Testing and Trading Forex Strategies https://forexsb.com/wiki/ 2026-05-09T12:51:47+00:00 https://forexsb.com/wiki/ https://forexsb.com/wiki/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/account?rev=1311414633&do=diff Account Menu [Account Menu] The Account menu contains commands which allow you to set the parameters of your virtual account. Information in Currency When the option Information in Currency is activated, Forex Strategy Builder calculates all statistics and account balance in currency. In that case, the account currency and the initial account value reflects on the calculations. text/html 2012-05-23T07:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/edit?rev=1337758049&do=diff Edit Menu [Edit Menu] The Edit Menu contains commands reflecting on the currently loaded strategy. Undo The Undo command allows you to cancel your last action and make a step backwards in the process of editing your strategy. The number of the steps back is not limited. text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/export?rev=1311414637&do=diff Export Menu [Export Menu] The Export menu contains all the commands for exporting data from Forex Strategy Builder in .xls format. The exported data can be used, in MS Excel or OpenOffice Calc charts, for developing additional statistical analysis tools, testers, signal handling, financial management, etc. text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/file?rev=1311414634&do=diff File Menu [File Menu] The File menu consists of the commands used to save and load strategies. New The New command loads a “new” strategy. This means that the current strategy will be closed. If the current strategy has been changed after loading, Forex Strategy Builder text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/forex?rev=1311414635&do=diff Forex Menu [Forex Menu] This menu provides links to online resources concerning the forex trade: * Forex Brokers text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/help?rev=1311414635&do=diff Help Menu [Help Menu] The Help menu contains links to other materials related to Forex Strategy Builder. Tip of the Day This box displays a useful tip. [Tip of the Day] Safety First This article deals with safety issues concerning Forex Strategy testing. Sea the Reliable Backtesting article for more details. text/html 2012-05-24T09:31:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/market?rev=1337851885&do=diff Market Menu [Market Menu] The Market menu contains all the commands necessary to manage the historical data. Reload This command makes FSB reload the historical data concerning the current currency instrument and period. It is useful for refreshing the test results after you've changed the data file. The same can be done by just selecting the currency instrument again from the currency pairs menu. After reloading the data, text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/start?rev=1311414636&do=diff Main Menu [Main Menu] The main menu of Forex Strategy Builder is organized into the following groups: * File Menu * Edit Menu * View Menu * Account Menu * Market Menu * Strategy Menu * Export Menu * Testing Menu * Tools Menu * Help Menu * Forex Menu text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/strategy?rev=1311414636&do=diff Strategy Menu [Strategy Menu] Commands affecting the current strategy: Overview Opens the Strategy Overview window. It contains description of the strategy and statistics. Fast key F4. Recalculate Recalculates the current strategy. Fast key F5. Quick Scan * If you have loaded intrabar data, the command will perform an intrabar scanning. text/html 2011-07-23T09:50:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/testing?rev=1311414640&do=diff Testing Menu [Testing Menu] The Testing menu contains options which allow you to adjust the backtesting process. Automatic Scan When the Automatic scan option is active, Forex Strategy Builder interpolates the price for each bar for which intrabar data is available. This is automatically done and concerns all text/html 2012-02-11T04:09:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/tools?rev=1328933386&do=diff Tools Menu [Tools Menu] Main Tools * Method Comparator - compares the different interpolation methods. * Intrabar Scanner - scans each data bar using all available intrabar data. * Strategy Optimizer - optimizes the numeric parameters of the technical indicators. * Strategy Generator - generates or optimizes the strategy. text/html 2014-04-15T07:47:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsb/manual/menu/view?rev=1397548057&do=diff View Menu [View Menu] The View menu contains commands changing the user interface of Forex Strategy Builder. Language The Language menu contains a list of the available languages in which FSB is translated. After a selecting a language, you have to restart the program in order to load and activate the new translation file.