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.

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.