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In MQL5 you can write an indicator both from a scratch and on the basis of another already existing indicator, in-built in the client terminal or a custom one. And here you also have two ways – to improve an indicator by adding new calculations and graphical styles to it , or to use an [...]

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Aug 12th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Recently the beta version of MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester was released. This program is the integral part of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal being designed for the purposes of testing and optimization of MQL5 Expert Advisors. With the testing you can assess the qualities of your Expert Advisor on history data before launching it in [...]

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Jun 21st, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Templates can also be created for charts opened from the Strategy Tester and for charts opened independently. To create a default template for charts opened from the Strategy Tester, you will need to save a template as “tester.tpl”. For offline charts, the default template must be “offline.tpl”. If the “offline.tpl” template is not found when [...]

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Dec 8th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General

To back test an expert advisor (EA) follow the steps below. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R Select the expert advisor you wish to back test Select the symbol you wish to back test Select a testing model (every tick model recommended) Set a testing period Press Start

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Nov 17th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Let’s look at how to optimize an expert advisor. In the example below we will look to optimize the size of stop loss and take profit. Expert Optimization Steps 1. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R. 2. In the Strategy Tester window, select Expert Properties 3. Select the Optimized parameters ( in our [...]

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Nov 12th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Modern technologies allow us not only to trade in financial markets using personal computers, but we can fully automate a trading system now. Using a computer program you can relieve yourself from the routine of analyzing financial markets and performing trades. Our client terminal has all functions that allow you to develop, test and use [...]

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Nov 3rd, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General

This is the first in a 5-part series on MetaQuotes upcoming release of the MetaTrader 5 trading platform.  The new MT5 platform is not an upgrade of MT4 but rather an entirely new client terminal, written from scratch.  As I wrote in a previous Forex Magnates post, MT5 will feature: 5 order types and 4 [...]

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Jun 15th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General

MetaQuotes has published the first official screenshots and feature information about the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal. Metatrader 5 Two years ago we started the development of MetaTrader 5 platform. Now this work is approaching completion and by autumn we are planning to release the new platform. Beta testing of the new client terminal and MQL5 development [...]

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Jun 11th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General