====== Settings ======



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===== Account Settings =====


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On this page you can set your account information.

  * **Account currency** - set your account currency.
  * **Initial account** - set the initial account balance to be equal to your account balance at your broker. When you use a lower account, you have to trade with lower lot sizes.
  * **Leverage** - set the leverage you have at your broker. EA Studio supports values from 1:1 to 1:500.

===== Trading Session =====


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===== General settings =====

  * **Start the backtest from bar 100** - Many indicators require a specific amount of bars to draw their curves. This option makes sure all indicators will have sufficient data to provide trading signals for the backtest.
  * **Close the position at the end of the backtest**

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===== Correlation analysis =====

You can read more about Correlation analysis in the [[eas-guide:collection|Collection article]].


  * **Correlation analysis threshold** - The coefficient that EA Studio uses when deciding if two strategies are correlated. 
  * **Detect balance lines correlation** - Strategies will be considered correlated if they have a similar balance curve.
  * **Detect strategies with similar trading rules** - EA Studio will consider strategies are correlated if they have similar trading rules.

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==== Backtest output metrics ====

In this panel you have the opportunity to set five different metrics for your strategy's backtest. For example: profit factor, drawdawn, count of trades, win/loss ratio, and max stagnation %. There are numerous of other options to choose from

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===== Settings management =====

  * **Reset all settings** - Sets all EA Studio settings to their default values.
  * **Export settings** - Exports all EA Studio settings as a JSON file so you can import them later or give them to someone to import into their EA Studio.
  * **Import settings** - Allows you to import a previously exported settings JSON file.


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~~DISQUS~~