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How I Do BackTest For five Symbol In the Same Time Show Me On The Chart - like live trader ?
Sergey Golubev, 2019.01.31 17:11
So, if you are having (or you coded) multi-currency EA (traded few/several/many symbols on the same time by attaching to one chart only) - you can backtest it on MT5 with no problem at all.To make it shorter (from here)
The Strategy Tester is a multi-currency tool, which allows you to test and optimize strategies trading multiple financial instruments. The tester automatically processes information of all symbols that are used in the trading strategy, so you do not need to manually specify the list of symbols for testing/optimization.
You can read this part of the article here -
One of the most important and expected updates in MetaTrader 5 is the multicurrency strategy tester. Now, traders have unlimited possibilities for testing and optimizing the Expert Advisors that trade several symbols.
and some more information here: https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/algotrading/testing
Enable Required Symbols in Market Watch for Multi-Currency Expert Advisors
The Strategy Tester allows backtesting strategies that trade multiple symbols. Such trading robots are conventionally called multicurrency Expert Advisors.
The tester automatically downloads the history of required symbols from the trading platform (not from the trade server!) during the first call of the symbol data. Only the missing price history data are additionally downloaded from the trading server.
Before you start testing a multi-currency Expert Advisor, enable the symbols required for testing in the Market Watch. Open its context menu, click " Symbols" and enable the required instruments.
You can read this part of the article here -
and some more information here: https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/algotrading/testing
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