Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trading Strategy Window
The MT4 XAUUSD Strategy Tester in the MT4 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MetaTrader 4 Automated XAUUSD EA which is an Automated Trading Bot and determine the profitability of this How to Implement a Grid Trading Strategy PDF automated xauusd strategy and then Optimize this Automated Grid Strategy to a point where it's giving good profits from its xauusd automated trading activities.
Note: Before beginning the MetaTrader 4 XAUUSD Strategy Tester shown below, you must first attach a xauusd Automated XAUUSD EA on a MT4 gold chart, by going to the Navigator Window, choosing the gold trading Automated Grid Trading Strategy & then right click on the it & specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Automated Grid Trading Strategy is attached to the MT4 xauusd chart it will appear as it is illustrated below, Then Right Click on the Automated XAUUSD Trading EA, select properties settings and then select the option by Checking/Ticking "Allow Live Trading" and then continue with the MT4 strategy tester shown below.

The MetaTrader 4 strategies 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 MT4 button keys on your keyboard.
The MT4 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Automated XAUUSD EA automated xauusd system & also for optimizing the profitability of this xauusd Automated Grid Trading Strategy.

Automated XAUUSD Expert Advisor: Parameter for selecting which xauusd Automated Grid Strategy you want to test among those installed on your MT4 software.
Symbol: The xauusd chart for which you want to test the xauusd Automated XAUUSD 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 XAUUSD Trading EA
Visual Mode: Select To view the illustration of where this xauusd Automated Grid Strategy opens and 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 XAUUSD EA Automated XAUUSD Robot
For example to test the above xauusd Automated XAUUSD 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 Automated Grid Strategy further by changing the Automated XAUUSD EAs xauusd settings.

Once the optimization of the xauusd Automated XAUUSD EA is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the xauusd Automated Grid Strategy 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 XAUUSD EA testing you must go to the navigator window, double click on this xauusd Automated Grid Trading Strategy 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 MT4 strategy tester.
Once you Run your Automated XAUUSD EA the Results will be shown on the following windows
Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trade Strategies Optimization Results

Intraday Grid XAUUSD Strategy Optimization Graph

Intraday Grid Gold Strategies Balance and Equity Graph

Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trading Strategy Profit and Loss Graph - Automated Grid Strategy - Automated Grid Trading Strategy - Grid Trading MetaTrader 4

The above is just a brief introduction to MT4 strategy-tester - automated trading with Automated Grid Trading Strategy 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 XAUUSD EA automated xauusd robot will be the Grid XAUUSD Strategy - Intraday Grid XAUUSD Trading Strategy.
Note: You can only implement an Automated XAUUSD EA using data which has been downloaded and saved on your MT4 software, therefore for the date settings select the dates that you have been trading with your MT4 to get a graph representation of how your automated xauusd Automated Grid Trading Strategy would trade.


