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.

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.

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!

Tick Data Suite v1 will reach its support end of life on the 1st of June 2017. Naturally, this has no effect on Tick Data Suite v2 which will continue being fully supported and frequently updated.

During the winter holiday the Tick Data Suite is available with discounts ranging from 20% to 35%.

New TDS beta version was released with new features: data export to CSV files, optimization speedup via data caching, the ability to use custom-made FXT files as well as reading the account defaults from MT4.

The guys from Autotrading Academy prepared a video review about the Tick Data Suite 2 that also doubles as a very nice usage guide.

A TDS2 planned features list is available and allows user voting.
The features with most votes will get implemented sooner than the others.

Tick Data Suite v2 is now available as a public release.
The update is free for all users with an active support plan.

Tick Data Suite v2 is now ready for public beta testing; it has been rewritten from scratch and in the process it received a quantity of new features larger than can be described without giving you a headache.
To keep things short, now it has an integrated downloader, a centralized data repository and it no longer needs CSV files or even FXT files that take large amounts of space on your disk.
On top of that, tick data backtesting is now conveniently available in the MT4 backtest UI: enabling it is as easy as activating a checkbox while all the backtest configuration is performed by means of a user-friendly settings dialog available in the same place.