MT4 testing menu issues

 

Hello!

 Once in a while instead of the normal menu of the MT4 strategy tester, which should be presented by SETTINGS | RESULTS| GRAPH | REPORT | JOURNAL i get this king of "optimization menu" only


https://ibb.co/KWn7Kt1


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Why is this happening? 


(actually right now also struggling with it)


Thanks! 



Sorry, this forum does not show the picture, but you can copy and open the link to see it. 

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Make sure the Optimization Checkbox is not selected on the Strategy Tester. I can see it is currently checked from your picture.
Optimization and Regular Backtests are different things with different purposes.

Personally, even if I uncheck the box these tabs will stay. If I want them to disappear I just reboot the MT4 Terminal.

I hope it helps.
 
Jeremie Courchesne:
Make sure the Optimization Checkbox is not selected on the Strategy Tester. I can see it is currently checked from your picture.
Optimization and Regular Backtests are different things with different purposes.

Personally, even if I uncheck the box these tabs will stay. If I want them to disappear I just reboot the MT4 Terminal.

I hope it helps.
Great, that helped, thanks a lot!