Thanks @Petko. And thanks also for referring me to this forum. I’m sorry for not replying sooner, it took me a while to finish reading the comments to avoid asking questions that have already been asked before. I do have some additional questions based on what you’ve answered regarding data collection, and other matters related to it.
1. Regarding the data collection, wherein you mentioned…
“By the way, you can save the data from your Meta Trader as well. You can go to File – Open data Folder – history and select your broker’s server. Copy those hst files. You can do this every one month or two, to make sure you will not lose it.”
…how do I actually make use of those hst files that I will be saving? Do I need to convert the hst file to either json or csv for them to be usable?
2. As mentioned in the comments in the forum, one of the best ways to collect data is to simply open the MT4. Suppose I want to collect m15, m30, h1, and h4 timeframes for EURUSD, does this mean that I have to open all charts having those timeframes in EURUSD for me to gather the data? Or would it be sufficient if I’ll just open any one of those timeframes for EURUSD, say, the h4, and still be able to gather the data for the other timeframes?
3. I have noticed that gathering data from my live account, which has been existing for a few months now, is very slow compared to my demo account? Is this normal?
When I say slow I mean it took me more than an hour to gather m1, m5, m15, m30, h1, h4, d, w and m timeframes from XAUUSD. Since it was so slow, I decided to ask you I just thought maybe I’m doing something wrong.
Similar experience with EURUSD, USDJPY, and USDCAD.