Originally Posted by omelette

Lots of peeps picking on the backtester - what specifically is wrong with it? After a few years of use, imo it is pretty solid. The only thing I would have a problem with is the price-data Metaquotes provide - enormous chunks of it has no resemblance to real price-action, whereas specific currencies like GBPCHF and EURCHF are mostly worthless (for instance GBPCHF has 50-100 pips difference between Close & Open of adjacent bars throughout). And Metaquotes in an effort to stop you using 3'rd party data removed the 'Recalculate' option without explanation.

This is the reason the backtester appears unreliable...