Well if you want to be that pedantic you could say that the open of a bar isn't really the open either because it may not necessarily occur at the precise time point. It has just occured to me that it could be possible to catch a tick that is ...

MT4 - Time values in backtesting / detect end of bar

Thanks sangmane, I re-downloaded/converted the data up from the M1 chart for one of the pairs and now it seems to be working. I'm not sure why it wasn't working before, maybe there was a chart error I hadn't noticed.

MT4 - Time values in backtesting / detect end of bar

Thanks, I understand precisely what a tick is and that its place relative to the candle is almost arbitrary. The requirement for the end of the bar indicator hovers around the closure of the market on Fridays and the weekend change in price. I think ...

MT4 - Time values in backtesting / detect end of bar