Data for backtest

Created at 23 Jul 2016, 09:25
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davidp13

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Data for backtest
23 Jul 2016, 09:25

Hi all. I'm sure this questions has probably been asked a million time, but I cannot find a good answer or maybe I'm just missing it, but how can one get access to more data on the platform to perform a backtest on lets say 5min TF?

Thank you in advance.

@davidp13
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Spotware
25 Jul 2016, 16:10

Hello David, 

Please be advised that the amount of Historical Data depends on the Broker. You can try to use different ones for backtesting. 

@Spotware

davidp13
25 Jul 2016, 16:12

That is not what IC Markets told me...

@davidp13

jaredthirsk
12 Aug 2016, 18:44

RE:

davidp13 said:

Hi all. I'm sure this questions has probably been asked a million time, but I cannot find a good answer or maybe I'm just missing it, but how can one get access to more data on the platform to perform a backtest on lets say 5min TF?

Thank you in advance.

I use dukascopy.  They have a good set of data but it is painfully slow to download multiple years of data, and then I have to run it through a custom conversion script to massage it into something cAlgo will take.

Here is the link:

https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/historical/

Here's another one that is less painful but still annoying:

http://www.histdata.com/download-free-forex-data/

 

 

 

@jaredthirsk
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