Testing and Trading Forex Strategies https://forexsb.com/wiki/ 2026-05-08T12:04:27+00:00 https://forexsb.com/wiki/ https://forexsb.com/wiki/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2018-01-10T08:33:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/acceptance_criteria?rev=1515573229&do=diff Acceptance Criteria [Acceptance Criteria] You can open this page from the Control Panel -> Acceptance Criteria The Acceptance Criteria are widely used in FSB Pro (Generator, Optimizer etc.). Those are minimal requirements to the strategy. Each time the program backtests a strategy, it also computes if it passes the Acceptance Criteria. You can easily see in the Strategy Statistics if the strategy fulfills the acceptance criteria. If it did not pass the Acceptance Criteria – the row of the ta… text/html 2014-11-20T15:00:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/account_settings?rev=1416495638&do=diff Account Settings [Account Settings] 1. Profile Profiles contain settings for FSB Pro, they include settings of many things, one of which is the Account. Each Profile has only one array of Account Settings in it. Here you can choose which Profile’s Account Settings you would like to edit. text/html 2014-11-21T10:30:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/additional_statistics?rev=1416565818&do=diff Additional Statistics [Additional Statistics] Additional Statistics is a panel that opens on the right side of the FSB Pro window. It displays data for the currently selected strategy. You can open this panel by using its icon on the toolbar or by going to View -> Additional Statistics text/html 2016-05-05T02:10:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/auto_trader?rev=1462414211&do=diff Auto Trader [Choosing Trader mode] To enter the trader mode of FSB Pro you have to choose if from the drop down menu. This is the main tool that allows you to trade using FSB Pro and MT4. [Auto Trader] 1. Toolbar 1.1 The toolbar in general The toolbar consists of two general-purpose buttons: one that opens the strategy description, which you can edit, as you could in the strategy builder mode; the other button opens the Trade Settings panel. text/html 2014-11-20T09:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/balance_chart?rev=1416474636&do=diff Balance Chart The balance chart displays the movement of your account balance during the backtest. With a single look, you can evaluate your strategy. The Y-axis represents the money in your account. The X-axis represents the time that has passed. Clicking on the chart in strategy editor tab will take you to the balance chart tool. The balance chart tool displays the same chart in more detail. text/html 2014-11-22T11:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/bar_explorer?rev=1416655649&do=diff Bar Explorer This tool is unique to FSB Pro (at least we do not know of any other software that has such a feature). The other backtesting software shows only the end balance of the backtest but you are in the dark about how it actually calculated it. text/html 2014-12-20T08:48:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/bridge_installer?rev=1419065328&do=diff FSB-MT4 Bridge Installer This article is about the automatic install. If you need to install the bridge manually - refer to this article FSB-MT4 Bridge - Manual Installation. Forex Strategy Builder Professional is able to trade forex strategies via MetaTrader 4 (MT4). The connection between the two programs is possible trough an Expert Advisor and a library (*.dll) file respectively named text/html 2015-03-11T10:33:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/closing_logic_conditions?rev=1426070005&do=diff Closing Logic Conditions Introduction [Closing Logic Conditions] The Closing Logic Conditions slots (Closing Conditions) are available only if you have selected Bar Closing (or similar indicator) in the Closing Point of the Position slot. These slots can contain logical condition indicators. To add a Closing Condition you have to click on the text/html 2015-03-11T08:49:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/closing_point_of_the_position?rev=1426063755&do=diff Closing Point of the Position Introduction [Closing Point of the Position] The Closing point of the position slot (Closing Point) is situated under the Opening logic conditions slots. In this slot you can place an indicator which sets the exit price of the strategy. This price is used to close a position. You cannot open a new position at this price. text/html 2017-01-15T06:27:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/collections?rev=1484461626&do=diff Strategy Collections The strategy collections term is very self-descriptive. Collections are much like virtual folders (or lists if you will), where strategies are added. You can add strategies to a collection manually, from the Strategy Editor, or automatically, from the text/html 2014-11-12T18:39:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/command_console?rev=1415817598&do=diff Command Console [ Command Console] You can open the Command Console from View -> Command Console menu item. It appears to the right of the main program's area. Command Console presents a way to execute textual commands for displaying additional information about the strategies and the backtest results. text/html 2014-11-20T09:04:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/comparator?rev=1416474278&do=diff Comparator The Method Comparator calculates a strategy by using different interpolation methods and shows calculated balance lines on a common chart. [Method Comparator] The comparator’s goal is to give a full idea of the strategy performance. Ultimately, you are looking for a strategy without ambiguous bars. When there are no ambiguous bars, all interpolation methods show the same result. In such a case, the method comparator is not of great use. However, a strategy without ambiguous bars mi… text/html 2020-04-01T17:52:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/connecting_mt4_chart?rev=1585763536&do=diff Connecting to a MT4 Chart Forex Strategy Builder Professional trades strategies via MetaTrader 4 by using an expert advisor named FSB-MT4 Bridge. The FSB-MT4 Bridge is normally installed during the installation of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. If you cannot find it among the other experts in MT4, you have to reinstall it either automatically or manually. See these articles for more info: text/html 2014-12-18T14:45:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/control_panel?rev=1418913955&do=diff Control Panel Tab [Control Panel] The Control Panel provides various settings and options for the program. You can open it by clicking on the View -> Control Panel menu item or from its toolbar button. FSB Professional shows the Control Panel in a separate tab in the main program screen. text/html 2014-11-30T21:33:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/customer_experience_program?rev=1417383216&do=diff Customer Experience Improvement Program Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program and help improve the quality, reliability and performance of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. Participation will not degrade the performance of your software. text/html 2014-11-21T16:34:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/custom_code?rev=1416587686&do=diff Custom Code [Custom Code] 1. Custom Indicators Load custom indicators at startup – this will enable FSB Pro to load any custom indicators (indicators that do not come with FSB Pro’s installation by default) Show custom indicators in output log - when enabled, upon start, the program will list the names of the custom indicators that it loaded. text/html 2016-05-18T11:55:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/data_download?rev=1463572505&do=diff Data Download Data Download page makes downloading updated history data possible. It is a sub-page of the History Center main page. You can access it by opening the History Center from the main toolbar and clicking on the “Data Download” side bar tab. This tool will download all periods between M1 and W1 for the markets you have selected. text/html 2014-11-21T16:13:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/data_horizon?rev=1416586424&do=diff Data Horizon [Data Horizon] The Data Horizon is a tool, used to define (limit) the time span for the marked data used for backtestesting. 1. Data Source Each Data Source has its own Data Horizon settings. Here is where you choose which Data Source you want to change. text/html 2014-11-20T15:05:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/data_sources?rev=1416495908&do=diff Data Sources Data Sources are a new feature in Forex Strategy Builder Professional. They allow you to set a different location for the different data you are using as well as to set different Symbols and parameters for each broker. [Data source] [Data Source Folder] It's a good idea to make a different Data Source for each broker you use. That way you'll not override your previous data and you will be able to change them by changing the Data Source. text/html 2015-05-02T19:49:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/data_statistics?rev=1430596176&do=diff Data Statistics Data Statistics page is a sub page of the History Center tab page. It reviews the currently loaded main data fails, provides data statistics and contains commands for manipulating the files. [ Data Statistics] 1. Command Toolbar * Release Unused Data text/html 2015-01-11T10:03:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/expert_advisor?rev=1420970582&do=diff Expert Advisor Settings [Open Expert Advisor settings page] [Expert Advisor page in Control Panel] To access the Expert Advisor Settings: 1) Click on the little arrow icon on the right of the Export EA button 2) From the drop-down menu select Expert Advisor Settings You can also access the Expert Advisor Settings by going to text/html 2015-12-23T15:15:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/expert_advisor_options?rev=1450883702&do=diff Expert Advisor Options [Expert Advisor Options] Strategy Properties These options correspond to the Strategy Properties options. FSB Pro fills in the values of our strategy here when we are exporting an Expert Advisor. The values can be measured either in lots or in percents, depending on the Trading unit option of the strategy. We cannot change the unit type here. When the unit is percent, lets say 2%, the EA will use 2% of your free account equity to cover the required margin for opening a… text/html 2014-11-01T09:13:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/expert_installer?rev=1414833183&do=diff Expert Installer Forex Strategy Builder Professional is able to trade forex strategies via MetaTrader 4 (MT4). The connection between the two programs is possible trough a MT4 Expert Advisor and a library (*.dll) file. The Expert Installer finds all currently installed MetaTrader 4 terminals you have and installs the necessary expert and library files. If you prefer, or if the Expert Installer cannot find your MetaTrader terminal, you can install the expert manually: text/html 2015-01-05T17:27:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/exporting_expert_advisor?rev=1420478844&do=diff Expert Advisor Exporting It is easy to export your own Expert Advisors (EAs) for MetaTrader4 with FSB Pro. When you have an open Strategy Tab, this button will be active in the Main Toolbar. Exporting The Expert Advisor 1) Click on the EA button shown in the picture above text/html 2014-11-04T17:35:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/forex_strategy?rev=1415122515&do=diff Forex Strategy Strategy - a carefully thought over action plan for achieving a certain goal. When it comes to financial markets, we define a trading strategy as a strict system of methods and criteria providing answers to the following questions: text/html 2016-03-09T11:47:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/free_professional_mode?rev=1457524051&do=diff Free and Professional Mode The Free mode expires on April 1st 2016. Program Evaluation When you download and install Forex Strategy Builder Professional, it starts in an evaluation (trial) mode for a period of 30 days. When the evaluation license has expired, you can continue use the program in Free mode. text/html 2014-11-20T14:59:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/general_settings?rev=1416495568&do=diff General Settings You get to the general settings by choosing the control panel item from the “View” menu. [General Settings] 1. Profile This is where you choose the profile you would like to edit. Some settings are specific only to a certain profile (Backtest, Balance/Equity), while others are global and will affect all profiles (Program Settings). text/html 2014-11-20T09:01:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/history_center?rev=1416474101&do=diff History Center The History Center is a container page shown in a separate tab on the main user interface of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. You can open it by clicking on the History Center button on the main tool bar or from the View menu. text/html 2017-08-09T06:44:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/indicator_advanced_properties?rev=1502261098&do=diff Indicator Advanced Properties [Indicator Advanced Properties] Advanced indicator properties are located in the lower part of the Indicator Properties options panel. Logical group The logical group is a group of indicators that act as a single indicator. FSB Professional creates logical groups automatically, but they can be changed by hand. However we will take a look at automatically created Logical Groups here to make them easier to understand. text/html 2014-11-21T14:48:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/indicator_chart?rev=1416581283&do=diff Indicator Chart 1. Overview [Simplified Indicator Chart] The indicator chart is a visual representation of the historical market price and the indicators used in the strategy. A simplified version of the indicator chart is present in the strategy editor, generator and optimizer. The black bar chart is the market price. The purple little stick chart is the tick volume. The thick volume measures the times that the price moves up and down within a given bar. There is over 90% correlation betwe… text/html 2015-03-14T20:18:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/indicator_properties?rev=1426364314&do=diff Indicator Properties 1. Navigation and Choosing Indicators As we already know from the previous articles there are four slot types in a strategy. [Indicator Properties] Adding an Indicator To add an indicator click on a slot from the middle column of the screen. In a new strategy you would have a Opening Position Slot with a Bar Opening indicator selected in it. Clicking on each slot will open the Indicator Properties. To add an indicator simply choose it from the list at the top. text/html 2015-03-10T07:24:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/indicator_slots?rev=1425972250&do=diff Indicator Slots The indicator slots are the main structural units of a strategy. You can imagine the indicator slots as boxes. Each slot contains a specific indicator. There are four types of slots: [Strategy Layout] * Opening point of the position sets the entry point of the position (only one) text/html 2015-02-01T21:36:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/installation_instruction?rev=1422826575&do=diff Installation Instructions Forex Strategy Builder Professional requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. If you are planning to use FSB Pro for trading, we recommend first install MetaTrader 4 from your broker and install FSB Pro afterwards You can FSB Pro at Forex Software Download. If you get a dialogue looking like this one, click text/html 2015-02-23T16:56:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/interface_overview?rev=1424710599&do=diff User Interface Overview [Main User Interface] There are seven zones: * Main Menu * Toolbar Menu * Notification Area * Tabs * Right side panels * Bottom panels * Status bar There are five general types of tabs: * Start Page - shows a list of the last opened strategies and gives you fast access to load more strategies off-line or on-line text/html 2015-05-02T19:56:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/intrabar_stats?rev=1430596561&do=diff Intrabar Statistics Intrabar Statistics page shows info about the loaded intrabar data sets, provides statistical information and loading error messages. Contains commands for unloading unused files and opening the data folder. Intrabar Statistics page is a sub-page of the text/html 2014-12-13T09:22:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/jforex_import?rev=1418462567&do=diff JForex Import See this tutorial: Importing JForex Data [JForex Data Import] JForex is software for Forex trading from Ducascopy. Their program allows you to download market data, including tick data. You can see how to import this data in our Importing JForex Data tutorial. In this article, we will show you around the user interface of the JForex Import tool. You can open this panel from text/html 2015-06-19T05:14:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/jforex_import_help?rev=1434690845&do=diff Importing JForex Data You can import historical data from the JForex platform of Ducascopy. They provide a free 14 days demo account. You have to download and run the JForex platform. It requires Java. Download Data with JForex Run and log in at JForex platform. text/html 2014-11-20T09:06:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/journal?rev=1416474382&do=diff Journal The journal is a detailed log of the trading operations. [Jornal] 1. Toolbar Journal without Transfers – the journal will hide the transfers of positions between bars. Journal with Transfers – will show the trading operations and the transfers of positions between bars. text/html 2021-12-26T13:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/license_management?rev=1640524916&do=diff License Management Forex Strategy Builder Professional starts in trial mode after download and installation. The trial license allows you to test the program for a period of 15 days. The program is fully functional during the trial period. When the trial license expires, the program continues working in read-only mode - saving strategies and exporting Expert Advisors are possible after purchasing a Professional license. text/html 2014-10-28T21:13:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/logical_groups?rev=1414530830&do=diff Logical Groups [Default logical groups] A Logical group is a group of indicators representing logical conditions. All Opening Logic Conditions and Closing Logic Conditions indicators represent logical conditions and belongs to logical groups. For example, a RSI indicator with a logic rule “RSI rises” represents a logical condition that is true when the indicator rises for a given bar and false in the other case. Therefore, RSI will be joined to a logical group. text/html 2014-11-21T14:41:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/market_chart?rev=1416580895&do=diff Market Chart [Market Chart] You can access the Market Chart in Trader mode. The chart looks much like the Indicator Chart in Builder Mode. You should take note that the Market Chart shows only the data for the currently selected connection (from Auto Trader) The Market Chart will update only when text/html 2018-01-08T12:31:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/monte_carlo?rev=1515414690&do=diff Monte Carlo Monte Carlo is the best tool for testing the strategy robustness. When you create a strategy, you see its backtest statistics. However, there is a problem -the strategy might be over-optimized. The goal of the Monte Carlo tool is to verify that the strategy is not over-optimized. The Monte Carlo tool allows you to change the market data, the execution of the strategy and the strategy’s indicators numeric parameters. text/html 2014-12-01T15:27:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/mt4_expert_manual_installation?rev=1417447667&do=diff FSB-MT4 Bridge - Manual Installation FSB Pro is able to trade forex strategies via MetaTrader 4 (MT4). The connection between the two programs is possible trough a MT4 Expert Advisor and a library (*.dll) file. This article describes how you can install the required expert and library files manually. However, you can do it automatically by using our tool: text/html 2014-11-21T07:25:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/mt4_hst_import?rev=1416554750&do=diff MT4 HST Import [MetaTrader HST Import] 1. MT4 History Data Import Input directory – lets you select the folder with the historical data (*.hst) files from MT4. You insert any path there, including the path to MT4’s own directory, where its history files are stored. text/html 2014-11-01T09:19:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/mt4_hst_import_help?rev=1414833543&do=diff Importing MT4 HST Data Forex Strategy Builder Professional uses CSV (Comma Separated Value) Data Files. MT4 HST files are not directly supported. However, the program provides a tool for converting and importing this type of files. We can divide the importing process in two steps: text/html 2015-09-21T11:17:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/multi_markets?rev=1442834259&do=diff Multi Markets The Multi Markets tool can help you compare how your strategy preforms on different markets. In a sense, this is a robustness test tool. The general outlook of the Multi Markets is similar to the Comparator. However, on the left-hand side you do not select interpolation methods. Instead, there you can add forex data with symbols and periods from a respective data source. text/html 2015-12-13T06:04:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/multi_tester?rev=1449986662&do=diff Multi Tester Multi Tester tool is designed to re-test multiple strategies at once. It provides different options for choosing the input strategies - either form a folder or from a collection. The tool puts the calculated strategies in an output collection. You can find it in the text/html 2015-03-11T07:25:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/opening_logic_condition?rev=1426058710&do=diff Opening Logic Conditions Introduction [Opening Logic Conditions] Opening Logic Conditions (Opening Conditions) can be found in the slots below the Opening Point of the Position slot and above the Closing Point of the Position slot. By clicking on the Add an Opening Logic Condition text/html 2015-03-10T09:54:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/opening_point_of_the_position?rev=1425981297&do=diff Opening Point of the Position Introduction [Opening Point of the Position] The Opening Point of the Position slot (Opening Point) is situated above the other indicator slots and under the Strategy properties slot. There is only one Opening Point for each strategy and it is used to set the price for entering the market using an indicator or a particular time. At this price the program will open a new position or add to an existing one. text/html 2015-02-23T19:29:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/output_log?rev=1424719764&do=diff Output Log [Output Log] You can open the Output Log from the toolbar or from View -> Output Log. Under some conditions, when the Output Log is hidden (for example in case of error notification), FSB Pro will display the error message in the Status Bar and offer you a link to click on, which in turn will open the Output Log. text/html 2014-11-25T23:51:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/profiles?rev=1416959465&do=diff Profiles A profile is a set of settings. It includes the Backtester, the Balance/Equity Chart, the Account and the Acceptance Criteria settings. [Control Panel - Profiles] You select a profile in the Editor Page. When you change the selected profile, the program loads its settings and recalculates the strategy. The strategy result depends on the selected profile and its settings. A strategy keeps the name of its profile. When you open a strategy, text/html 2014-12-20T09:43:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/quick_start?rev=1419068622&do=diff Quick Start You have Forex Strategy Builder Professional (FSB Pro) up and running, right! If not, download it from the Download page, run the installer and press Next, Next, Next... until you have it running. 1. Download History Data [Fast Data Download] FSB Pro is a backtester. It calculates a forex strategy against historical market data. Hence, the first thing you have to do is download data. There are several ways for importing data, but the easiest one is the integrated data download se… text/html 2014-11-20T14:58:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/repository_tab?rev=1416495507&do=diff Repository Tab Repository Tab is one of the main tab pages of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. You can open in using a link in the View menu or a button of the main tool bar. [Repository] Repository tab contains the following pages: Local Repository * text/html 2015-09-21T11:34:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/repo_indicators?rev=1442835277&do=diff Repository Indicators Repository Indicators page is located under Repository Tab. It can be opened from the main menu View -> Repository or from the main toolbar. [Repository Indicators] The Indicator Repository tool is very similar to the Strategy Repository. It lists all available custom indicators from the online repository. text/html 2014-11-21T08:58:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/repo_strategies?rev=1416560311&do=diff Repository Strategies Repository Strategies is located under Repository Tab. It can be opened from the main menu View -> Repository or from the main toolbar. It lists the available strategies from our Online Strategy Repository [Repository Strategies] On the top of this tool, there is a toolbar to help you navigate in the strategies. Below it is a list of the strategies. They are stored in our Online Repository. You can download and open each of them in one click. Just click the text/html 2016-04-12T22:55:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/sidebar?rev=1460501743&do=diff User Guide * User Guide * Installation Instructions * License Management * Customer Experience Improvement Program Startup * Quick Start * User Interface Overview Strategy Structure * Forex Strategy * Strategy Properties * Indicator Slots * Opening Point of the Position * Opening Logic Conditions * Closing Point of the Position * Closing Logic Conditions * Indicator Properties * Indicator Advanced Properties * Logical Groups Main Tools * Start Page * St… text/html 2014-11-22T09:34:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/start?rev=1416648843&do=diff User Guide [Gipsy Girl] Congratulations! You are so curious and brave. You are reading software manuals... We predict you are going to be a very successful and wealthy forex trader. You are reading the user guide of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. This guide contains information about the program's features, user interface and tools. text/html 2014-11-20T14:47:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/start_page?rev=1416494876&do=diff Start Page The Start Page provides various ways to open a new or a previously saved strategy. You can open it by clicking on the “house” icon on the main tool bar. The page appears in a tab on the main area of Forex Strategy Builder Professional. The Start Page will be automatically open when you start the program if the corresponding option is turned on. The Start Page also shows the program version text. text/html 2014-10-26T06:27:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy-portfolio?rev=1414304867&do=diff Strategy Portfolio text/html 2018-10-01T05:15:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_collections_repository?rev=1538370955&do=diff Strategy Collections / Repository Local Repository The local repository includes only files stored on your computer. ---------- Collections ---------- Sorting ---------- Show ---------- Strategies fulfill acceptance criteria ---------- Minimum Sharpe Ratio text/html 2014-11-21T14:47:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_editor?rev=1416581241&do=diff Strategy Editor Strategy Editor provides tools for manual creating, setting and backtesting a strategy. [Strategy Editor] 1. Tool Bar * Profiles menu - can be used to switch between profiles. For example if you have two accounts - one in EUR and one in USD, or have accounts with different amounts of money. This function allows you to easily change the starting parameters of the strategy and see how it preforms in different situations. text/html 2014-11-21T10:47:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_explorer?rev=1416566828&do=diff Strategy Explorer 1. Overview [Strategy Explorer] You can open the Strategy Explorer by using it’s icon on the toolbar or by doing to View -> Strategy Explorer. This is a tool to allow you easy finding of strategies. The default folder it opens is in FSB Pro directory text/html 2016-07-21T04:51:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_generator?rev=1469076666&do=diff Strategy Generator The Strategy Generator allows you to generate strategies fully or semi-automatically. Each strategy has its own generator in its tab. If you run multiple generators at the same time will work independently without interfering with each other. How much generators you can use at the same time depends on your choice and how fast you computer is. A standard computer can deal with at least few generators working at the same time. text/html 2014-11-20T14:37:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_optimizer?rev=1416494267&do=diff Strategy Optimizer A short demonstration of the strategy optimizer Optimizer Overview [Forex Strategy Optimizer] The optimizer is a tool that will attempt to make the current strategy better. It will decide if the strategy is better, depending on the options you choose in the optimizer settings. text/html 2014-11-20T09:08:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_overview?rev=1416474505&do=diff Strategy Overview The overview describes the strategy in text. Here FSB Pro generates a reading-friendly description of the strategy properties and the statistical parameters of the indicators. You can use the overview saved as a HTML, Text file or post it in a forum to share the strategy’s logic and backtest performance. You can read how to do that below. text/html 2014-11-21T11:37:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_portfolio?rev=1416569853&do=diff Strategy Portfolio The Strategy Portfolio tools is new addition to FSB Pro. It is a unique feature for the Forex backtesting market. It displays the profits of your strategies of choice, as if you traded them at the same time. Your strategies might have different backtest data, start and end point of backtest. However, the Portfolio tool will compute all of the difference and present them on a single chart. text/html 2016-05-18T06:08:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_properties?rev=1463551710&do=diff Strategy Properties Strategy Properties is the first information tile of the strategy just above the Opening Point of the Position slot. The tile shows information about the type and the value of the trading amount, the adding and the reducing rules, the strategy protections: Stop Loss, Take Profit and Break Even, as well as the Martingale money management rules. text/html 2014-11-20T14:46:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/strategy_tab?rev=1416494795&do=diff Strategy Tab [Strategy Tab] Strategy Tab opens in the main area of the program. It holds a strategy and provides all tools for editing, exploring, testing and trading a strategy. You can see those tools listed on the left side in each strategy tab. The instruments in each strategy are affecting only that very same strategy. The tab's color is blue when it's active and light-gray when it's not selected. It will change it's color if the strategy is text/html 2014-11-21T15:26:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/symbols?rev=1416583609&do=diff Symbols [Symbols Settings] 1. Data Source The Data Source is a group of settings for a given market. It describes the source of the data for the market. Usually different Data Sources target a different broker. 2. Available Symbols [Available Symbols] On the left side you can see the symbols in this Data Source. By selecting a symbol, you can see the data for it displayed on the right. text/html 2014-11-20T15:06:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/trader_auto_start?rev=1416496015&do=diff Auto Start [Trader Auto Start] The idea of this tool is to automatize processes of 1) loading strategies into FSB Pro; 2) connecting to the charts in MT and 3) starting the automatic trading. This makes it possible to start MT4 and FSB Pro and have them trading right away. text/html 2014-11-21T10:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/trade_journal?rev=1416565123&do=diff Trade Journal [Trade Journal] You can open the Trade Journal either from the icon in the toolbar or from View -> Trade Journal. The Trade Journal is a log of the Trader’s actions. It shows everything – from opening a new connection to MT4 to opening all orders, positions, changes in the account, when a position closes etc. text/html 2014-11-21T14:50:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/trade_settings?rev=1416581439&do=diff Trade Settings [Trade Settings] 1. Trade Journal Trade Journal shows system messages - enable this to get more insights on the workings of FSB Pro while trading Maximum number of journal records - keep the given amount of records in the Journal window. You can access the full log files by going to text/html 2014-11-21T09:52:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/trade_status?rev=1416563557&do=diff Trade Status [Trade Status] On the picture above, you can see how the Trade Status panel shows information about the currently trading strategies. This is beneficial, because you can leave the trade status open to keep an eye on the trading. Meanwhile you can work on other things in text/html 2014-12-20T08:50:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://forexsb.com/wiki/fsbpro_guide/trade_trouble_shooting?rev=1419065403&do=diff Trading Troubleshooting This article describes the common problems and solutions for trading via MetaTrader 4. 1. Expert Cannot Find Library Description When you attach the expert to MetaTrader, it reports that cannot load library file. 1.1 Reason 1