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Recently the beta version of MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester was released. This program is the integral part of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal being designed for the purposes of testing and optimization of MQL5 Expert Advisors. With the testing you can assess the qualities of your Expert Advisor on history data before launching it in [...]

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Jun 21st, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader 5

To back test an expert advisor (EA) follow the steps below. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R Select the expert advisor you wish to back test Select the symbol you wish to back test Select a testing model (every tick model recommended) Set a testing period Press Start

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Nov 17th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General News

Let’s look at how to optimize an expert advisor. In the example below we will look to optimize the size of stop loss and take profit. Expert Optimization Steps 1. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R. 2. In the Strategy Tester window, select Expert Properties 3. Select the  Optimized parameters ( in our example stop-loss and stop-profit) 4. Enter the [...]

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Nov 12th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader 4 Tips

Modern technologies allow us not only to trade in financial markets using personal computers, but we can fully automate a trading system now. Using a computer program you can relieve yourself from the routine of analyzing financial markets and performing trades. Our client terminal has all functions that allow you to develop, test and use [...]

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Oct 29th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General News