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Create and Test Forex Strategies
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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).
Close a position on a Margin Call
Turn this off to allow negative balance on your account. This is used when you want to see the trading results of a strategy regardless of the loss it might incur. For example, if you have $5000 account and your backtest starts off with several losing trades, then your account might get depleted just a few bars after the starting period. All other possible trades will be excluded from the result because the simulator will consider your account closed.
However, if you want to simulate trading more realistically, you can always turn this on.
Use all available shorter periods and tick data to improve the backtest - Intrabar Statistics
This option is useful when you have fsb:manual:ambiguous_bars and you are not sure of the execution order of the trades within the bar. When it is on, FSB will load all available smaller periods and try to figure out the order this way. It will go all the way down to ticks if the data is available.
Show long and short balance lines on the Balance/Equity Chart
Show the market close price on the Balance/Equity Chart
Show a pop-up details panel when the mouse is over a strategy slot
Check and install the program\'s updates automatically
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