MT4 Cryptocurrency Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Window

The MT4 Bitcoin Trading Strategy Tester in the MT4 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MT4 Crypto EA which is an Automated Program & ascertain the profitability of this Expert Advisor automated bitcoin strategy and then Optimize this EA to a point where it's giving good profits from its bitcoin automated trading activities.

NB: Before starting MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Strategy Tester illustrated & shown below, you must first attach a cryptocurrency trading EA on a MT4 crypto chart, by going to the Navigator Window Panel, choosing the cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor and then right click on it and specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Expert Advisor is attached to the MT4 cryptocurrency chart it will appear as shown below, Then Right Click on the Expert Advisor, select properties settings and then choose the option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" & then continue with the MT4 strategy tester shown below.

The MT4 strategies tester option can be activated from the view menu & it is the second last menu item on the View Menu, A short-cut is to Press Ctrl+R button keys on your keyboard.

The MT4 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Expert advisor automated cryptocurrency system & also for optimizing the profitability of this bitcoin trading EA.

Expert-Advisor: Parameter for selecting which cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor you want to test among those installed on your MetaTrader 4 software.

Symbol: The bitcoin chart for which you want to test the cryptocurrency Expert-Advisor on

Model: Whether to execute based on tick technique, open bitcoin prices or control points

Use Date: Set the date to start the testing & date to end the testing of the bitcoin trading Expert-Advisor

Visual Mode: Choose To view the illustration of where this cryptocurrency EA opens & closes bitcoin trade as the testing goes on, there's also a slide bar to increase or decrease the speed for this visual mode.

Period: Chart Time Frame for which to use example 1 H Chart

Optimization: Allow Optimization Setting for your EA Automated Bitcoin Bot

For example to test the above cryptocurrency trading EA on the cryptocurrency chart for profitability, the settings can be setup as displayed and shown above and the MetaTrader platform strategy tester is then run, by clicking the "Start Button".

Following trade results are generated & an automated bitcoin trader can choose to optimize the cryptocurrency trading Expert Advisor further by changing the EAs bitcoin trading settings.

Once the optimization of the cryptocurrency trading EA is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the cryptocurrency Expert Advisor testing is complete.

To view result click the options highlighted above (Optimization Result, Optimization Graph, Journal)

Before running this MetaTrader 4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester for Crypto EA testing you must go to the navigator window, double click on this cryptocurrency EA to attach it to the cryptocurrency chart & set the parameters as illustrated and shown below by ticking the options provided below:

After setting the above settings then you can test your automated bitcoin strategy within MetaTrader 4 simulator.

Once you Run your EA the Results will be displayed on the following window

MT4 Crypto EA Strategies Tester Optimization Results

MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy-Tester Optimization Graph

MT4 Crypto EA Strategy Tester Balance and Equity Graph

MT4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester Tutorial

Above is just a brief introduction to MetaTrader 4 strategies tester - automated trading with EA Bitcoin Bots is a wide topic that a trader will take some time and research to learn about but the main environment to test & optimize the cryptocurrency trading EA automated cryptocurrency bot will be the MetaTrader 4 Crypto Expert Advisor Strategy Tester.

Note: You can only implement an Automated Crypto EA using data which has been downloaded and saved on your MT4 software, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you have been trading with your MT4 to get a graph representation of how your automated cryptocurrency Expert Advisor would trade.