implemented alongside the download of multiple new instruments including a lot of cryptocurrency symbols.
Winter 2017 holiday discount
December 18, 2017
Special Tick Data Suite offer: 15% discount during the 2017 winter holiday season.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale
November 23, 2017
Save 20% when purchasing a Tick Data Suite license!
Tick data for the Control points and Open prices only models
November 9, 2017
Tick Data Suite v2.2.9 adds the ability to use the downloaded tick data even when backtesting using the Control points or Open prices only models, together with enabling the use of some of the more advanced configuration options in the Tick data settings dialog.
Improving the speed of your tick data backtests and optimizations
October 6, 2017
Tick data backtests are typically slower than regular MT4 backtests, but the backtesting speed is typically something that can be improved. This article aims to provide a few tips that will assist an EA developer with optimizing their backtesting setup and their EA code for backtesting.
Using Metatrader 5 tick data in Metatrader 4 backtesting
September 1, 2017
Using the latest Tick Data Suite version it is possible to import data from CSV files. This enables using a variety of data sources that can export to such a format and particularly Metatrader 5, which can prove to be a good opportunity for people with live MT4 accounts at brokers that also have MT5 servers - the tick data collected by the broker can be exported from MT5 and used in MT4 backtesting.
The Tick Data Suite can now import custom tick data
August 20, 2017
The new Tick Data Suite beta version adds the ability to import custom tick data. The whole import process relies on automatic detection that can handle everything starting from the symbol name and digits and ending with the actual format of the file being imported. Even the GMT and DST of the imported data can be automatically identified, making it very easy to import data from other applications (such as Metatrader 5) and use it in your MT4 backtests.
Using execution delay slippage with the Tick Data Suite
April 29, 2017
Execution delay slippage might seem straightforward at first, but it is actually a feature that is tricky to use. This article goes through the particularities and gotchas while attempting to also offer some insight on how to figure out the slippage associated with your live account.
Alpari, histdata.com tick data and execution slippage in new TDS2 beta
April 24, 2017
New Tick Data Suite 2 beta version released with lots of exciting new features: download tick data from Alpari or histdata.com, simulate execution delay slippage in your backtests and more!