jobenb
07 Oct 2013, 15:09

RE:

longshot said:

True, but in MT4 I can load historic data of my own going back as far as I want and use it to run backtests.  In cAlgo/cTrader I cannot.

It seems strange to me that this software is so well designed facilitate creation of complex and powerful robots, yet a deliberate decision's been made to prevent them being effectively tested.  I don't want to be hostage to the amount of data a broker provides, I want as a trader and EA developer to control my own backtest data.  In fact, this is a key sticking point for me in the adoption of this platform - I can't justify putting long hours in developing Robots (and converting my existing MT4 EAs) when I can't backtest them to my satisfaction.

Spotware, I want to switch from MT4 to cTrader, I really do - but this issue is a deal breaker.

I completely agree with you on this one. I really can't understand this move by Spotware! Data is the lifeblood of algos and here in cAlgo they give you only 2 and a half years worth of data! Not even covering the latest black swan which happened in 2008! It is a bit ridiculous!

Like you I want to switch from MT4 to cTrader but until I can import my own data, I will stay with MT4. With cTrader being competition for MetaTrader they might just bring back a ton of old requested features in MT6 like importing your own data!

I really hope they work on this issue!