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--- eas-guide:strategy-properties [2017/10/02 05:57] – Miroslav Popov
+++ eas-guide:strategy-properties [2018/02/16 13:38] – yavor
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 ====== Strategy Properties ======
-{{ :eas-guide:strategy-properties.png?nolink |Strategy Properties}}
+{{ :eas-guide:strategy-properties-new.png?nolink&700 |Strategy Properties}}
-**Strategy Properties** is the first information box of the central page column just above the Entry rules section. The box shows the trading amount, the **Stop Loss**, and the **Take Profit**.
+In the Strategy Editor there are three columns. The middle column holds the Strategy Properties, the Entry Rules and the Exit Rules.
-When you click on the box the Strategy Properties panel appears on the left hand side.
+**Strategy Properties** is the box at the top. The **Strategy Properties** box shows the trading amount, the **Stop Loss**, and the **Take Profit**.
-When the **Strategy Properties** panel is open, you cannot edit the other parts of the expert. You have to close the panel first.
+If you click on the **Strategy Properties** box a panel will appear on the left. When this panel is open you won't be able to edit the other parts of the strategy. To edit other parts of the strategy first close the panel.
-There are two control buttons:
+To close the panel there are two buttons at the bottom of it:
+  * **Cancel** - Undo all changes done in the panel and thus resume the previous state of the strategy.
+  * **Accept** - Apply all the changes done to the strategy. If you use this button EA Studio will recalculate the strategy backtest, stats and charts automatically to show you the results.
-The **Cancel** button cancels all settings you have made and leaves the expert unchanged.
-The **Accept** button applies your settings to the expert. EA Studio recalculates the expert immediately and shows the corresponding stats and charts.
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 ===== Protections =====
-**EA Studio** protects the open positions by using Stop Loss and Take Profit. The protections options can be switched on and off. When they are enabled, the backtesting algorithm of the program will use the numeric values you set. The same values are also used in the exported Expert Advisors.
+In EA Studio you can set protections by using Stop Loss and Take Profit. The protections can be switched on and off. When a protection is enabled EA Studio will use the values you set. EA Studio will set the same values in the exported Expert Advisors.
-**Stop Loss** is a protection to the strategy in a case when the market goes against our position. It is placed always below a long position or above a short position.
+**Stop Loss** is a protection in a case the market goes against our position. It is placed always below a long position or above a short position. You can set the Stop Loss to Fixed or Trailing.
-**Take Profit** closes a position on a profit after the market has moved in you favour with a predefined number of points.
+**Take Profit** is a protection that will close a position on profit after the market has moved in the direction we have opened the position. Take Profit is based on a predefined number of points.
-It is important to remember that you set the protection values in pips. Be careful with that because a pip has a different value depending on the number of decimal digits in the quotation of your broker.
+Remember that you set the protection values in pips. Be careful with that because a pip has a different value depending on the number of decimal digits in the quotation of your broker.
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