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 ====== Strategy ====== ====== Strategy ======
  
-A trading strategy consists of rules for opening and closing positions and can be exported as an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader.+A trading strategy consists of rules for opening positions (Entry Rules) and closing positions (Exit Rules). Each strategy you can be export as an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5.
  
-**EA Studio** uses strict trading rules and a predefined structure of the strategies in order to provide fast and reliable backtest, which corresponds to the test and trade in MetaTrader.+EA Studio uses strict trading rules and a predefined structure of the strategies in order to provide fast and reliable backtest, which corresponds to the test and trade in MetaTrader.
  
 ===== Purpose of an Expert Advisor ===== ===== Purpose of an Expert Advisor =====
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   * it can be tested against real historical data in EA Studio and in MetaTrader;   * it can be tested against real historical data in EA Studio and in MetaTrader;
   * it trades in the same way in MetaTrader as it was tested in EA Studio;   * it trades in the same way in MetaTrader as it was tested in EA Studio;
-  * it contains all the necessary indicators and doesn'require additional files;+  * it contains all the necessary indicators and does not require any additional files;
  
 ===== Technical Indicators ===== ===== Technical Indicators =====
  
 +To create trading strategies EA Studio uses a set of technical indicators. Most of those indicators are standard and widely used. There are a few other indicators that are specially build for EA Studio so allow building even more diverse strategies.
  
-**EA Studio** uses a set of technical indicators for creating strategies. The most of the indicators are standard and you can find information in Internet for them. Other indicators, that we think work well, are specially build for the program. +We support MQL (MetaQuotes Language) versions of the indicators for exporting Expert Advisors. The indicators in EA Studio work in the same way and rise the same signals as their equivalent MetaTrader indicators. We always expect to achieve absolutely the same signals in MetaTrader as in EA Studio.
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-We support also MQL (MetaQuotes Language) versions of the indicators for exporting Expert Advisors. The indicators in EA Studio work in the same way and rise the same signals as the equivalent MetaTrader indicators. We always expect to achieve absolutely the same signals in MT as in this application.+
  
 ===== Backtesting a Strategy ===== ===== Backtesting a Strategy =====
  
  
-EA Studio includes a complex algorithm for testing a strategy against historical data. The application loads data files, calculates the strategy indicators, trades the strategy bar by bar, from the beginning to the end of the data series, and calculates the trading results in the same way as if the strategy was traded by a trader. A backtest finishes with full statistical data from the virtual trade.+EA Studio includes a complex algorithm for testing a strategy against historical data. 
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 +==== How it works ==== 
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 +EA Studio loads data files, calculates the strategy indicators, trades the strategy bar by bar, from the beginning to the end of the data, and calculates the trading results in the same way as if the strategy was traded by a trader. When the backtesting is finished we have the  full statistical data from the virtual trading.
  
 When you create a strategy manually with the Editor, you have full control over the indicators, the logical rules and the indicator parameters. On the other hand, when you use the Generator, the program sets all these rules and parameters for you. When you create a strategy manually with the Editor, you have full control over the indicators, the logical rules and the indicator parameters. On the other hand, when you use the Generator, the program sets all these rules and parameters for you.