Manual Testing in Strategy Tester

[Jason]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I would like the ability to manually input orders in the strategy tester. I don't know of any program off the top of my head that will slowly play through bars the same way, and I want to test my own trading skills in that environment.

Because of this, I created this EA which allows you to do just that.

Instructions:

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Place the EA in your experts folder like normal.

Pick any chart and any timeframe.

Start playing.

When you get to a point that you want to place an order, do the following:

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Pause the strategy tester. DO NOT STOP IT. Just hit pause.

Create a new arrow on your chart.

Go to properties for the arrow, and name it as follows:

Format:

sl tp

buy 0 sl 1.2911 tp 1.2925

buystop 1.2222 sl 1.1111 tp 1.3333

sell 0 sl 1.2950 tp 1.2910

Note: the buy/sell orders will ignore the first number, and initiate at the current bid/ask price.

4 Types of orders:

buy, sell, buystop, sellstop (sorry but I never use limit orders)

It will create the order and delete the arrow on the chart. You can then hit play and the order will go through. Keep track of your profits via the graph/report for the strategy tester.

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I know this is a bit cumbersome, but I don't know any easier way. I did see a Forex manual trade progam online once, but it was a pay-to-use program, and this is free.

Features like trailing stops/etc can be added in by anyone who feels up to it.

Hope at least a few folks find it interesting.

[CEO]

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1425

Nice work! unfortunately it has been done already. I didnt try yours but I do use the one I linked to. It comes in handy if you cant program and have an idea to test.

[fxprowannabe]

Great tool

hi Jason; this is a great tool; am using it more often.

what I like about it is simplicity.