How to Use MT5 Strategy Tester Tutorial PDF

The MetaTrader 5 CFD Strategy Tester in the MetaTrader 5 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MT5 Automated CFDs Expert-Advisor which is an Automated Software and ascertain profitability of this EA automated cfd strategy & then Optimize this EA to a point where it's giving good profits from its cfd automated trading activities.

NB: Before starting the MetaTrader 5 CFD Strategy Tester shown below, you must first attach a cfd Automated CFDs Expert Advisor on a MetaTrader 5 cfd chart, by going to the Navigator Window Panel, choosing the cfd EA and then right click on it and specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the EA is attached to the MetaTrader 5 cfd chart it will appear as it is shown below, Then Right-Click on the Automated CFDs Expert Advisor, select properties settings & then select option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" & then continue with the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester shown below.

The MetaTrader 5 strategy-tester option can be activated from the view menu and it is the second last menu item on the View Menu, A short cut is to Press Ctrl+R MetaTrader 5 buttons on your keyboard.

The MT5 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Automated CFDs Expert Advisor automated cfd system & also for optimizing the profitability of this cfd EA.

Automated CFDs Expert Advisor: Parameter for selecting which cfd EA you want to test among those installed on your MT5 cfds trading platform.

Symbol: The cfd instrument for which you want to test the cfd Automated CFDs EA on

Model: Whether to execute based on tick technique, open cfd prices or control points

Use Date: Set the date to start the testing & the date to end the testing of the cfd Automated CFDs Expert-Advisor

Visual Mode: Choose To view the illustration of where this cfd EA opens and closes cfd trade as the testing goes on, there's also a slide bar to increase or decrease speed for this visual mode.

Period: CFDs Chart Time Frame for which to use example 1 H CFD Chart

Optimization: Allow Optimization Setting for your Automated CFDs Expert Advisor Automated CFD Robot

For example to test the above cfd Automated CFDs EA on the cfd trading for profitability, the settings can be set up as shown above & MetaTrader trading platform strategies tester is then run, by clicking "Begin Button".

The following trade results are generated & an automated cfd trader can choose to optimize the cfd EA further by changing the Automated CFDs Expert Advisors cfd settings.

Once the optimization of the cfd Automated CFDs Expert-Advisor is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the cfd EA testing is complete.

To view click on the options highlighted above (Optimization Result, Optimization Graph, Journal)

Before running this MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester for Automated CFDs Expert-Advisor testing you must navigate to the navigator window panel, doubleclick on this cfd EA to attach it to the cfds chart & set the parameters as illustrated & shown below by ticking the options provided below:

After setting the above settings then you can test your automated cfd strategy within the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester.

Once you Run your Automated CFDs Expert Advisor the Results will be displayed on the following windows

MetaTrader 5 Strategy-Tester Optimization Results

MetaTrader 5 Strategy-Tester Optimization Graph

MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester Balance and Equity Graph

MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester Tutorial

Above is just a brief introduction to the MT5 strategy-tester - automated trading with EA CFD Robots is a wide topic that a trader will take some time and research to learn about but the main environment to test & optimize the cfd Automated CFDs Expert Advisor automated cfd robot will be the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester.

NB: You can only implement an Automated CFDs Expert Advisor using data that has been downloaded and saved on your MetaTrader 5 cfds platform, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you've been trading with your MetaTrader 5 to get a graph representation of how your automated cfd Expert-Advisor would trade.