Starting strategy tester through command line parameters?

I have found something in the help documentation of the terminal. F1 (Help) -> Tools -> Configuration at Startup:

Settings of the Strategy Tester Launch

• TestExpert - the name of the expert to be launched for testing. If this parameter has not been specified, no testing is launched.

• TestExpertParameters - the name of the file containing parameters (the \tester directory). The file can be created in the Properties window of the expert under test by clicking the "Inputs - Save" button. It is normally used to save parameters other than the default ones. Other parameters of the expert under test in the "Testing" and "Optimization" tabs (as well as in the "Inputs" tab if this parameter has not been specified) are filled up with the values automatically saved in the \tester\[the expert name].ini file after the latest test.

• TestSymbol - the name of the symbol used for the expert testing. If this parameter has not been specified, the latest value used in the tester is used.

• TestPeriod - the chart period (M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4, D1, W1, MN). If this parameter has not been specified, H1 is used.

• TestModel - 0, 1, or 2, depending on the testing model (Every tick, Control points, Open prices only). If this parameter has not been specified, 0 is used (Every tick).

• TestOptimization - enable/disable optimization. The values that can be taken are "true" or "false". If this parameter had not been specified, the "false" value is used.

• TestDateEnable - enable/disable the "Use date" flag. The values that can be taken are "true" or "false". If this parameter had not been specified, the "false" value is used.

• TestFromDate - the date, from which to start testing, appeared as YYYY.MM.DD. If this parameter has not been specified, this date is 1970.01.01.

• TestToDate - the date, on which to finish testing, appeared as YYYY.MM.DD. If this parameter has not been specified, this date is 1970.01.01.

• TestReport - the name of the test report file. The file will be created in the client terminal directory. A relative path can be specified, for example: tester\MovingAverageReport". If the extension has not been specified in the file name, the ".htm" will be set automatically. If this parameter has not been specified, the test report will not be formed.

• TestReplaceReport - enable/disable the repeated report file record. The values that can be taken are "true" or "false". If the "false" value is specified and a report file named in the same way exists already, the number in square brackets will be added to the file name. For example, "MovingAverageReport[1].htm". If this parameter had not been specified, the "false" value is used.

• TestShutdownTerminal - enable/disable shutdown of the terminal after the testing has been finished. The values that can be taken are "true" or "false". If this parameter had not been specified, the "false" value is used. If the user has pressed the "Stop" button, the value of this parameter will be flushed to "false" since the control has been given to the user.

Example:

  ; start strategy tester
  TestExpert=Moving Average
  TestExpertParameters=ma0.set
  TestSymbol=EURUSD
  TestPeriod=H1
  TestModel=2
  TestOptimization=false
  TestDateEnable=true
  TestFromDate=1970.01.01
  TestToDate=2006.06.06
  TestReport=MovingAverageReport
  TestReplaceReport=false
  TestShutdownTerminal=true

let say I have an excel file of time, open, high, low and close values, is it possible to run the strategy tester from command line and get some other columns for let other indicators, and EA in a new or same excel file?

I just need to test my EA for specific OHLC data scenarios.

Please let me know thank you

Hi guys,

Anyone knows if starting the MT4 strategy tester from the command line has been depreciated?

Based upon the above posts i guess not but i cannot get it to work, all i get is the terminal being started but the tester isnt showing in any way.

below is my ini file which i try to use to get the tester to run:

; start strategy tester
TestExpert=TestEA
TestExpertParameters=paramset.set
TestSymbol=EURUSDi
TestPeriod=M5
TestModel=2
TestSpread=0
TestOptimization=false
TestDateEnable=true
TestFromDate=2020.01.01
TestToDate=2020.06.06
TestReport=EURreport
TestReplaceReport=true
TestShutdownTerminal=true

then i start it using the cmd line

"C:\Program Files\ICMarketsMT4\terminal.exe" /config:d:\myini.ini

I must have made some error or typo but im not seeing it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Phil

got it to work.

Somehow i thought we needed to have the /config preceding the ini file but i must be wrong though the help https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/service/start_conf_file gives this in the example.

In my case it worked like the below

"C:\Program Files\ICMarketsMT4\terminal.exe" d:\myini.ini

Thanks

Hello together,

I can open the terminal with the command , but I get each time the window to login with my account.

"path/terminal.exe" path\common.ini

I have in among others the following lines in the common

[Common]
Environment=very long number
Login=Number of account
ProxyEnable=0
ProxyType=0
ProxyAddress=
ProxyAuth=
CertInstall=0
NewsEnable=1
NewsLanguages=

The path are correct, because I checked it. Can someone help me? Is a line missing? Which variables contain you *.ini file?

guys I can start MT5 from command line like "path\terminal64.exe" config: "configpath" 
But this just starts mt5 it does not run strategy tester. Is there any way to directly run ST from command line?