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-MetaTrader executes an expert when it is attached on a particular chart. You can open the desired chart and drag the expert from the experts list to the chart. You can also double click on the expert and it will be opened on the currently open chart.+MetaTrader executes an expert when it is attached on a particular chart. You can open the desired chart and drag the expert from the expert's list to the chart. You can also double click on the expert and it will be opened on the currently open chart.
  
-When you open the expert, MT displays an Expert options dialog window. At the first time you run our expert you have to check the option in **Common** tab.+When you open the expert, MT displays an Expert options dialogue window. At the first time you run the expert you have to check the option in **Common** tab.
  
 Make sure that the following options are chosen: Make sure that the following options are chosen:
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-The settings shown above are more or less constant. You should not change them again in normal conditions. However, there is one more parameter that has to be set every time you connect a FSB Pro strategy to a MT4 chart - **Connection_Id**.+The settings shown above are more or less constant. You should not change them again in normal conditions. However, there is one more parameter that has to be set every time you connect an FSB Pro strategy to an MT4 chart - **Connection_Id**.
  
 Click on the **Input** tab on the Expert options window and you'll see a table with the expert's external parameters you can change. Click on the **Input** tab on the Expert options window and you'll see a table with the expert's external parameters you can change.
  
-**Connection_Id** is the first parameter. It accepts an integer number between 0 and 100000. Connection_Id must be an unique number for each chart. You set the same number also in the FSB Pro connection. The program uses Connection_Id to recognize to which chart to connect. In that way you can connect a single FSB Pro strategy to several charts or several strategies to different charts. +**Connection_Id** is the first parameter. It accepts an integer number between 0 and 100000. Connection_Id must be a unique number for each chart. You set the same number also in the FSB Pro connection. The program uses Connection_Id to recognize to which chart to connect. In that way, you can connect a single FSB Pro strategy to several charts or several strategies to different charts. 
  
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-**Connection_Id** is a number from 0 to 100000. It must be must be unique for each chart, even if you use different MetaTrader terminals or FSB Pro running copies.</WRAP>+**Connection_Id** is a number from 0 to 100000. It must be unique for each chart, even if you use different MetaTrader terminals or FSB Pro running copies.</WRAP>
  
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-When you enter the Connection_Id close the options window. The expert will check the environment and will show status message on the upper left corner of the chart. You can also check the output in the MT4 Terminal - Experts tab. +When you enter the Connection_Id close the options window. The expert will check the environment and will show a status message on the upper left corner of the chart. You can also check the output in the MT4 Terminal - Experts tab. 
  
 Do not forget to turn on the "AutoTrading" button at the middle of the MT4 toolbar. Check also if the expert shows a smile at the upper right corner of the chart. Do not forget to turn on the "AutoTrading" button at the middle of the MT4 toolbar. Check also if the expert shows a smile at the upper right corner of the chart.
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