I always wanted to test EAs i created in BITCOIN trading, but had problems with good BTC/USD history to test anything in reasonable way! I could not find any working solution on the internet.
 

History in MT4 is a pain in the... And when it comes to BTC-E btc/usd history it is even worse (falsified history in few places - like showing drop to 300 usd while the drop was to 100usd)

So i decided to create a free program to convert these history files:

http://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/csv/

to 1M,5M,15M,30M,1H,4H CSV history center file. At least now i can test everything with 1M prices accuracy. There was some program to convert these history to MT4, but rarely anyone got it to work.

To anyone that trades bitcoins in MT4 - please test this program and report how is it doing! (the volume may be incorrect unfortunately)

I added gap filling, so if no transactions were made during lets say 5 minutes it copies previous close price as OHLC (flat bar).


If you have any additional ideas I will be grateful! (it is still in beta)

http://speedy.sh/H7BaK/bitcoin-history-converter-0-5.zip

Let me know what you think (if you trade or want to trade bitcoins using Metatrader 4, otherwise thank you)

My metatrader developer site (i prefer you contacting me that way if necessary):
http://mql5.com/en/users/angreeee

A working link can be found here:

http://www.mql5.com/en/forum/22458

Thanks for the update !

I wonder if Tickstory works better to convert the data: http://www.tickstory.com

A good thing with the csv file is that we have all the ticks, but when we convert it to M1, we throw away most of the tick data. So MT4 gives bad results in backtesting whereas using the csv directly gives very different results due to the extreme volatility of BTC.

I will try to develop a tool to preserve all ticks in MT4 when I have some free time.

Here you can download free final version with video tutorial:

http://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/4849

It is in form of Exper Advisor and can be also downloaded and istalled directly from BTC-E Metatrader 4. (market Tab)