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Old 04-04-2008, 03:23 AM
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Re: Back Testing Intra-day Trades...

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TS has 6 months of tick data. Gain capital has some forex data for free but the quality may be suspect. You weren't specific about the instrument symbol, some one may have what you need for free. A good charting platform and backtesting is more important than you may think, a good platform can usually ferret out bad data and improve strategic backtesting.
True that TS offers only 6 months of tick data but if you look at the forum, there are users that has at least 2 yrs of tick data saved and shows you how to incorporate that into the platform you have. Mostly they are eminis (including Dow). I did this before changing to something else.

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