MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Window

The MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Trading Strategy Tester in the MT4 platform is the environment used to back test the profitability of an MT4 Crypto EA which is an Automated Trading Program and determine the profitability of this Expert Advisor automated bitcoin trading strategy and then Optimize this Expert Advisor to a point where it is giving good profits from its bitcoin automated trading activities.

NB: Before starting the MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Trading Strategy Tester shown below, you must first attach a cryptocurrency trading EA on a MetaTrader 4 crypto chart, by going to the Navigator Window, selecting the cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor and then right click on it and specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Expert Advisor is attached to the MetaTrader 4 cryptocurrency chart it will appear as shown below, Then Right Click on the Expert Advisor, select properties and then select the option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" and then continue with the MetaTrader 4 strategy tester shown below.

The MetaTrader 4 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 buttons on your keyboard.

The MetaTrader 4 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Expert advisor automated cryptocurrency trading system and also for optimizing the profitability of this bitcoin trading EA.

Expert Advisor: Parameter for selecting which cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor you want to test among those installed on your MT4 platform.

Symbol: The bitcoin chart for which you want to test the cryptocurrency trading EA on

Model: Whether to execute based on tick method, open bitcoin prices or control points

Use Date: Set the date to start the testing and the date to end the testing of the bitcoin trading Expert Advisor

Visual Mode: Select To view the illustration of where this cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor opens and closes bitcoin trade as the testing goes on, there is also a slide bar to increase or decrease the speed for this visual mode.

Period: Bitcoin Chart Time frame for which to use example 1 Hour Bitcoin Chart

Optimization: Allow Optimization Setting for your EA Automated Bitcoin Trading Robot

For example to test the above cryptocurrency trading EA on the cryptocurrency chart for profitability, the settings can be set up as shown above and the MetaTrader strategy tester is then run, by pressing the "Start Button".

The following trade results are generated and an automated bitcoin trader can choose to optimize the cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor further by changing the EAs bitcoin trading settings.

Once the optimization of the cryptocurrency trading EA is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor testing is complete.

To view the result click the options highlighted above (Optimization Results, Optimization Graph, Journal)

Before running this MetaTrader 4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester for Crypto EA testing you must go to the navigator window, double click on this cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor to attach it to the cryptocurrency chart and set the parameters as shown below by ticking the options provided below:

After setting the above settings then you can test your automated bitcoin trading strategy within the MetaTrader 4 strategy tester.

Once you Run your EA the Results will be shown on the following windows

MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Optimization Results

MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Optimization Graph

MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Balance and Equity Graph

MetaTrader 4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Tutorial

The above is just a brief introduction to the MetaTrader 4 strategy tester - automated trading with Expert Advisor Bitcoin Trading Robots is a wide topic that a bitcoin trader will take some time and research to learn about but the main environment to test and optimize the cryptocurrency trading EA automated cryptocurrency trading robot will be the MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester.

NB: You can only implement an Automated Crypto EA using data that has been downloaded and saved on your MetaTrader 4 platform, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you have been trading with your MT4 to get a graph representation of how your automated cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor would trade.