Many people don’t have high-frequency forex data (every minute for example) for discovering new strategies or backtesting an trading idea.
Here, I write a simple tick data collector in MQL4 for you to collect tick data on any symbol you choose. You need to use it as an indicator though it doesn’t draw anything on the chart on which you drop it. It works for you silently, saving every tick into a file in subfolder “experts\files”.
Symbol is used as part of the file name, for example, EURUSD_tick.csv. The tick data are save for the period from the moment you drop it on a chart until you remove it from the indicator list.
A sample of the saved csv file is shown as below:
datatime,open,high,low,close,volume
1317642960,1.54739,1.54739,1.54697,1.54697,20
1317642960,1.54739,1.54739,1.54697,1.54701,21
1317643020,1.54705,1.54705,1.54705,1.54705,1
1317643020,1.54705,1.54709,1.54705,1.54709,2
1317643020,1.54705,1.54716,1.54705,1.54716,4
1317643020,1.54705,1.5472,1.54705,1.5472,5
1317643020,1.54705,1.54723,1.54705,1.54723,6
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54731,8
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54723,10
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.5472,11
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54716,12
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.5472,13
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54723,14
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54727,15
1317643020,1.54705,1.54731,1.54705,1.54731,16
1317643020,1.54705,1.54735,1.54705,1.54735,17
1317643020,1.54705,1.5474,1.54705,1.5474,18
1317643020,1.54705,1.54744,1.54705,1.54744,19
1317643020,1.54705,1.54744,1.54705,1.5474,20
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.54748,22
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.54744,23
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.5474,24
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.54744,25
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.5474,26
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.54744,27
1317643020,1.54705,1.54748,1.54705,1.54748,28
1317643020,1.54705,1.54752,1.54705,1.54752,29
1317643020,1.54705,1.54756,1.54705,1.54756,30
1317643020,1.54705,1.54756,1.54705,1.54752,31
1317643020,1.54705,1.54756,1.54705,1.54756,32
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5476,1.5476,1
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54757,1.54757,2
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54757,1.5476,3
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54757,1.54757,4
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54753,1.54753,5
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5474,1.5474,8
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54732,1.54732,10
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54728,1.54728,11
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54724,1.54724,12
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54724,1.54728,13
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.54724,1.54724,14
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5472,1.5472,15
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5472,1.54723,16
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5472,1.54727,17
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5472,1.54723,18
1317643080,1.5476,1.5476,1.5472,1.5472,19
……
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How to install Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4?
- Download Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4
- Copy Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4 to your Metatrader Directory / experts / indicators /
- Start or restart your Metatrader 4 Client
- Select Chart and Timeframe where you want to test your MT4 indicators
- Search “Custom Indicators” in your Navigator mostly left in your Metatrader 4 Client
- Right click on Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4
- Attach to a chart
- Modify settings or press ok
- Indicator Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4 is available on your Chart
How to remove Simple tick data collector – indicator for MetaTrader 4.mq4 from your Metatrader Chart?
- Select the Chart where is the Indicator running in your Metatrader 4 Client
- Right click into the Chart
- “Indicators list”
- Select the Indicator and delete
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