Create and Test Forex Strategies
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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
- | The Editor is the first tab of the Strategy section of the application. | + | The Editor is the first tab of the Strategy section of the application. You can get to it by clicking on a strategy in the Collection, the Portfolio or by going to Strategy from the main navigation bar. |
You can use the Editor to change the indicators and the parameters of a generated strategy or to create an entirely new one manually. When you change something, the program calculates the strategy against the corresponding historical data, shows the most important stats and draws the account and the indicator charts. You can use this information to evaluate the strategy and, if you are satisfied, you can export an Expert Advisor from it. The program also stores the best strategies in the Collection. | You can use the Editor to change the indicators and the parameters of a generated strategy or to create an entirely new one manually. When you change something, the program calculates the strategy against the corresponding historical data, shows the most important stats and draws the account and the indicator charts. You can use this information to evaluate the strategy and, if you are satisfied, you can export an Expert Advisor from it. The program also stores the best strategies in the Collection. | ||
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The Editor' | The Editor' | ||
- | You choose which file to load by selecting the server name, the symbol and the period. When you change any of those parameters, EA Studio loads the corresponding file from the cloud. | + | You choose which file to load by selecting the server name, symbol and period. When you change any of those parameters, EA Studio loads the corresponding file from the cloud. |
EA Studio loads data files and re-calculates the strategy when you change the options. | EA Studio loads data files and re-calculates the strategy when you change the options. | ||
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* **New Strategy** - removes the strategy form the Editor and sets an empty one. | * **New Strategy** - removes the strategy form the Editor and sets an empty one. | ||
- | * **Load next from the Collection** - loads the next, with lower stats value, strategy from the Collection. | + | * **Load next from the Collection** - loads the next lower stats value strategy from the Collection. |
- | * **Import an Expert Advisor back** - imports an expert advisor | + | * **Import an Expert Advisor back** - imports an Expert Advisor |
* **Remove current version** - removes the current version of the strategy (with the exact major and minor Id number) from the Editor and the Collection. | * **Remove current version** - removes the current version of the strategy (with the exact major and minor Id number) from the Editor and the Collection. | ||
* **Remove other versions** - removes the other versions of the strategy from the Editor and the Collection. | * **Remove other versions** - removes the other versions of the strategy from the Editor and the Collection. | ||
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- | **Market Info** - shows the loaded chart, the start and the end date of the loaded data and the market spread. EA Studio loads historical data from a MetaTrader server. It is important to use data from your broker and server for testing in order to achieve the same results in MT. | + | **Market Info** - shows the loaded chart, the start and the end date of the loaded data and the market spread. EA Studio loads historical data from a MetaTrader server. It is important to use data from your broker and server for testing in order to achieve the same results in MetaTrader. |
- | **Account Info** - shows the account currency, the initial amount of the account | + | **Account Info** - shows the account currency, the initial amount of the account |
===== Indicator chart ===== | ===== Indicator chart ===== | ||
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- | The Strategy layout presents the Strategy Properties, and the Long and Short entry and exit rules. For more information, | + | The Strategy layout presents the Strategy Properties, and the Long and Short [[eas-guide: |
===== Backtest Result ===== | ===== Backtest Result ===== | ||
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- | The title speaks for itself. | + | This is the statistical data from the strategy |
===== Balance chart ===== | ===== Balance chart ===== |