The acceptance criteria are widely used in EA Studio (in the Generator, Reactor, Validator, Optimizer). The acceptance criteria serve as a filter when a new strategy is generated or enters EA Studio. If the strategy passes it will be pushed to the Collection. For example, if acceptance criteria are enabled in the Optimizer it will not display strategies that do not pass the acceptance criteria.

EA Studio applies the acceptance criteria to the backtest result stats. There are three zones of the backtest the acceptance criteria apply to:

• Complete backtest - evaluate the backtest an all data.
• In sample (training) part - useful when you use OOS in the Generator. These criteria validate the “In sample” part of the backtest.
• Out of sample (trading) part - useful when you use OOS in the Generator. These criteria validate the “Out of sample” part of the backtest.