Create and Test Forex Strategies
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====== Strategy ====== | ====== Strategy ====== | ||
- | A trading strategy consists of rules for opening positions (Entry Rules) and closing positions (Exit Rules). Each strategy you can be export | + | A trading strategy consists of rules for opening positions (Entry Rules) and closing positions (Exit Rules). Each strategy you generate or create |
- | EA Studio uses strict trading rules and a predefined structure of the strategies in order to provide fast and reliable backtest. The backtest corresponds closely to MetaTrader testing and trading results. | + | EA Studio uses strict trading rules and a predefined structure of the strategies in order to provide |
- | ===== Purpose of an Expert Advisor ===== | + | {{youtube> |
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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 does when tested in EA Studio; |
- | * it contains all the necessary indicators and does not require any additional files; | + | * it contains all of the the necessary indicators and does not require any additional files; |
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===== Technical Indicators ===== | ===== Technical Indicators ===== | ||
- | EA Studio uses a set of technical indicators to create trading strategies. Most of the indicators are standard and widely used. There are a few indicators that are specially build for EA Studio | + | EA Studio uses a set of technical indicators to create trading strategies. Most of the indicators are standard and widely used. There are a few indicators that are specially build for EA Studio |
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===== Backtesting a Strategy ===== | ===== Backtesting a Strategy ===== | ||
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==== How it works ==== | ==== How it works ==== | ||
- | 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 in MetaTrader. When the backtesting is finished | + | 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 in MetaTrader. When the backtesting is complete, |
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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. | ||
- | Finally, when you export an Expert Advisor | + | {{: |
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+ | Finally, when you export an Expert Advisor | ||
~~DISQUS~~ | ~~DISQUS~~ |