Create and Test Forex Strategies
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====== Strategy ====== | ====== Strategy ====== | ||
- | A trading strategy consists of rules for opening and closing positions | + | A trading strategy consists of rules for opening |
- | **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' | + | * it contains all the necessary indicators and does not require |
===== 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 |
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===== Backtesting a Strategy ===== | ===== Backtesting a Strategy ===== | ||
- | EA Studio includes a complex algorithm for testing a strategy against historical data. The application | + | EA Studio includes a complex algorithm for testing a strategy against historical data. |
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+ | ==== How it works ==== | ||
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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. |