How to Use MetaTrader 4 CFD Strategy Tester Tutorial PDF
The MT4 CFD Strategy Tester in the MT4 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MT4 CFDs Expert Advisor which is an Automated Trading Software and determine the profitability of this Expert Advisor 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 MetaTrader 4 CFD Strategy Tester shown below, you must first attach a cfd Expert Advisor on a MT4 cfd chart, by going to the Navigator Window Panel, choosing the cfd Expert Advisor and then right click on it and specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Expert Advisor is attached to the MT4 cfd chart it will appear as shown below, Then Right Click on the Expert Advisor, select properties settings & then select option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" & then continue with the MT4 strategy tester shown below.
The MT4 strategies 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 buttons on your keyboard.
The MT4 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Expert Advisor automated cfd system & also for optimizing the profitability of this cfd EA.
Expert-Advisor: Parameter for selecting which cfd Expert Advisor you want to test among those installed on your MT4 cfds trading platform.
Symbol: The cfd instrument for which you want to test the cfd 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 Expert-Advisor
Visual Mode: Choose To view the illustration of where this cfd Expert Advisor opens & 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 Settings for your EA Automated CFD Robot
For example to test the above cfd EA on the cfds chart for profitability, the settings can be set up as shown above and the MetaTrader trading platform strategies tester is then run, by clicking "Begin Button Key".
The following trade results are generated & an automated cfd trader can choose to optimize the cfd Expert Advisor further by changing the Expert Advisors cfd settings.
Once the optimization of the cfd Expert-Advisor is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the cfd Expert Advisor testing is complete.
To view click on the options highlighted above (Optimization Result, Optimization Graph, Journal)
Before running this MT4 CFD Strategy Tester for CFDs Expert-Advisor testing you must navigate to the navigator window panel, doubleclick on this cfd Expert Advisor 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 MT4 strategy tester.
Once you Run your EA the Results will be displayed on the following window
MT4 CFD Strategy-Tester Optimization Results
MT4 CFD Strategy-Tester Optimization Graph
MT4 CFD Strategy Tester Balance and Equity Graph
MT4 CFD Strategy Tester Tutorial
Above is just a brief introduction to the MT4 strategies tester - automated trading with Expert Advisor 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 Expert Advisor automated cfd robot will be the MT4 CFD Strategy Tester.
NB: You can only implement an Automated CFDs Expert Advisor using data that has been downloaded and saved on your MT4 cfds platform, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you've been trading with your MT4 to get a graph representation of how your automated cfd Expert Advisor would trade.
