I have set my account history in MT4 to display all, yet it always cuts it short. It seems as though my account statement is way to big for MT4 to handle so it is cutting it in half or even less. Is there anyway around this?
mmmm might want to ask your broker about that, they are the ones who save your statement.
I’ve noticed brokers doing this with demo accounts. If your serious about testing, you’ll need to keep a seperate record of trades, perhaps print off a report once a week, or export the trade history to a file (you’ll need to either develop an indicator to do this, or find one on a forum)
I’ve also noticed in the past that odd trades sometimes go missing from statements too (and its always the unprofitable ones). The worst offending brokers for this are no longer in business but I suspect it still goes on
You need to be really careful if your using MT for serious testing, as you’ll most likely find that the OHLC data on which your forward test trades where made might retrospectively change too.