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FOREX
TESTER 5
Quick start & How to use guide

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 CONTENT

5 Forex trading simulator’s Quick Start:

easy steps to master backtesting

7 Testing process

10 Downloading data

12 Creating a project

15 Placing a market order

17 Placing a pending order

21 Closing the position

23 Adding indicators

25 Historical news service

27 Test analysis

31 Tracking bar parameters

32 Using Expert Advisers

36 Installation. Save your time with the quick Forex

trading simulator’s installation

42 Chart adjustments. Get more of Forex trading

simulator: 6 chart modes for deeper Forex
learning

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48 Chart settings

58 Data center. How to manage your Forex history

data in a couple of clicks

69 Importing Data. How to import Forex data and

make the most of it

80 Creating a new project. How to open project

easily

88 Start testing. How to start testing in the Forex

Tester trading simulator easily

93 Placing orders. How to place orders in Forex

Tester trading simulator quickly and easily

110 Modifying Orders. How to easily modify orders

in Forex trading simulator

115 Using Indicators. Forex trading indicators: an

ultimate tool to spot the trend and set up the
trade

124 Using News Service. For traders whose trading

strategies are based on news analysis

131 Using Graphic Tools. Graphic tools: take your

Forex learning to the next level easily

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147 Using Templates and Desktops. Built-in

templates: the proven way to easily master
backtesting

157 Saving projects. How to save your projects and

effectively learn lessons from your trading

161 Expert Advisers. How expert advisers can help

you get the most of the backtesting process

167 Statistics and Account History. Improve your

trading results by simply learning from
statistics

173 Strategy optimizer

183 General program settings. Adjust your Forex

Tester program to your needs in just a few clicks

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FOREX TRADING
SIMULATOR’S
QUICK START:
EASY STEPS TO
MASTER
BACKTESTING
This manual introduces you to the main and most important
elements of the Forex Tester 5. Once you have mastered them, you
will be able to move onto learning more in-depth lessons to
understand the program elaborately.

Try DEMO version

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The Demo version contains 1 month of historical data for 18

symbols (16 currency pairs, gold, and silver), as well as 1 month of
historical news for USD. You can additionally download 1 month of
data for any symbol in the Data Center.

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We also provide FREE historical data for 18 symbols starting from
01/01/2001 until the last day of the previous month with the htBasic
tps:/ forextester.com/order
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subscription.

To get even more features, such as 818 symbols, much better data
quality, historical news for 9 main currencies, tick data, and
floating spreads, https://forextester.com/historyservicedescription
choose either Standard or VIP subscription.

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install the software and crack on with testing
strategies using our Quick Start guide!

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TESTING
PROCESS
1. Press the “Start” button on the Home tab to start testing
immediately.

When the testing begins, the bars start moving on the

chart(s), and the “Start” button changes to “Pause”.

2. Use the same button to Resume testing.

3. Change the testing speed by moving the slider left to slow

down or right to speed up the bar’s movement.

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4. Scroll to one bar back whenever you press the Backspace key
on your keyboard or click the “Bar back” button on the
toolbar.

5. Move forward by one bar every time you press the Space key
on your keyboard or click the “Bar forward” button on the
toolbar.

6. Сhange the size of the tick package by clicking the dropdown

menu near the “Tick” button.

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7. Change the timeframe by simply clicking the corresponding
buttons or using the dropdown menu next to them.

If your current timeframe is equal to the value of 1 hour, and the

tick package size is equal to 5 min, then the program will have to
change the price 12 times before moving to the new bar (60
minutes / 5 minutes = 12).

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DOWNLOADING
DATA
In Forex Tester 5, you can enjoy the variety of symbols added.
Choose between 800+ trading instruments, including stocks,
indexes, cryptocurrencies, and futures.

1. Click the “Data Center” button on the Data tab.

2. Highlight a currency pair and click the “Update from server”

button.

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3. Choose whether you want to download the full history or
select the date range to download only a part of it and click
the “Update” button.

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CREATING A
PROJECT
1. Click the “New Project” button on the Home tab.

2. Enter the Project name and click “Next”.

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3. Choose the necessary currency pairs that are available within
the project and click the “Next” button.

4. At this stage, you can make use of the following additional

settings:

Add an automated calculation of the time-shifting for a

trading session you are interested in.

Apply the time settings of the New York Close or London

Close in case you trade in a time zone other than these
sessions.

Choose “Forward testing only mode” if you want to check

the real trading environment without the possibility to step
back.

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5. Click “Create”. The test will start automatically.

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PLACING A
MARKET ORDER
1. Click the “Market order” button on the Home tab.

2. Choose the currency pair you are to trade and the lot size
from the dropdown lists. You can also choose a risk-based lot
calculation, but, in this case, the Stop Loss value must be set.

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3. Enter Stop Loss and Take Profit values.

4. Click either the “Sell” or “Buy” button.

5. Resume testing until either the price reaches the Stop Loss /
Take Profit, or you decide to close the trade manually.

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PLACING A
PENDING ORDER
1. Click the “Pending order” button on the Home tab.

2. Select the required type of the order from the dropdown list.

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Please note that Limit orders should be used when you expect
the price to reach some level and then bounce from it, whereas
Stop orders are made for breakthrough strategies.

If you think that the price will go up, reach a certain point,
and then resume the downward movement, you should set
a Sell Limit order.

If you expect the price to go down and break the support

level, it is necessary to open a Sell Stop order.

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3. Choose how you want to calculate the lot — manually or
based on risk management. Note that a risk-based lot
calculation requires entering a Stop Loss value.

4. Set the price at which the order must be opened.

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5. Enter the Stop Loss and Take Profit values.

6. Click “Place order”.

7. Resume testing until your order is opened.

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CLOSING THE
POSITION
1. To close the order manually, double-click on the row of the
desired order in the Open Positions tab at the terminal’s
lower-left corner.

2. Click the “Close position” button.

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You can also close your order by clicking the corresponding
button on the Order tab.

3. If the Pending order has not been opened yet, it’ll remain in
the Pending orders tab at the terminal’s lower-left corner. To
close it manually, double-click on the row of the desired order.

4. Click the “Delete order” button.

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ADDING
INDICATORS
1. To add an indicator, click the “List of indicators” button on the
Home tab.

In Forex Tester 5, we got all indicators grouped by their functions.

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2. To import custom indicators into Forex Tester 5, choose
“Install New Indicator”.

After importing, your indicator will appear in the “Custom” list.

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HISTORICAL
NEWS SERVICE
In Forex Tester 5, we have the historical news service as one of the
major fundamental trading instruments.

1. Click the “Update news” button on the Data tab.

2. The “Update News from server” button allows you to update

the news immediately.

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3. By default, the news displaying is enabled, and they are
shown at the bottom of the chart as flags. The color of the flag
border (red, yellow, green) indicates their importance.

4. To disable the news displaying on the chart, use the right

mouse click and uncheck the “Show news” option.

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TEST ANALYSIS
1. To analyze the test results, go to the Statistics tab in the
Market Info window located to the chart’s upper left.

You can also enable or disable the Statistics by clicking the

“Statistics” button on the Windows tab.

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2. To export the trade history

Go to the Account History tab at the bottom of the terminal.

Right-click inside this field and choose the preferred option

(Export History to Excel; Export History to a File).

3. To export the Profit chart

Go to the Profit tab located under the chart window.

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Right-click on the Profit chart and choose the option you
prefer in the open context menu (Export Equity to a File;
Export Equity to Excel).

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4. The Account History tab displays your profit and loss in
points.

For convenient viewing of your account history, you can use

various filters by clicking on the “Show filters” button.

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TRACKING BAR
PARAMETERS
All the necessary information regarding each candlestick is
reflected in the Data window panel. It is located to the chart’s left.
You can see the bar’s date, time, open, close, high and low prices,
simply pointing with the mouse on it. In addition, you can see
values of volume, indicators, and the index of the bar.

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USING EXPERT
ADVISERS
1. Click the “List of strategies” button on the Strategies tab.
Make sure that the “Strategies execution” option is ON.

2. Enable the Awesome EA automated strategy, for example.

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3. Click the gear icon to edit the strategy parameters.

4. Click “Apply” after you finish the adjustments.

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5. Click the “Close” button.

6. Click the “Start” button on the Home tab to start testing.

Ensure that the chart’s timeframe corresponds to the
timeframe you have selected for the expert adviser.

7. To change the indicator’s parameters, right-click on the

indicator, and choose the “Edit” option.

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The Expert Advisor will automatically open and close the trades
using the rules of strategy.

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INSTALLATION
SAVE YOUR TIME
WITH THE QUICK
FOREX TRADING
SIMULATOR’S
INSTALLATION
To install a Forex Tester 5 version, you need to download the
software.

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1. Launch installer after the download.

2. Click the “Run” button in the Open File dialog window.

*Click “Yes” if the operating system asks you to allow the

program to make changes on your PC.

3. Click “Next” when the Welcome to the Forex Tester Setup

Wizard window appears.

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4. Please, read the End-User License Agreement carefully.

5. Confirm your consent by selecting the “I accept the

agreement” option and clicking “Next”.

6. Select the folder where the Forex Tester 5 program will be

installed and click the “Next” button.

*We highly recommend you to install Forex Tester 5 into the

default location (C:\ForexTester5).

We don’t suggest installing the program into a (C:\Program

Files\) folder, as the program errors may appear.

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7. Activate the “Create a desktop icon” option for easier access
and click “Next” to continue.

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8. Click “Install” and wait to complete the software installation
process on your computer.

9. Activate the “Launch Forex Tester” option and click the

“Finish” button to launch the program immediately.

*Or uncheck this option if you want to run it later.

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Congratulations! The program has been installed on your
computer.

*The Forex Tester 5 shortcut icon will appear on your desktop if you
have chosen this option during the installation.

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CHART
ADJUSTMENTS
GET MORE OF
FOREX TRADING
SIMULATOR: 6
CHART MODES
FOR DEEPER
FOREX LEARNING
There are 6 modes of chart displaying in Forex Tester. You can
switch between 3 of them (lines, bars, or candles) by clicking the
“Chart modes” button on the Charts tab.

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1. Lines mode is represented by a curved line connecting all
Close prices.

2. Bars mode consists of the vertical bars with horizontal line

segments.
Vertical bars display the distance between the high and low of
the current bar, whereas the left horizontal line shows the
bar’s open price, and the right horizontal line — its close price.

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3. Candles mode is set in Forex Tester by default.

Candlesticks are vertical rectangles of two colors that might

have upper and lower shadows.

4. Range bar mode shows the candles of the same adjusted size
by considering the price only.

A new candle appears when the price passes a specified

number of points, but if that doesn’t happen and the price
moves in a narrow range, a new candle does not appear on
the chart.

To switch to this mode, click the “Range bar” button on the

Charts tab and choose the currency pair.

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Forex Tester will ask you to set the range bar size. Insert the
necessary value and click “Ok”.

You will notice that each candlestick (or bar) is equal to the value
you have entered.

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5. Renko bar mode also highlights the main trend by
eliminating minor price changes.

The line made of bricks on the Renko chart continues to draw

in the previous price movement’s direction only if prices
change by a certain adjusted value. All bricks are the same
size. Thus, on the Renko chart with a cell price of 5 points, a
price increase of 20 points is shown as four bricks 5 points
high.

The main signal of a trend reversal is the appearance of a new

colored brick.

To open the Renko chart for a particular symbol, go to the

Charts tab, click the “Renko bar” button, and select the
necessary symbol. In the opened window, specify the bar size
in pips and click “Ok”.

Note that the specified value for the Renko bar defines the
size of the candle body only.

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6. Tick chart mode shows every single price change within a
current data range.

To switch to the Tick chart, click the Ticks tab located in the
screen’s left upper corner.

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CHART SETTINGS
You can adjust the colors of the candlesticks and chart’s
background by right-clicking on the chart and selecting the
“Chart settings” option (or use the “Chart settings” button on the
Charts tab).

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There are three tabs in the Chart settings window:

1. The Color scheme tab.

There are nine color schemes available in Forex Tester.

Let’s change the default one to “Black on White”. It inverts the
fills’ colors and sets the black borders for the candlesticks. Now
the bullish candlestick has the white fill, whereas the bearish one
— black.

You can also alter the colors for:

background
frame and text
grid
borders of the candlesticks
fills’ colors
period separators

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Switch to the Additional colors tab, and you will have access to
other important lines that appear on the chart.

By default, Stop Loss / Take Profit values, loss trades, and buy order
markers are colored in red. The orders’ levels, profitable trades,
volumes, and sell orders markers are green.

You can set any color you like using a dropdown menu.

2. The Settings tab.

Show volume — shows the volume indicator.

Show account history — connects the open and close points

of your trades with a line.

Show period separators — enables the dotted vertical line

showing the end of each trading day.

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 Show grid — simplifies the navigation on the chart. Each
grid line provides a trader with information about the price
and the time of the candlestick.

You can also enable or disable the mentioned parameters if you

right-click on the chart.

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Alternatively, you can navigate to the Charts tab and find these
options in the Chart view section.

Chart in foreground — shows indicators and account history

line beneath the candlesticks line.

Show bid level — displays at which price the sell order will be
filled if you open a sell market order.

Show ask level — shows at which price the buy order will be
filled if you open a buy market order.

Show indicator values — displays the indicator’s current

value with red color at the price axis.

Enable right offset: % — defines the clear space between

the last candlestick to the price axis. If you disable this
checkbox, then no space will be visible to the right from the
candlesticks. You can adjust the offset using the slider.

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Use fixed price range — displays the objects situated in the
vertical range between the Top and the Bottom prices you
set.

Use fixed scale 1 pixel: 1 point — binds a one-point price

change to 1 pixel of your monitor. The local maximum and
minimum are always visible when it’s disabled. If you enable
the checkbox, the candlesticks’ vertical size will be changed
depending on your monitor’s screen resolution.

Use fixed grid — allows you to set a custom distance for your
grid’s line. By default, it’s drawn after every five pips.

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3. The All Charts tab.

Using this tab, you can adjust the following settings:

Scrolling speed.
Mouse sensitivity to lines.
Magnet sensitivity to bars.
Charts’ synchronization align type.
Bars’ thickness.
Alignment of candles, when the timeframe or scale
changes.

To test the scrolling speed:

1. Click anywhere on the chart and hold the mouse button.

2. Drag the mouse either right or left to see the scrolling speed.

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To test the mouse sensitivity to lines:

1. Add any line to the chart by clicking the “Graphic elements”

button on the Charts tab.

2. Double-click the line on the chart and use the drag-n-drop

method to reposition the element.

*If the mouse sensitivity value equals 3, then even if you click
3 pixels away from the line, you will still be able to move it.

All charts with the same currency pair are synchronized by

default. When you’re scrolling within the same timeframe, all
other charts will be scrolled automatically with the right
calculation. For example, when you scroll 1 bar forward on the H1,
the M5 timeframe chart scrolls 12 bars forward, respectively.

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You can turn on/off synchronized scrolling by clicking either the
....... button under the chart or the Chart view toolbar button .

There are 2 options to make the candlesticks either thinner and

therefore include more of them on the chart without scrolling or
thicker to make their appearance more prominent:

1. Use the corresponding Magnifier on the toolbar .

2. Click the “+” or “–” key on your keyboard’s calculator.

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For the chart’s windows reposition, use buttons on the Windows
or Charts tabs:

1. Cascade — stacks windows on one another.

2. Tile horizontally — stretches windows from left to the right.

3. Tile vertically — stretches windows from top to bottom.

4. Minimize all — minimizes windows to the main program’s

window bottom.

5. Restore All — expands windows from minimized to normal.

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DATA CENTER
HOW TO MANAGE
YOUR FOREX
HISTORY DATA IN
A COUPLE OF
CLICKS
Data Center serves as the manager of historical quotes. Here you
can:

Add/delete currency symbols.

Look through / edit the properties of the currency symbols.

Download minute historical data from the server.

Import historical data from files.

Download tick data from the server.

Group the currency pairs and change settings for multiple

pairs at the same time.

Export data into CSV files.

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You can open the Data Center dialog window by clicking the
corresponding button on the Data tab.

The Data Сenter window looks like this:

The upper indicator (the one that is green on the screenshot)

shows the imported 1-minute data quality.

You can download free Forexite medium-quality data directly

from the Data center in Forex Tester or our Data Sources page.
https://forextester.com/data/datasources

If you want to get the most accurate results, you can purchase
paid data at an affordable price.
https://forextester.com/HistoryServiceDescription

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Please note that using the lower quality data will most likely lead
to less accurate test results, which, in turn, may adversely affect
the subsequent results of trading on live accounts in case if you
choose to use your backtested trading system on the real market.

The lower indicator (the gray one with oblique lines on the
screenshot) indicates the absence of tick data in this example. Tick
data is crucial for testing short-term and scalping strategies.

If you are trading on M1-M30 timeframes, then subscribing to the

paid historical
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com/HistoryServiceDescription

Please look at the description of the main elements below.

1) The list of currency symbols

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With this list, you can do the following:

Select the currency symbols for further work. After selection,

the detailed information and available actions are displayed
on the right.

Delete the symbol(s). By clicking the “Delete” button under

the list, all selected symbols will be deleted.

Add a symbol using the “Add” button under the list.

Select or deselect all symbols of the list by applying the

group settings. For example, you can select all symbols of
the list and download historical data for all symbols at once.

2) The description of currency symbol properties

You can change currency symbol properties by clicking the

“Change Properties” button.

In the Symbol properties dialog window, you can see the

Common and Commissions tabs.

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The Common tab allows you to change the following settings:

Symbol name.
Symbol type (currency pair, stock, index, or futures).
Group — a group of the symbols list which the symbol refers
to.
Lot currency.
Base currency.
Lot size — the cost of 1 lot in the currency of the lot.
Leverage — the ratio between the Lot size and Margin for 1
lot. Each broker uses different leverage, so we recommend
using your broker’s leverage.

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Post decimal digits — the number of digits after the point.
For example, 1.2500 is a 4–digit value, and 1.25001 is a 5–digit
value.
Spread, points — the spread in points.
Min distance to price — a minimal distance to the current
price in points where you can place pending orders. It
defines two options:

1. A minimal distance from the current market price

where you can place pending orders. If you set it at 20
points and try to place a pending order 15 points
above/below the current price, you will see a message
indicating that the open price is too close.

2. A minimal distance of SL/TP levels. If you set it at 20

points, you won’t be able to set SL/TP levels less than 20
points.

When defining Stop Loss, check it to be equal or bigger than

“Min distance to price”+”Spread” value, to ensure the order is
placed without any problems.

Margin currency.
Margin for 1 lot.
Hedged margin — the margin that will be calculated for
hedged positions for 1 lot.
You need to disable the Use leverage info option if you want
to enter the margin values manually.

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On the Commissions tab, you can set up the next properties:

Commission per lot, USD — the brokers’ commission when

open and/or close positions. Here you can choose when
commission should be applied during testing: when open
and close position, only when you open/close the order.

Please note that when you close the position partially, the
commission will also be calculated for the part of the
position you want to close. The amount of the commission
will be displayed in the Account History tab at the bottom of
the screen after the position’s close.

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 Swap long — the swap for a long position in points.
Swap short — the swap for a short position in points.

After you change the necessary options, please click the “Ok”
button.

3) Information about downloaded data

The following dialog allows getting the information about

downloaded data and changing some importing properties.

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You can see the elements of this dialog in detail below:

1. Timeshift

This message shows the time zone of historical data. By

default, our data is provided in GMT+0 time zone.
You can change the time zone when creating a new project.

2. Data quality indicators

This part of the window shows the quality of historical data:

Green areas display quality data without any gaps.

Red areas mean missing data.

Darkened parts indicate the presence of small

blanks.

Oblique lines show that no data has been

downloaded.

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4) Data management buttons

Using these buttons, you can perform the following actions:

1. The “Update from server” button allows you to download

historical data from our server. Look for more information
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2. The “Import data from a file” button allows importing

historical data from other sources. Files can have .txt, .csv
or .hst extension. Look for more information about
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3. The “Export” button allows exporting historical data from

the Forex Tester program into a text file for further
processing by another application (for example, Excel).
You can export data with any timeframe from Forex
Tester.

4. The “Clear History” button allows you to delete historical

data for selected currency symbol(s). By clicking this
button, you can delete minute or/and tick history.

5) Information line

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This part is located at the bottom left corner of the Data Center
window. The information line displays the connection state to the
data server. When the message “Connecting to the data server”
appears, we do not recommend doing any actions with data at
this time.

Also, the type of Data Subscription you are subscribed to is shown

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6) The News tab

On this tab, you can find the information about available historical
news, download them manually or find the link for upgrading
your subscription.
Learn more about News.
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IMPORTING DATA.
HOW TO IMPORT
FOREX DATA AND
MAKE THE MOST
OF IT
Forex Tester allows downloading historical data from our server or
importing it directly from the text files. We provide free historical
data starting from 01/01/2001 until the current moment. This data
can be downloaded via the Data
https://forextester.Center
com/datacenter window in the Forex
Tester program or https://forextester.com/data/datasources
our site’s archives.

The software converts historical data to higher timeframes

automatically, so we recommend importing 1-minute data into
the program. In this case, you will be able to use this data on any
timeframe in the Forex Tester program.

Historical data can be imported via the Data Center

https://forextester.com/datacenter window only.
To access the Data Center,
https://forextester.com/datacenter please click the “Data Center” button
on the Data tab:

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Use the “Update from server” button to download data from our
server and the “Import from a file” button to import the data from
a text file.

Update history from the server

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Standard data service if you want to use the
historical rates:

Of a better quality.

With 5 digits after the point (3 digits for the currency pairs
containing JPY).

If you mostly trade on M1 through M30 timeframes, the htVIP tps:/ forextester.com/data
HistoryServiceDescription
htpackage
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The VIP data service allows:

Using tick data.

Considering spread.
Receiving the most accurate and quality results.

Get more detailed information about historical rates.

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The following dialog window will appear after clicking the “Update
from server” button:

With its help, you can add your missing data (Forex Tester
automatically determines which data is missing for the current
currency symbol) or download data over some period of time.

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1. Information block

Here appears the information about the currency pair, the

available data range, and the type of data loading. The data server
provides two types of data — minute and tick historical data. Tick
history data is only available for VIP members.

2. Date range block

Here you can define what part of history you want to download.

The “Download new history” option allows you to get

the part of history from the last update. For example,
suppose you already have the history up to 01/01/2015. In
that case, the program will download the missing part,
starting from 01/01/2015 till the last available date, and
merge new data with the previously imported history.
This method is handy to update your history from time
to time, so you always have historical data up-to-date. If
the history is empty (or cleared before import), it will
download all available history for this symbol.

The “Download part of history” option allows you to get

the history for the requested period. It will be correctly
merged with the previously imported historical data.

3. Select data to download block

Here you can define the type of data to download:

Minute and tick history (recommended).

Only minute history. Use this option if you need to

investigate the data on charts without testing them or if
tick data is not available in your subscription.

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 Only tick history. Use this option if you want to have the most
precise data for testing.

Please note: tick history is available only for subscribers of VIP

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Click the “Update” button to start the downloading process.

Please note: if you have selected a large amount of historical data

to download, the server will need some time to prepare the files.

The start and end dates of downloaded data are displayed under
the green bar:

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IMPORT HISTORY
FROM A FILE
To import the data from a file into the program, click the “Import
from a file” button in the Data Center window.

Forex Tester can import data from any text file. The source data
should contain bars for one timeframe; the higher timeframes will
be generated automatically. We recommend importing data of a
one-minute timeframe. If you use the higher ones, the lower
timeframes will be displayed incorrectly, resulting in poor testing
quality.

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The following dialog window will appear after clicking the “Import
history data” button:

Select a file to import by clicking the “...” button.

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Download Data files from our site.

Once the file is selected, Forex Tester will try to determine the
destination currency automatically and select it in the “Import to
symbol:” dropdown menu.

If the file does not contain information about the currency, the
program will not be able to determine it automatically, so you will
have to select the currency from the list manually.

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The Shift time (hours) slider allows changing the timezone of
importing historical data. It is important if you want to import data
from different sources (with different time zones) and have the
same time zone for all data.

There is also the option to delete all previously imported data for
the symbol.

Once everything is set, click the “Next” button.

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You can see the elements of this dialog in detail below:

You will see the dialog such above if the text format is selected.
The program will try to determine all fields automatically, but you
can also change them manually.

Column separator — the character that separates

columns in the text file. Usually, it is a comma or
semicolon.

Date format. YYYY is a year field, MM is a month field,

and DD is a day field.

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 Column1 ... Column10 — data columns. They can
contain the following values:

Source file — the part of the source file.

Preview results — the results of file conversion.

Note: if columns are defined incorrectly, or some information is

missing, you will see a red text indicating the number of errors.

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To import historical data, click the “Import” button.

When Forex Tester finishes importing historical data, you will see
the message below:

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CREATING A NEW
PROJECT
HOW TO OPEN
PROJECT EASILY
You need to prepare historical data before testing.

The “New Project” button allows you to select symbols you want
to test, test time period, initial deposit in USD, etc.

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trading strategies or specific combinations of trading strategies.
This way, it will be easier for you to understand which strategies (or
combinations of strategies) work and which don’t.

Please note: you can use real historical tick data during testing
(available for subscribers of VIP data service).

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Click the “New Project” button on the Home tab to start a new
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Set the project’s name and an initial deposit in USD in the
appeared window and click “Next” to continue.

Activate the pairs you want to test from the list in the window that
appeared.
*You can select all of them using the “Select All” button and test
more than one currency symbol simultaneously. However, we do
not recommend selecting all currency pairs because it slows
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Set the project’s name and an initial deposit in USD in the
appeared window and click “Next” to continue.

Specify the start and end dates of the period that will be shown
during testing in the “From date” and “To date” fields.

A Testing quality block is responsible for the data quality used by

our program during testing.

Select either “Use minute data” or “Use minute and tick

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The “Advanced settings” button invokes the corresponding
window for the settings adjustment.

Two methods of ticks’ generation are available in Forex Tester:

1. Generate ticks by OHLC points. Each bar will contain 1-4

ticks based on the given bar’s Open/High/Low/Close
values (less than 4 ticks are possible if Open=High, or
Low=Close).

2. Generate ticks randomly by volume. The number of

ticks inside a 1-minute bar will be equal to this bar’s
volume. Ticks will be distributed randomly inside a single
bar.

*We recommend using the first method of ticks generation, as it is

the fastest and gives a good testing quality.

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If you have selected to Use minute and tick data, the “Use floating
spread” option will be available in this window. This feature is vital
for all intraday traders (timeframes M1, M5, M15, M30, H1) to obtain
the most precise test results.

Click the “Next” button after selecting all the necessary

parameters.

Suppose you created a project for several currency pairs, and one
of them lacks data. In this case, you will see the following window:

If there is a period you do not have the matching data in the

project, it will be marked in red. Download missing history data
for these currency pairs and recreate the project.

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If you want to skip this step, click the “Next” button.
*Bear in mind that there will be a “No data” message on the
symbol’s chart with missed data after the test begins.

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Select the time zone of historical data by using the “Timezone”
slider. The selected time zone will be applied to all selected pairs
for testing. The default time zone is GMT+0.

The “Session close time” dropdown menu determines the

displaying of bars according to the closing time of the session that
you need.

The program has 4 predefined Session closing times (Sydney,

Tokyo, London, and New York) and a custom time. If you select one
of the dropdown menu items, the Time Zone slider automatically
moves to the corresponding GMT.

By default, data without applying Daylight Saving Time is used

when creating a new project. If necessary, apply DST that matches
your region from the dropdown list.

“Start testing from the first date in range” option uses the date
from the “From date” field of the previous window.

To change the starting date, use the “Set start day” option. Thus,
the testing will be started from a further date, and all previous
data will be shown on the chart.

This option will be useful if you want to build lines/indicators

based on previous bars immediately or analyze previous data and
start trading based on them.

You can either choose the “Start testing after creation” option to
start the testing immediately after the project is created or use the
“Forward testing only mode” option to make it as close as
possible to real conditions.

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The last means that you cannot go backward in your testing. You
can only restart the project.

After the configuration is complete, click the “Create” button to

finish data preparation. The test will start automatically.

If the testing hasn’t started after creation, click the “Start” button
on the Home tab to start it manually.

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START TESTING
HOW TO START
TESTING IN THE
FOREX TESTER
TRADING
SIMULATOR
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After importing historical data and preparing it for testing by

creating a new project, you can start testing a trading strategy.

Press the “Start” button to start testing immediately.

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When the testing begins, the bars start moving on the chart(s),
and the “Start” button changes to “Pause”

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The pausing allows you to suspend the price changing and
analyze the current situation.
*You can also use the Pause Break key on your keyboard to pause
and resume the testing.

Use the following toolbar to adjust the bars’ settings on the

chart(s):

1. The “Speed of testing” slider defines how fast the price

changes.

2. The “Bar back” button (available only when the Pause is

set) deletes 1 bar in terms of the current timeframe.
Suppose the current timeframe is 1 hour. In this case, you
will go back for 1 hour, and if there were closed trades,
they would be restored.
*You can also use the Backspace key on your keyboard
for this purpose.

3. The “Bar forward” button (available only when the Pause

is set) proceeds 1 bar forward in terms of the current
timeframe.
Suppose the current timeframe is 30 min. In this case,
you will go 30 min forward.
*You can also use the Space key on your keyboard for this
purpose.

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 4. The “Jump to” button allows you to perform a quick jump
to a particular date and time (the Go To option) or find a
necessary point on the time axis (the Search option).

Specify the date and time you’re looking for in the

corresponding field.

Press the “Search” button.

Please note that in case you enter the date in “future”, your orders
will be executed or closed automatically by strategy rules or Stop
Loss/Take Profit. In case you enter the date in the “past”, your
orders will be deleted. If you want just to search the particular date
and time in the chart without orders execution/deletion please
select the Search option.

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 Specify the date and time you’re looking for in the
corresponding field.

Choose whether you want to find this date on the

current chart only or all charts involved in the
project.

Press the “Search” button.

5. The “Tick” button (available only when the Pause is set)

allows you to go forward in time defined by the “Tick
package size” (6) on the current timeframe.
*You can use the F11 key on your keyboard for this
purpose.

Please note: you can change the hotkeys for these and other
actions via the “Hotkeys” button on the Settings tab.

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The described above is a visual testing mode that allows you to see
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trades and place them manually to check how your strategy
works.

Forex Tester can also test automated strategies written with C++
and Delphi. You can find API and examples on how to write
custom indicators and strategies in the \Examples\ folder after
installation. API help can be enabled over the API Help menu on
the Help tab in Forex Tester. For more info, check our forum:
Programming lessons
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php?f=8

Backtest automated strategies using the “Quick Test” button on

the Strategies tab.

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PLACING ORDERS
HOW TO PLACE
ORDERS IN FOREX
TESTER TRADING
SIMULATOR
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After starting the test, you can place orders in the Forex Tester
program.

There are two types of orders:

A market order — a position ishttps://forextester.

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immediately by
the current market price.

A pending order — a position is placed at desired price

and will be executed when the market price hits that
level.

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You can place, modify or delete orders using the buttons located
in the Order tab.

1. Market order — opens the Market order dialog window

to place a new market order (you can also use the F2 key).

2. Pending order (F3) — opens the Pending order dialog

window to place a new pending order.

3. Modify order (F4) — allows you to change Stop Loss and

Take Profit parameters for already opened market orders,
as well as both Stop Loss / Take Profit levels and the
order’s entry price for pending orders.
* To make changes, select the order first in Open
Positions or Pending Orders tabs in the Terminal
window.
* You can also use this window to close the trade.

4. Close order (F5) — closes the selected open position.

5. Close all positions and orders (Ctrl+C) — closes all open

market and pending orders.

5. Close all positions and orders (Ctrl+C) — closes all open

market and pending orders.

6. Open Group of orders (Ctrl+O) — places a group of orders

with predefined parameters.

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 7. Duplicate position — makes a copy of the selected order
with the same SL/TP and lot values.

8. Deposit money — allows adding money to your virtual

account.

9. Move Stop Loss to Breakeven — allows quickly set the SL

value as the price of entry point.

10. Open Forex Speed Up — runs the one-click trading tool.

Most of these buttons are duplicated in the right mouse click

popup menu in the Open Positions and Pending orders tabs:

There are also some additional buttons in this menu:

11. Close part of position (Ctrl+F5) — partially closes the

selected order.

12. Delete pending order (F6) — deletes the selected

pending order.

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MARKET ORDER
DIALOG
You can place a new market order here. There are the Common
and Trailing Stop tabs in this dialog window.

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1. The Common tab

Symbol — a dropdown list with the currency pairs

you can trade.

Lot — a dropdown list with the order’s lot size that

you can set manually.

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 The “Calculate with risk %” option defines the lot
size based on risk management.
* Note that if you choose a risk-based lot calculation,
you must enter a Stop loss value.

The “sell” and “buy” radio buttons are used to define

the calculation mode — sell or buy.

The “Stop loss” and “Take profit” options are used to

adjust SL and TP values. You can define the price
either manually by simply typing it directly in or
using droplet buttons to pick it up directly from the
chart, or automatically using the simple calculator
on the right.

2. The Trailing stop tab

Allows you to define trailing stop parameters for this order.

1. The Activate on block

Immediately — trailing stop will be activated

immediately after placing an order.

If profit is bigger or equal — trailing stop will be

activated when the profit of the order is higher or
equal to the selected value.

1. The Trailing settings block

Trailing stop (points): — the size of trailing stop in

points.

Step of change (points): — stop loss will be changed

when the profit exceeds the selected number of
points from its previous fixed value.

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PENDING ORDER
DIALOG
You can place a new pending order here. This window has the
same Common and Trailing stop tabs, but with the slight
difference.

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On the Common tab, you can also set:

The Type of the pending order — buy limit, sell limit,

buy stop, sell stop.

At what price your order should be executed.

Please note that the order type will affect your SL and TP values
calculation.

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You can also place orders using a popup menu by the right mouse
click on the chart.

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This menu allows you to pick up the price from the chart at the
point where you right-clicked.

You can see this price in the menu (here 1.24030). In this example,
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Sell with the predefined Stop Loss at 1.24030 price.

Place Buy Stop order at 1.24030 price.

Sell Limit order at 1.24030 price.

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 Execute a quick buy order (Ctrl+B) with predefined
parameters.

Execute a quick sell order (Ctrl+S) with predefined

parameters.

* The predefined parameters are Stop Loss / Take Profit, Trailing

stop, Lot size. You can define these parameters by clicking the
“Default orders” button on the Settings tab:

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ADJUSTING THE
DEFAULT ORDER

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If you set there only 1 order in the list, the order will be set
immediately after pressing Ctrl+B / Ctrl+S. Otherwise you will be
asked to choose which order to execute:

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Note: you can change the hotkeys for these and other actions via
the “Hotkeys” button on the Settings tab.

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FOREX SPEED UP
TOOL
In the Forex Tester 5 version, we’ve included the One-click-trading
Forex Speed Up tool as a button in the Order tab.

You can also find this button in the Action/Orders menu on the
Home tab:

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After the first start, you will see the window where you can
download and install the Forex SpeedUP. All further starts will call
up the tool in a separate window.

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Click the “Download” button. The tool will be downloaded and

added to your Forex Tester 5 automatically.

After installation, the tool will start automatically. You will see the
following window:
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1. The “Gear” button — calls up the Settings window.

The Settings window has 2 tabs: General and Aliases.

On the General tab, you can find the following settings:

Opacity — allows setting transparency of the window.

Always on top — allows to leave the program always

“above” all other windows even if it does not have focus.

Show orders table — enables the list of orders.

On the Aliases tab, you can find the list of symbols with their short
names called aliases. To add a new alias, click the “Add new
button” and fill in the fields.

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To delete the alias, click on the “X” button next to the one you don’t
need.

To save the changes, click the “Save” button.

2. The “New Shortcut” button — allows adding a new order

shortcut to the window.

The settings on this window are divided into 2 groups: for single
orders and groups of orders.

On the Single tab, there are the following settings:

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 Market/pending order — allows choosing between
market or pending order.

Symbol — symbol name.

Set SL/ TP in — an option that defines how the SL and

TP will be set (in “pips” or “exact price”).

Lot management — an option that allows selecting how

the lot (contract) size will be set — based on the Risk %
or fixed lot value.

On the Group tab, you can add a group of orders and define the
parameters for them so you will be able to open several orders at
the same time.

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3. The “Close window” button.

4. Current price monitor — allows you to switch between

showing Bid and Ask prices by clicking the corresponding
buttons.

5. The shortcuts for the orders.

The upper shortcut is for the order with a lot (contract) based
on the Risk%. Requires the SL value filled.
The lower shortcut is for the order with a fixed lot (contract)
value.

6. The Stop Loss field. Required for the lot based on the Risk %.

7. The Take Profit field.

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8. The “BUY” button — opens long positions.

9. The “SELL” button — opens short positions.

10. The button that allows deleting the shortcut.

You can drag the Forex SpeedUp window to any location of your
screen. Grab the window at any point (except buttons and text
boxes) and carry it to the desired place.

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MODIFYING
ORDERS
HOW TO EASILY
MODIFY ORDERS
IN FOREX
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After placing orders (market or pending), you can change most of

their settings.

For market orders, you can modify:

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The Stop Loss and Take Profit levels.

Trailing Stop parameters.

For pending orders, you can change:

The market price.

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 The Stop Loss and Take Profit levels.

Trailing Stop parameters.

If you place only one order, you can modify it by clicking the
“Modify order” button on the Order tab.

Or by choosing the “Modify order” option from the dropdown

menu next to the “Pending order” button on the Home tab.

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You can also use the F4 key on your keyboard for that purpose.

If you place more than one order, you need to select the one you
want to change the settings for in the Open Positions or Pending
Orders tabs at first, and then click the “Modify order” button.

You can also use the right mouse click on order and select the
“Modify Order” option from a popup menu.

Double-click the left mouse button on the order to move the chart
to the time when the order is placed. You will see a vertical line
that highlights that moment and a “Modify order” dialog opened.
The parameters that can’t be modified are grayed out. By clicking
the “Close position” button, you can close the opened order.

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Click the “Delete order” button to remove a pending order.

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There are toolbar buttons, hotkeys, dropdown, and popup menus
to close the opened positions or delete pending orders as well —
use any you’re fine with.

There is also an option to move the SL/TP of market orders and the
execution price of pending orders by drag-n-dropping the chart’s
lines.

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USING
INDICATORS
FOREX TRADING
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UP THE TRADE
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You can add an indicator or oscillator to the chart by clicking the

“List of indicators” button on the Home tab.
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In Forex Tester, we got all indicators divided into 6 groups

according to their functions.

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In addition, you can right-click on the chart and select “Add
Indicator”.

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Note: you can download more indicators from our repository via
the List of Indicators → Recommended Indicators menu.

You will see the following dialog window where you can modify
the indicator’s properties before it is placed on the chart.

To modify the indicator’s parameters, double-click on it or use the

combination: left mouse click + Enter key.

Some of the properties may have a dialog window or dropdown

list where you can select available values.

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To apply changes, either press the Enter or Tab key or left-click on
the dialog. If you need to cancel the changes you’ve made, press
the Esc key.

Each indicator is linked to one timeframe of the chart window. So,

if you place it on the H1 timeframe, you will not see it on other
timeframes (15 min, 1 min, etc.). It is done for optimization
purposes. Otherwise, it’ll slow down the testing process
significantly.

We recommend you to place indicators only on those timeframes

where you need them. Activate the necessary timeframes on the
Timeframes tab:

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To edit the indicator on the chart, right-click on the indicator’s line
and select the “Edit …” option. Use the “Delete …“ option to delete
it.

You can combine more than one indicator in the oscillator

window. Right-click in the oscillator window and select “Add
indicator to Window”.

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If you close the oscillator’s window, all other indicators in this
window will be deleted.

You can view and manage all indicators on all charts and
timeframes with the help of the List of indicators → Current chart
button.

You can edit indicator properties, delete indicators, or delete all

indicators on all charts at once.

Custom indicators in *.dll / *.mq4 format can be installed using the

List of indicators → Install New Indicator button.

After importing, you can find your indicators in the List of

indicators → Custom submenu.

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The list of built-in Forex Tester indicators:

1.1 Trend indicators:

Adaptive Moving Average 2 (AMA2)

Alligator (B.Williams)
BBandWidthRatio
Bollinger Bands
DeMarker
Donchian Channel + Midline
Envelopes
Heikin Ashi
HMA Colored
Ichimoku
Keltner Channels
Linear Regression Channel
MA Colored
MA Crossover Signals
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Moving Average
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Moving Average + Levels
Parabolic-SAR
Pivot Points
Price Channel
ZigZag

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Accelerator Oscillator (B.Williams)

Aroon
Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)
Awesome Oscillator (B.Williams)
Bears Power

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 Bulls Power
MACD
MACD new
Momentum
Polarized Fractal Efficiency (PFE)
Price Daily Range
Rate of Change (ROC)
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Solar Wind
Stochastic
Trade dynamic index (TDI)
Ultimate Oscillator
Williams’ Percent Range (%R)

1.3 Volume indicators:

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MarketProfile(old)
Market Facilitation Index (MFI)
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On Balance Volume (OBV)
Volume

1.4 Volatility:

ADR
Average True Range
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1.5 Adaptive:

FATL (Fast Adaptive Trend Line)

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1.6 Custom:
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ATR_MA
Bollinger Bands %b
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Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Elder’s Force Index
Engulfing Bar
Fractals (B.Williams)
FTLM-STLM
Gann HiLo
I-Sessions
Inside Bar
PCCI
Range Bars
Range Expansions Index
Time box

This list of indicators is not final. It will be updated as the new

indicators will be added to Forex Tester 5.

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USING NEWS
SERVICE
FOR TRADERS
WHOSE TRADING
STRATEGIES ARE
BASED ON NEWS
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In Forex Tester 5, you have the opportunity to use the news

calendar.

To update the news, click the “Update News” button on the Data
tab to open the Data Center window.
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You can see the list of currencies for which data is provided on our
server on the left and 3 bars indicating the availability of news
according to your subscription: high, medium, and low
importance on the right. Each bar displays the start and end dates
of the available news. If the bar is green, data for that period has
already been downloaded. If the bar is gray, the news for the
specified period is available on the server. The date and time when
the news information was last updated are displayed under the
bars.

Note that only news of USD currency is available in the Basic

(Forexite free data) subscription.

All other currencies are available in Standard and VIP

subscriptions.

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Upgrade” button.

The “Update News from server” button allows you to update the
news immediately.

If news data cannot be updated for some reason, you will get an
information message.

The news displaying is enabled by default. The news appears at

the bottom of the chart as flags. The color of the flag border (red,
yellow, green) indicates its importance.

Green color: it is unlikely that the market will make

huge moves.

Yellow color: the news is likely to provoke a few

significant market moves.

Red color: get ready for powerful moves and make

sure your trade is a weighted decision.

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To disable the news, right-click on the chart and uncheck the
“Show news” item.

You can also enable filtering news by chart currency. To do that,

click the “Chart settings” item and check the corresponding
option on the tab.

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The News tab is displayed to the Journal tab’s right by default at
the bottom of the Forex Tester terminal.

On this tab, you will find the following columns:

Date/Time — the date and time of the news release.

Symbol — the symbol to which this news relates.
Event — the name of the news.
Priority — the importance of the news.
Actual — the actual news value.
Forecast — the forecast news value.
Previous — the previous news value.

All news on the News tab and the chart are synchronized. When
you click any line of the News tab, it becomes highlighted, the
chart is scrolled to the corresponding news icon (flag) and marked
with a white vertical line.

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The cursor hovering on the corresponding news flag on the chart
shows pop-up information about the news.

If the news for different symbols comes out at once, the news
icons collapse into one icon of the Earth with the number
indicating the quantity of news at a given time. The hovering over
this icon shows you a pop-up window with information on this
news.

For your convenience of using the news in your trade strategy, you
can use the filters on the News tab by clicking the “Show Filters”
button.

In the drop-down lists, you can select:

The date and time of displayed news.

One or more symbols of the project to display the

new for.

To show the news of only high, medium, or low

importance.

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By clicking the “Apply” button, all the selected filters will be
applied to the list and to the news displaying on the charts within
the project.

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USING GRAPHIC
TOOLS
GRAPHIC TOOLS:
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Forex Tester has a large variety of charting tools such as:

Pointers (arrow pointer, crosshair pointer).

Lines (Vertical line, Horizontal line, Trend line, Ray,

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Polyline).

Shapes (Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle).

Signs (Thumb up, Thumb down, Arrow up, Arrow

down, Stop sign, Check sign, Right price label, Left
price label, Price label).

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 Fibonacci tools (Fibonacci retracement, Fibonacci
time zones, Fibonacci fan, Fibonacci arc, Fibonacci
extension).

Channels (Fibo channel, Linear regression channel)

Andrews’ Pitchfork.

Text label.

Wave symbols.

Risk/Reward tool.

You can find all of them by clicking the “Graphic elements”

button.

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You can turn on the Graphic Panel to conveniently use all the
graphical tools by clicking the button.

The Graphic Panel is floating and can be moved freely to any

place on your screen. The panel can be displayed horizontally and
vertically, as well as you can close it anytime by clicking the “X”
button.

Let’s take a look at the buttons on the panel.

— enables a “crosshair” mode.

The crosshair lines are movable lines that can be used to specify
and measure positions on the chart.

If you hold down the left mouse button in the crosshair cursor
mode and drag it to any of the sides, you can get the following
information:

1. The number of bars between the start and end points of

the crosshair.

2. Price change in pips and percentage.

3. The interval between the start and end points of the cross
in days/hours /minutes.

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 — enables synchronizing crosshair on all charts.

The crosshair mouse pointer is represented on all charts with all

timeframe differences kept.

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The line drawing is easy:

1. Select the necessary tool and left-click once to set the

first point (in the Vertical and Horizontal lines, it will be
only 1 point).

2. Drag your mouse and left-click to set the second point.

3. If you decide to cancel the drawing, right-click to cancel

the operation.

Some tools like Polyline or Andrews’ Pitchfork require more than 2

points to place.

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In the Channels group, you will find the Fibonacci Channel tool
and the Linear Regression Channel.

Select the necessary tool to add it to the chart and choose the
start point. Then, move the mouse to the second point and
left-click to finish drawing the tool.

You can add different signs to the chart by clicking the “Icons”
button.

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The Fibonacci tools group consists of 5 instruments for chart
analysis:

1. Fibonacci Retracement.
2. Fibonacci Time Zones.
3. Fibonacci Arc.
4. Fibonacci Fan.
5. Fibonacci Extension.

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The construction of objects with these tools has common
principles:

1. Select the tool from the Graphic Elements → Fibonacci

tools menu.

2. Move t he mouse to the first point and left-click.

3. Move the mouse to the second point and left-click to

finish drawing the tool.

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Forex Tester has the Andrews’ Pitchfork tool among its
instruments. You can add Andrews’ Pitchfork to a chart by clicking
the button in the Graphic elements
menu.

Place three basic points of the tool by left-clicking (like drawing

the triangle). If the Magnet mode is enabled, the triangle’s end
points will snap to the bars’ control points.

The “Text labels” button allows you to add any text to your chart.
You can also add it by pressing the Ctrl+T combination on your
keyboard.

Left-click on the chart to place a Text label. You will see the Text
settings window:

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Here you can write any text, which will be shown on the chart (in
the Text: field), and also change the format of text (font type and
size, color of the text, base point, and text alignment). Click the
“Apply” button to finish the text adding.

To change the Text Label properties, right-click on the text and

select the Edit Text option.

The Wave symbols tool allows you to mark waves on the chart in a
convenient way. Just select the symbol from the window by the
left-click and put it on the chart.

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For example, if you select the first symbol in a table and then
left-click on a chart, the [I] symbol will be placed. If you left-click
one more time, the [II] symbol will be placed on the chart. And so
on.

Each tool has its properties. To edit them, right-click the tool and
select “Edit tool”. You can also duplicate this tool or delete it using
this menu.

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To select the tool, double-left-click it. You will see white points
which you can move to change the shape and position of the tool.
If you press the Delete key, all selected tools in this chart window
will be deleted. To deselect the tool, double-left-click it one more
time.

There are some hotkeys that will help you to manage graphic
tools:

Ctrl + G — to select all the tools on the chart.

Ctrl + D — to deselect all the tools on the chart.

Ctrl + Del — to delete the last added tool.

Ctrl + A — to delete all the tools on the chart (selected or not).

Delete — to delete only selected tools on the chart.

Note that all the hotkeys can be changed via the “Hot Keys”
button on the Settings tab.

You can see these shortcuts through the right-click popup menu
or Graphic elements menu.

You can also view all tools currently added to a selected chart and
change or delete any of them using the “List of objects” button.

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The Objects list dialog window looks like this:

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To synchronize graphical tools on all charts and timeframes of one
currency pair, use the Paint toolbar’s button

When this mode is active, all new graphical objects created on

one of the charts will appear on all other charts with the same
currency pair.

For example, you can add a trend line to one chart, and then it will
appear on all of your charts.

Similarly, graphical tools created on different charts (with the

same currency pair) are connected. If you delete one, other tools
related to it will also be removed from the rest of the charts.

The Risk/Reward tool

The Risk/Reward tool shows the difference between the potential

loss and the potential profit of your Buy or Sell trade, depending
on initial preferences.

You can find the tool in the Graphic Elements menu (as well as in
the Graphic Panel).

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To begin drawing the tool, you need to select the trade type you
want to see Risk/Reward for and choose between Risk/Reward
Buy or Risk/Reward Sell.

After clicking the necessary Risk/Reward type, you will see the
following window:

Lot (position size) can be calculated based on Balance (by default),

Equity, or Custom value.

Define the risk amount and click “Apply”.

Select the place on the chart where the tool will be displayed.

The drawing tool will show you the following information about
the further trade:

1. Lot (position size).

2. The Take profit level.
3. The Stop Loss level.
4. Risk/Reward ratio.
5. Profit in USD and points.
6. Loss in USD and points.

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Please note that you can move, resize, change properties and
SL/TP levels of the tool after applying to the chart anytime you
need to. In this case, all the values will be recalculated
automatically.

If you need to change the SL or TP level, drag up/down the

corresponding rectangle’s outer corner.

To change some tool parameters, like name, style, the risk for lot
calculation, right-click on the border or corner of the figure and
select “Edit”.

You can also place the pending order using this tool: right-click on
the figure’s border or corner and select “Place pending order” in
the menu. The program automatically detects the type of
pending order and places it at the level that corresponds to the
price in the “Open at” field, as well as fills in the SL and TP values.

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USING TEMPLATES
AND DESKTOPS
BUILT-IN
TEMPLATES: THE
PROVEN WAY TO
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A template is a complete set of one chart window’s configuration,

including indicators, painting tools, and chart color scheme.

You can use templates to make your testing easier and more
comfortable. When all settings are put up, you can save your
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template.

To save your template, please do the following:

1. CustomClick the “Chart templates” button on the Charts tab.:

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You can also save your template by right-clicking on the chart and
selecting Chart Templates → Save Template.

2. Click the “Save Template” button.

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3. Type the template’s name and tick the necessary item.

There are several save options available:

Save color scheme — saves the color scheme of the

current chart, both main and additional, as well as
bars, grid settings, etc.

Save graphic instrument — saves all graphical tools.

Save indicators — saves all chosen indicators for all

timeframes of the current chart.

Uncheck and select the necessary items, or leave as it is by default.

Note: If you plan to apply the template to another currency, it’s

better to exclude the option “Save graphic instruments” as they
will be copied in a non-appropriate way.

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3. Type the template’s name and tick the necessary item.

If you need to use this template as the default one, you can check
the “Save template as default” option. The template will be
applied to all new charts automatically.

To apply the template, right-click on the chart → Templates →

<Name of the template> or click the “Chart Templates menu”
button → <Name of the template> on the Charts tab.

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Note: The chart changes according to the Template, so the
timeframe will shift to the one saved in your template. That means
that the template saves a complete state of the chart, including
timeframes and indicators applied to the selected timeframes
only.

To rename or delete the templates:

1. Right-click on the chart and select Chart Templates →

Edit Templates:

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2. Select the template you need from the list.

3. Click the “Rename” button to make changes and

confirm.

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4. Or click the “Delete” button and confirm the deletion of
the template.

You can also view your templates by clicking the “Chart

Templates” button on the Charts tab.

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When right-clicking on the chart and choosing the Templates →
default, the default settings will be applied to the chart.
To rename or delete the templates:

If you want to move your templates from one computer to

another, for instance, go to the Forex Tester folder (C:\ForexTester
folder by default), select the Templates folder, and copy all your
templates to some additional folder on your computer in order to
restore them when it’s necessary.

The Forex Tester program allows saving the charts, indicators, and
graphical instruments as a single file and then loading this file
again to restore all necessary configuration.

For example, you can have 4 charts open in the program, add
indicators and graphical instruments onto these charts, and then
save them as a desktop on your local disk via the Desktop → Save
Desktop menu on the Charts tab.

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After that, you need to enter the name of a saved desktop and
select the folder where the desktop will be saved.

The desktop file has a *.dsk extension.

You can load your saved desktop via the Desktop → Load Desktop
menu on the Charts tab.

Please note that the desktop will be applied only to the currency
pair it was initially saved for. If you save the desktop on a particular
currency pair and then select a new currency pair when creating
the project — the desktop will not be applied. The program will
warn you about that with the information message.

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By selecting Desktop → Restore Default Desktop, you will load the
default desktop. Please note that this will delete your chart, so we
recommend saving graphics from your chart as a template via
Chart Templates → Save Template on the Charts tab.

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SAVING PROJECTS
HOW TO SAVE
YOUR PROJECTS
AND EFFECTIVELY
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A project is a saved testing strategy with all its features inclusively.

The project saves all its structure with orders, charts, and
indicators placed on these charts. After the project opening, its
entire saved features & elements will be restored.

To save your current project, click the “Save project” button Home
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Type in the project’s name, and click Save.

You can see the project’s name in brackets.

To open your saved project, click the “Open project” button on the
Home tab.

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You’ll see the window with the list of saved projects. Select the
project you need and click Open.

You can use such a point of restoration to save some essential

parts while testing the same strategy, and then when it is
necessary, reverse to any of its points you have saved.

Project restoration saves your time: you can save just your strategy
project, or even a couple of parts of the same strategy, and then
come back to any saved point any time you wish. It’s easy, quick,
and practical and allows you to save the point you want or freeze
some interesting trading spots.

You can start a current project from the beginning at any time of
testing by clicking the “Restart Project” button.

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Note that this action will delete all your current trades and
account history.

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HOW EXPERT
ADVISERS CAN
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An Expert Adviser is a program based on some trading strategy,

and can automatically open and close the trades.

To backtest the EAs already included in Forex Tester, click the “List
of strategies” button on the Strategies tab.
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Make sure that the strategy execution is enabled. The
“Enable/Disable strategy execution”
button on the toolbar should be active.

We will cover the topic of Expert Advisers on the Awesome EA

strategy example.

1. Click the “List of Strategies” button and activate the

switch next to the AwesomeEA.

2. Double-click the strategy’s name or click the gear

button to open the properties window.

3. Choose the symbol from the drop-down menu.

Suppose the symbol that you need is not available in the

drop-down menu. In that case, you need to navigate to the hData
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create a new project for this symbol or load an
existing one.

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4. Select the timeframe to test your strategy.

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5. Set up a lot size.

6. Pick the Fast (F) and Slow (S) periods for moving average.

7. Select the moving average and price for applying.

8. Click “Apply”.

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 9. Click “Close” to exit the List of strategies window.

10. Click the “Start” button to begin the testing process.

Forex Tester will automatically open and close orders due to the
strategy rules programmed in the Expert Adviser.

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 Click “Close” to exit the List of strategies window.

To add a custom EA file with a *.dll extension, click the “Add

Strategy” button on the Strategies tab.

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ACCOUNT
HISTORY
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STATISTICS
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The statistics on the strategy’s performance are displayed during

the test and after the testing is finished. The Statistics window
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The number of total profit and loss trades.

Maximum profit and loss trade.
Net profit.
Profit per month.
Average profitable and losing trade.
Maximum drawdown.

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You can add the Profit chart for analysing your trade strategy by
clicking the “Profit Chart” button on the Charts tab.

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A profit chart is an individual chart that contains the specific
candlestick chart and three additional lines:

1. The Balance line (green) displays your deposit changes.

2. The Margin line (gray).

3. The Drawdown line (red).

4. The Profit chart — a set of candlesticks that gives a visual

comprehending of how the equity changes.

The balance and equity’s main difference is that the balance line
can be built only when the trade is closed, whereas the equity line
shows all the changes in the account for both open and closed
trades.

You can export the Profit chart to file or excel for further analysis.
To do that, right-click anywhere on the chart and select Export
Equity to a File / Excel.

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If you right-click the Statistics window, you will be able to export
these data to Excel or a *.txt file.

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You can disable the statistics window by clicking the “Statistics”
button on the Windows tab.

Account History

You can also view your Profit and Loss in points on the Account
History tab in the “Profit/Loss” row.

Use different filters to make your trading analysis more

convenient by clicking the Show filters link.

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You can apply any of the represented filters:

1. Date filter — show orders by Open, Close, Open and

Close, Open or Close dates.

2. Symbol — show only selected symbols.

3. Type — show only Buy or Sell or All orders.

4. Profit — show all or only profitable/unprofitable orders.

Click Apply to filter the values, or Clear to reset the filters.

You can also export the account history to Excel or text file by
right-clicking the Account history tab and selecting a necessary
export option.

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STRATEGY
OPTIMIZER
In Forex Tester 5, we’ve added the Strategy Optimizer feature with
AI-based algorithms. This feature allows you to select the optimal
parameters for your automatic strategy (expert) to gain the best
profit.

The “Strategy Optimizer” button is located on the Strategies tab.

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Before optimization, you need to make a preliminary step and
adjust the initial settings.

In the 1st stage of the initial, you need to select the Strategy (EA)
from the list and add your custom strategy by clicking the “Add
new strategy” menu item.
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Let’s have a look at how the tool works on the AwesomeEA
strategy example. After choosing the strategy, click Next.

In the 2nd stage, you need to select the optimization algorithm:

1. Full grid. This algorithm is the simplest and lacks AI

methods. Every test run (called iteration) goes through
every single combination of a given set of parameters
based on historical data. The more combinations, the
more iterations, the more time it takes to get the results.
The method’s accuracy is the highest — up to 99%, but
the speed is the lowest. The Full grid is available for all
users even without Paid Data Service subscription.

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2. Neural Network — an AI based algorithm. The complex
mathematical formulas that underlie this algorithm can
select the strategy parameters with a high level of
accuracy — up to 95%. This precision is achieved by using
a minimal dataset, so that you can get the result 10–100
times faster in comparison with a full grid (Brute Force)
test.

3. XGBoost — an AI based algorithm. Takes advantage of

the most powerful and advanced ML technique, which
allows performing parallel tree boosting to filter out
inappropriate options as early as possible. It provides an
even faster work than a Neural Network without loss of
the result accuracy (up to 95%).

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When you’re ready with the algorithm selection, click Next.

In the 3rd stage, choose the symbol and timeframe. It is also

necessary to select the dates for the data on which the iterations
will run.

Please check one of the options:

Use 1-minute data (less precise, suitable for Basic

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Use 1-minute and tick data (more precise,

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The Advanced settings button allows adjusting additional

parameters, such as the Tick generation method and Floating
spread.

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Generate ticks by OHLC points — if you select this method, each
bar will contain 1-4 ticks based on Open/High/Low/Close values of
the given bar (less than 4 ticks are possible in the situation when
Open=High, or Low=Close).

Generate ticks randomly by volume — the number of ticks inside

a 1-minute bar will be equal to this bar’s volume. Ticks will be
distributed randomly inside a single bar.

We recommend using the first method of ticks generation, as it is

the fastest and gives a good testing quality.

If you have activated the Use minute and tick data option, the Use
floating spread option will be available in the advanced settings
window. This feature is important for all intraday traders
(timeframes M1, M5, M15, M30, H1) to obtain the most precise test
results.

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When all the parameters related to the symbols and data quality
are set up, click Next.

In the 4th stage, you can work with your Strategy parameters that
should be optimized. By default, all parameters are switched off
for optimization, and you need to enable only those options that
you think should be optimized. For example, let’s enable the Lot
size parameter.

Enter the necessary values into the From, To, Step fields. You can
leave the auto value in these fields, so that the algorithm will
select the parameters at its discretion.

In our case, we’ve entered the following parameters for the Lot
size optimization:
From = 0.1
To = 0.5
Step = 0.1

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If you need to reset the setting value to auto, delete the entered
symbols by pressing the Backspace key and click on any empty
place of the window.

When all optimization settings are set up, click Next.

In the last stage, before optimization starts, specify your initial

Deposit (Balance) and define the conditions when the
optimization should stop immediately: Balance is smaller than
(value) AND/OR Balance is bigger than (value).

Please note, the values in stop conditions should be different from

the initial deposit.

When ready, click Start to begin the optimization process.

If you need to change some parameters, use the Previous button.

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A tip: if you hover the mouse cursor on the headers of stages, you
can see the parameters you’ve set up in the information popup.

During the testing process, you can see the chart with control
points appear and the progress bars for the current iteration and
the whole process. To see detailed information about the
particular point, hover the mouse cursor on it.

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You can use the Pause button if you need to pause the
optimization process for any reason.

If you want to change some settings during the test, click the
Reconfigure button on the window’s left top. The Optimization
summary window will be shown.

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Note: you can change only the parameters of the strategy and
common settings without restarting the test. Changing the
strategy, symbol, and data will lead to a test restart, and all the
results will be lost.

When ready, click the “Resume optimization” button to continue

testing.

When the optimization is completed, you will see the report with
general statistics of trades for this testing and the best parameters
for getting the maximum profit. You can also see the best settings
and profit after the end of every iteration in the left top part of the
window.

In our case, the best profit is reached when the Lot size = 0.5.

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GENERAL
PROGRAM
SETTINGS
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CLICKS
To open the program settings, please switch to the Settings tab.

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 1. Check for updates is used to check for program updates
manually.

2. The “Default orders” button is handy if you often open

orders with the same parameters.

3. Hotkeys.

4. Sound allows you to customize Forex Tester sounds.

5. Language allows selecting the language of the program

user interface.

6. Switch to Old Design allows you to roll back to the old

interface with panels.

By clicking the “Default orders” button, the Options window

appears with the following tabs:

Default orders.

Suppose your strategy requires opening the order with the Stop
loss of 40 pips, Take profit of 60 pips, and same lot size of 0.1 — you
can easily set it up!

1. Click the “Add” button in the Default orders tab.

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2. Set the Lot size of 0.1 from the dropdown menu.

3. Enter Stop loss of 40 manually or by using the dropdown

menu.

4. Enter Take profit of 40.

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 5. Add a comment if you need it.

6. Click “OK”.

Now, you’ve added a default buy order. Whenever you need to

open your standard order with the values mentioned above, use
the CTRL+B hotkey.

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Hotkeys.

Contains the hotkeys equivalents to all actions applicable in Forex

Tester. To change the existing hotkey combination or set one,
double-click on its name and select a necessary shortcut from the
dropdown menu.

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 Time frames.

Allows you to add or delete default timeframes used for new

projects.

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You can add a custom timeframe by clicking the Edit Time
Frames button on the Main toolbar.
In the Edit Time Frames window, you can set this timeframes list
as default for your new projects by clicking the “Make default”
button.

You don’t need to create a custom timeframe for every new

project — just do it once, and save your new list of timeframes as
default. When creating a new project, your custom timeframe will
also be shown among other default time frames.

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Has 4 sounds that exist in Forex Tester. These sounds represent

the .wav files that can be played when you start or stop the test,
when an error or a successful action occurs.

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 1. To set your own audio file, click the “Open file dialog”
button.

2. To delete the sound, use the “X” button.

3. To listen to the existing sound, click the speaker icon.

Updates.

Allows setting a periodicity of updates from server

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can also disable this setting so the program would never try to
update to the newest version.

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Has only one option — to “Set pause after start test”. When it’s
enabled, new bars will not appear after clicking the “Start Test”
button till you click “Pause”.

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You can also enable or disable any of the nine panels of the Forex
Tester terminal.

To do this, navigate to the Windows tab and click the

corresponding button.

1. The “Symbols” panel displays all the currencies involved

in the project. You will see the bid and ask prices and the
spread value.
2.
The “Tick chart” shows the price changes within the
3. current bar.

The “Data” window includes the following bar

information:

The date and the time when the bar appeared.

The open, high, low and close prices
The tick volume.
The bar index.

To get this data, hover your mouse on the desired bar.

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In case you want the info regarding a particular bar to be

displayed all the time, no matter if you hover on this bar
or not, tick the “lock index” checkbox and set the locked
bar index.

Note: the bars’ count begins from 0, and the calculation

goes from right to left.

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4. The “Statistics” chart provides you with all the necessary
information on your strategy’s performance.

5. The Open positions tab displays all opened orders.

6. The Pending orders tab shows the pending orders only.

7. The Account history tab shows all the closed orders.

8. “Journal” provides you with the technical information on

indicators that have been loaded; orders placement,
modification, and closing; test start, end, etc.

To clear the journal, right-click anywhere on the Journal

tab field and then click the “Clear journal” popup button.

9. The News tab provides you with detailed information

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10. The Notes tab allows creating any notes using the “Add
note” button and also displays a list of all created notes.

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and select the chart’s bar to which you want to add a new note.

The Edit note window will be shown.

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You can set up the note’s date and time, select one or all symbols
to link the note to, enter the title and text.

To quickly jump to the bar on the chart the note is linked to,
double-click on the note’s row.

To edit/delete a note, use the right mouse click (or the icon
on the chart). You can also edit/delete the note by clicking the
corresponding buttons.

To hide notes icons on the chart, right-click anywhere on the chart

and uncheck the Show Notes.

Use the Search field to find the necessary note. Pay attention that
search works only through note’s headers (titles).

11. The “Scripts” window contains all available scripts.

The script is the algorithm that will be run once by the

user’s demand.

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