====== Strategy Overview ======

{{ :fsb:strategy-overview.png |Strategy Overview}}

You can open the "Strategy Overview" information box using the //Overview// button, which is situated over the indicator slots, or using the fast access key **F4**.

"Strategy Overview" displays the author's description of the strategy and automatically generates information about the logic employed, the indicator slots and the statistics on the strategy. 

===== Statistic Information =====

This an example of the stats parameters shown in the Overview.

^Market^^Account^|
|**Symbol**|EURUSD|**Intrabar scanning**|Not accomplished|
|**Period**|1 Day|**Interpolation method**|Pessimistic scenario|
|**Number of bars**|2699|**Ambiguous bars**|2|
|**Date of updating**|02/19/10|**Tested bars**|2694|
|**Time of updating**|00:00|**Initial account**|10000.00 USD|
|**Date of beginning**|10/01/99|**Account balance**|12699.00 USD|
|**Time of beginning**|00:00|**Minimum account**|9801.00 USD|
|**Minimum price**|0.8227|**Maximum account**|13734.00 USD|
|**Maximum price**|1.6038|**Maximum drawdown**|1569.00 USD|
|**Average Gap**|4 pips|**Max equity drawdown**|1582.00 USD|
|**Maximum Gap**|162 pips|**Max equity drawdown**|12.37 %|
|**Average High-Low**|118 pips|**Gross profit**|22036.00 USD|
|**Maximum High-Low**|547 pips|**Gross loss**|-19337.00 USD|
|**Average Close-Open**|58 pips|**Sent orders**|4590|
|**Maximum Close-Open**|455 pips|**Executed orders**|858|
|**Maximum days off**|4|**Traded lots**|858|
|**Maximum data bars**|20000|**Winning trades**|228|
|**No data older than**|No limits|**Losing trades**|201|
|**No data newer than**|No limits|**Win/loss ratio**|0.53|
|**Fill In Data Gaps**|Switched off|**Time in position**|51 %|
|**Cut Off Bad Data**|Switched off|**Charged spread**|1287.00 USD|
| | |**Charged rollover**|953.00 USD|
| | |**Charged commission**|0.00 USD|
| | |**Charged slippage**|0.00 USD|
| | |**Total charges**|2240.00 USD|
| | |**Balance without charges**|14939.00 USD|
| | |**Account exchange rate**|Not used|

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===== Additional Statistics =====

The **Additional Statistics** information is not shown by default. You can enable it by switching on that option from the program's **Testing** -> **Additional Statistics** menu.

^Parameter^Long + Short^Long^Short|
|**Initial account**|10000.00 USD|10000.00 USD|10000.00 USD|
|**Account balance**|12699.00 USD|13887.00 USD|8812.00 USD|
|**Net profit**|2699.00 USD|3887.00 USD|-1188.00 USD|
|**Net profit %**|26.99%|38.87%|-11.88%|
|**Gross profit**|22036.00 USD|12983.00 USD|9053.00 USD|
|**Gross loss**|-19337.00 USD|-9096.00 USD|-10241.00 USD|
|**Profit factor**|1.14|1.43|0.88|
|**Annualized profit**|259.66 USD|373.95 USD|-114.29 USD|
|**Annualized profit %**|2.60%|3.74%|-1.14%|
|**Minimum account**|9801.00 USD|9523.00 USD|7883.00 USD|
|**Minimum account date**|4/21/2000|4/21/2000|6/6/2008|
|**Maximum account**|13734.00 USD|14584.00 USD|11098.00 USD|
|**Maximum account date**|3/27/2009|6/26/2009|11/17/2000|
|**Absolute drawdown**|199.00 USD|477.00 USD|2117.00 USD|
|**Maximum drawdown**|1569.00 USD|920.00 USD|3215.00 USD|
|**Maximum drawdown %**|12.27%|7.35%|28.97%|
|**Maximum drawdown date**|6/6/2008|5/7/2004|6/6/2008|
|**Historical bars**|2699|2699|2699|
|**Tested bars**|2694|2694|2694|
|**Bars with trades**|1380|752|628|
|**Bars with trades %**|51.22%|27.91%|23.31%|
|**Number of trades**|429|223|206|
|**Winning trades**|228|131|97|
|**Losing trades**|201|92|109|
|**Win/loss ratio**|0.53|0.59|0.47|
|**Maximum profit**|715.00 USD|515.00 USD|715.00 USD|
|**Average profit**|96.65 USD|99.11 USD|93.33 USD|
|**Maximum loss**|-405.00 USD|-360.00 USD|-405.00 USD|
|**Average loss**|-96.20 USD|-98.87 USD|-93.95 USD|
|**Expected payoff**|6.29 USD|17.43 USD|-5.77 USD|
|**Average holding period returns**|0.06%|0.15%|-0.05%|
|**Geometric holding period returns**|0.06%|0.15%|-0.06%|
|**Sharpe ratio**|0.06|0.15|-0.04|

===== Using the Info =====

You are allowed to use this information when writing your own articles, on your web pages or blogs, but only if you include a link to the website site of Forex Strategy Builder - [[http://forexsb.com/]].