How to test Expert Advisors

 

I have not seen this question asked anywhere, so I'll ask.

I see alot of references to backtesting and uses of the strategy tester. My question is simple, if one downloads and EA, how do you set up the backtester and strategy tester?

Does anyone have a link to how to set these up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Ok but is there a tutorial on how to actually do this? I'm talking about which settings, how to run it, what to watch for (like the modeling quality), etc.

I don't mean to seem stupid but I just got into this stuff. I'm interested in learning as much as I can.

Sure, I understand forward testing is the best. And I'll try your suggestion on running a google search.

Also I see alot of backtesting everywhere, does that mean its essentially worthless?

 

Try forextester.com

 
jebigabre:
Try forextester.com

Have you tried this yourself?

 

will try myself