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Automatic optimization block

• MultiLevelRecording - the number of folders with files, if 0, the settings will not be saved. During optimization, the adviser analyzes the results of each pass in the strategy tester and saves the settings with the best indicators in separate files. Files with settings (including the currency pair and chart period) are saved in a separate folder. However, according to the optimization results, positive results can be achieved with different settings, and no one knows which settings will be most effective in real market conditions. Therefore, it makes sense to save at least several combinations of settings, which can then be used on several accounts at once by distributing funds between them. This achieves risk diversification. While we can get a loss on one account, a profit is achieved on another account. In order to automate the process of saving settings in different variations, it is enough to increase the value of the MultiLevelRecording parameter (abbreviated name - MLR) by the desired amount. As a result, after saving the settings in one folder (for a certain currency pair with a certain chart period), the adviser will create a new folder for the next variation by increasing its number by one. The main folder number is the Folder_Number parameter, which contains all subfolders with the initial Magic_Number number. All subsequent folders have numbers - (Magic_Number + creation serial number). The number of each subsequent folder exceeds the previous one by one multiple (one digit).
• _1_Statistics - custom criteria for acceptability of settings in the form of a drop-down list. Select the criterion that, in your opinion, the result of acceptability of settings should correspond to. All results that do not correspond to this criterion will be automatically cut off:
• Initial deposit - the value of the initial deposit.
• Withdrawal - the amount of funds withdrawn from the account.
• Profit - net profit at the end of testing.
• Gross profit - total profit, the sum of all profitable (positive) trades. The value is greater than or equal to zero.
• Gross loss - total loss, the sum of all unprofitable (negative) trades. The value is less than or equal to zero.
• Maximal profit trade - maximum profit is the highest value among all profitable trades. The value is greater than or equal to zero.
• Maximal loss trade - maximum loss is the smallest value among all loss trades. the value is less than or equal to zero
• Maximal consecutive profit - the maximum profit in a sequence of profitable trades. The value is greater than or equal to zero.
• Maximal consecutive wins - total profit in the longest series of profitable trades.
• Maximal consecutive loss - the total loss in the longest series of losing trades.
• Maximal consecutive losses - the number of trades in the longest series of losing trades.
• minimum balance - minimum balance value.
• Maximal balance drawdown - the maximum balance drawdown in money. During trading, the balance can experience many drawdowns, the largest value is taken.
• Balance drawdown percent - the balance drawdown in percent that was recorded at the moment of the maximum balance drawdown in money.
• Maximal relative balance drawdown - maximum balance drawdown in percent. During trading, the balance may experience multiple drawdowns, for each of which the relative drawdown value is recorded in percent. The largest value is returned.
• Relative balance drawdown percent - balance drawdown in money, which was recorded at the moment of the maximum balance drawdown in percent.
• Minimal equity - minimum value of equity.
• Maximal equIty drawdown - the maximum drawdown of funds in money. During trading, funds can experience many drawdowns, the largest value is taken.
• Equity drawdown percent - the drawdown of funds in percentage, which was recorded at the moment of the maximum drawdown of funds in money.
• Maximal relative equIty drawdown - maximum drawdown of funds in percent. During trading, funds can experience multiple drawdowns, for each of which the relative value of the drawdown in percent is recorded. The largest value is returned.
• Relative equIty drawdown percent - the drawdown of funds in money, which was recorded at the moment of the maximum drawdown of funds in percentage.
• Expected payoff - mathematical expectation of winning.
• Profit factor - profitability.
• Recovery factor - recovery factor.
• Sharpe ratio - Sharpe ratio.
• Minimal margin level - the minimum achieved value of the margin level.
• On tester result - the value of the calculated user optimization criterion.
• Deals - the number of completed transactions.
• Trades - number of trades.
• Profit trades - profitable trades.
• Loss trades - unprofitable trades.
• Short trades - short trades.
• Long trades - long trades.
• Profit short trades - short profitable trades.
• Profit long trades - long profitable trades.
• Trades of maximal consecutive profit - trades with maximum consecutive profit.
• Maximal consecutive wins count - the maximum number of wins in a row.
• Trades of maximal consecutive loss - trades with maximum consecutive loss.
• Maximal consecutive losses count - the maximum number of consecutive losses.
• Average consecutive wins - the average length of a profitable series of trades.
• Average consecutive losses - the average length of a losing series of trades.
• _1_Stat - more or less. Let's say if you selected drawdown as a criterion, then this flag should be set to less (the less drawdown, the better). And if the criterion is profit factor, then naturally more (the more profit factor, the better).
• Statistics_1_ - minimum/maximum value of the criterion at which the settings are accepted.
• _2_Statistics, _3_Statistics - similar parameters...
• Auto_Switch - if you turn it off, the files with the settings will not be written automatically during optimization, they will be written during testing. Thus, the selection of the best settings is carried out manually with your participation.
• Pause_Pass - if greater than 0, the robot will not write files with settings in a row, it will skip the number of variations specified here, this is done in order to diversify the options with settings as much as possible.
• Instant_Processing - if enabled, the robot will analyze the received settings directly during optimization, otherwise during testing. If it is necessary to conduct forward testing of the received settings, it is necessary to disable. During forward testing, the robot will test all selected files with settings in turn, delete those that did not pass forward testing and analyze all the remaining ones with automatic construction of a vector from best to worst.
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• Forward - forward testing, if enabled, the advisor will conduct forward testing directly during optimization. From the set date, inside the advisor, functions are enabled that calculate critically important indicators, such as profit (fixed in the deposit currency), relative drawdown (in percent), profit factor, mathematical expectation, number of trades, all indicators below relate exclusively to forward testing from the date   Forward_Time ;
• Forward_Time - forward testing start date;
• Forward_Profit - the profit received in the deposit's hard currency at which the settings are accepted;
• Opt_Drawdown - relative drawdown as a percentage of the deposit within which the settings are accepted;
• Opt_Profit_Factor - profit factor at which the settings are accepted;
• Opt_Expected_Payoff - the expected value at which the settings are accepted;
• Total_Trades - number of trades     at which the settings are accepted.
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• Month_Loss - if greater than -1, then the adviser will accept only those settings that show a stable deposit growth from cycle to cycle. A cycle can last from one minute to one month. If you set the value to 0, then in this case not a single loss cycle is allowed, this is a very strict criterion, under which it will be difficult or even impossible for a strategy tester to select settings. This largely depends on the duration of the cycles, if the cycle lasts a month, then there are only 12 of them in a year and this is incomparably easier than an hourly cycle, where there are only 24 cycles in a day. Especially if zero cycles are not allowed, in other words, downtime.
• Switch_Period - duration of cycles;
• Zero_Result - whether to consider idle time as a negative result in cycles; if enabled, it will be much more difficult for the tester to select settings, especially for short cycles.

Recommendations

• Currency pair - any of those on which the advisor can be optimized;
• Spread - no more than 20 points;
• The period of the chart is - any of those on which the advisor can be optimized.