Is it possible to emulate one EA inside another EA script?

[Conor Mcnamara]

Let's say you like the performance of an EA over a certain period, but you are unwilling to use it because of the fact that it lacks any risk management features. 

In this case you could code another EA which applies the desired risk management and have both running on separate charts. But you are not sure now in what way this will change the backtest of the main EA. 

So I'd like to have an iCustom equivalent which would let me call an EA in one script and apply the risk management functions in the same code so that it could be backtested. I am thinking it's not possible unless there is something I'm not aware of.

In this scenario, I only have an EX5 of the EA which is lacking risk management.

[Yashar Seyyedin]

Hello. This guy has a solution to test several EAs simultaneously without having the source code.

My MT5 EAs Made Crazy Live Profits! So are the Backtest Real?

[Lorentzos Roussos]

Conor Mcnamara:

Let's say you like the performance of an EA over a certain period, but you are unwilling to use it because of the fact that it lacks any risk management features. 

In this case you could code another EA which applies the desired risk management and have both running on separate charts. But you are not sure now in what way this will change the backtest of the main EA. 

So I'd like to have an iCustom equivalent which would let me call an EA in one script and apply the risk management functions in the same code so that it could be backtested. I am thinking it's not possible unless there is something I'm not aware of.

In this scenario, I only have an EX5 of the EA which is lacking risk management.

first thing that comes to mind is an indicator that records the strategy tester order placement objects if you can track them [will test when on pc]

since you only need the signal direction and time of placement.(or scrap the report with the trades if they are logged )

Then you'd output those to a file .

Step 2 you build your own ea which reads the output file and knows when it is supposed to trade and apply the rix management there