Grid Trading Software

The MT5 XAUUSD Trading Strategy Tester in the MetaTrader 5 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MetaTrader 5 Automated Gold Expert-Advisor which is an Automated Trading Bot & determine profitability of this Grid Trading Expert-Advisor automated xauusd strategy and then Optimize this Grid Expert Advisor to a point where it's giving good profits from its xauusd automated trading activities.

Note: Before beginning the MetaTrader 5 XAUUSD Trading Strategy Tester illustrated & shown below, you must first attach a xauusd Automated Gold Expert Advisor on a MetaTrader 5 gold chart, by going to the Navigator Window, choosing the Grid trading EA and then right click on it and specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Grid Trading EA is attached to the MetaTrader 5 xauusd chart it will appear as it is illustrated below, Then Right Click on the Automated Gold Expert Advisor, select properties settings and then select the option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" and then continue with the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester shown below.

The MT5 strategy-tester option can be activated from the view menu & it's the second last menu item on View Menu, A short-cut is to Press Ctrl+R MetaTrader 5 buttons on your key board.

The MT5 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Automated Gold Expert Advisor automated xauusd system & also for optimizing the profitability of this xauusd Grid Trading EA.

Automated Gold Expert Advisor: Parameter for selecting which xauusd Grid EA you want to test among those installed on your MT5 software.

Symbol: The xauusd chart for which you want to test the xauusd Automated Gold EA on

Model: Whether to execute based on tick method, open gold prices or control points

Use Date: Set the date to begin the testing and date to end the testing of the xauusd Automated Gold Expert Advisor

Visual Mode: Select To view the illustration of where this xauusd Grid Trading EA opens & closes xauusd trade as testing goes on, there is also a slide bar to increase or decrease the speed for this visual mode.

Period: XAUUSD Chart Timeframe for which to use examples 1 H XAUUSD Chart

Optimization: Allow Optimization Setting for your Automated Gold Expert Advisor Automated XAUUSD Robot

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

Following trade results are generated & an automated xauusd trader can choose to optimize the xauusd Grid EA further by changing the Automated Gold Expert Advisors xauusd settings.

Once the optimization of the xauusd Automated Gold Expert Advisor is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the xauusd Grid EA testing is complete.

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

Before running this Grid XAUUSD Strategy - Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trading Strategy for Automated Gold Expert Advisor testing you must navigate to navigator window panel, double-click on this xauusd Grid Trading EA to attach it to the gold chart and set the parameters as illustrated and shown below by ticking the options provided below:

After setting the above settings then you can test your automated xauusd strategy within the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester.

Once you Run your Automated Gold Expert Advisor the Results will be shown on the following windows

Intraday Grid XAUUSD Strategy Optimization Results

Intraday Grid Gold Trade Strategies Optimization Graph

Intraday Grid XAUUSD Strategy Balance & Equity Graph

Intraday Grid XAUUSD Strategy Profit & Loss Graph - Grid Robot - Grid Robot Trading Expert Advisor - Grid Trading Excel

Above is just a brief introduction to the MT5 strategy-tester - automated trading with Grid Trading EA XAUUSD Trading Bots is a wide topic that a trader will take some time and research to learn about but the main environment to test & optimize the xauusd Automated Gold Expert Advisor automated xauusd robot will be the Grid XAUUSD Strategy - Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trading Strategy.

Note: You can only implement an Automated Gold Expert Advisor using data which has been downloaded and saved on your MetaTrader 5 platform, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you have been trading with your MetaTrader 5 to get a graph representation of how your automated xauusd Grid Trading Expert Advisor would trade.