How to Use MT4 EA Strategy Tester Lesson PDF

The MetaTrader 4 Simulator in the MT4 software is the environment used to back-test the profitability of an MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor which is an Automated Trading Program and determine the profitability of this EA automated indices strategy & then Optimize this EA(Expert Advisor) to a point where it's giving good profits from its automated trade activities.

Before you dive into the MT4 Strategy Tester (the one shown below), make sure you attach your stock EA to the MT4 chart. Just open the Navigator window, find your EA, right-click, and pick ‘Attach to Chart.' You'll see it pop up, just like in the screenshots. Don't forget to right-click on the EA, open up the properties, and check the box for ‘Allow Live Trade' before moving on with the strategy tester.

The MetaTrader 4 strategies tester option can be activated from the view menu & it is the second last item on the View Menu, A short-cut is to Press Ctrl+R button keys on your keyboard.

The MT4 Method Tester contains the following Expert-Advisor Parameter Settings for set up prior to testing an Expert-Advisor automated stock indices system and also for optimizing the profitability of the EA.

Expert Advisor: Parameter for choosing which EA you want to test out among the ones that are installed on your MT4 software.

Symbol: The chart for which you as a trader want to test the stock EA on

Model: Whether to execute based on the tick method, open market prices or control points

Use Date: Set the date to begin the testing & the date to complete testing of the EA

Visual Mode: Choose/Select To view simulation of where this stock EA opens and closes trade as testing is carried out, there's also a slide bar provided to increase/decrease speed for this visual mode.

Period: Timeframe for which to use illustrations H1 Indices Chart

Optimization: Allow Optimization Settings for your Expert Advisor(EA) Automated Indices Robot

For example, to test the above stock EA on stock chart for profitability, settings can be setup such as illustrated & shown above & MetaTrader strategy tester is then run, by pressing and clicking on 'Start Button'.

Following trade results are generated and an automated trader can select to optimize the stock EA further by changing the Expert Advisors settings.

Once the optimization of the stock Expert Advisor is complete the status bar will explain progress, above status bar shows progress the stock Expert Advisor testing is complete.

To view the results click on options high lighted above (Optimization Result, Optimization Graph, Journal)

Before running this MT4 EA Strategy Tester for Indices Expert Advisor(EA) testing you must navigate to the navigator panel, double click on this stock EA to attach it to the chart and set the parameters such as displayed & illustrated and shown below by ticking the options/choices provided below:

After setting up the above settings then you can test your automated strategy within MetaTrader 4 strategies tester.

Once you Run your EA(Expert Advisor) the Results will be displayed and shown on the following window

MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor Strategies Tester Optimization Simulation Results

MT4 EA Strategy Simulator Tester Optimization Graph

MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor Strategy Simulator Balance & Equity Graph

MT4 EA Strategy Tester Profit and Loss Graph

Above is just a brief intro to MetaTrader 4 strategy-tester - automated trading with EA Trading Bots is a wide topic that one will take some time & research to learn about but the main environment to test & optimize the stock EA automated stock bot will be the MetaTrader 4 EA Strategy Simulator.

Note: You can only test an Automated Indices Expert Advisor using data which has been downloaded and saved on your MT4, hence for the date settings select the dates that you have been trading with your MetaTrader 4 to get a graph representation of how your automated stock Expert Advisor would trade.

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How to Use MT4 EA Strategy Tester Lesson PDF

MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor Strategies Tester Optimization Simulation Results

MT4 EA Strategy Simulator Tester Optimization Graph

MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor Strategy Simulator Balance & Equity Graph

MT4 EA Strategy Tester Profit and Loss Graph