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Hello,
I tried already to look up the answer to my question up via the help section, the web and the discussion forum but didn't find an accurate solution.

I try to use a 4hour data scale for my backtesting (I'm not programming instead I work with the Blocks for my strategy) but none of the provided DataSets (yahoo finance etc.) is working with the 4hour timeframe. I already went to the Data Manager and load data there but in the end it doesn't work to get a backtest with the 4h Chart. Can someone please explain to me steps in order to run my backtests on a 4h timeframe?

Thank you a lot in advance.
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Hello,

To display intraday data on the chart you need an intraday data provider. Yahoo and many others are EOD data providers. Out of the box, only Alphavantage (very limited without a paid subscription) and Cryptocompare (cryptos only) support intraday data.

DataExtensions brings Tiingo, FinancialModelingPrep:
https://www.wealth-lab.com/extension/detail/DataExtensions

IQFeed is a solid and reputable provider of intraday data with a free trial:
https://www.wealth-lab.com/extension/detail/IQFeed

Also for limited DataSets (e.g. your portfolio), the broker extensions (Kraken, IB, Alpaca...) could do:
https://www.wealth-lab.com/Extension
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Here's an example using Cryptocompare which comes as a Data Provider right out of the box in WL7:

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