Grid Strategy
The MT4 Stock Strategy Tester in the MT4 platform is the environment used to backtest the profitability of an MT4 Automated Stocks EA which is an Automated Robot & determine the profitability of this How to Implement a Successful Grid Trading Strategy PDF automated stocks strategy and then Optimize this Automated Grid Strategy to a point where it's giving good profits from its stocks automated trading activities.
Note: Before beginning MetaTrader 4 Stock Strategy Tester shown below, you must first attach a stocks Automated Stocks EA on a MT4 stock trading chart, by going to the Navigator Window Panel, choosing the stock trading Automated Grid Strategy & then right click on the it & specify the option "Attach to Chart", once the Automated Grid Trading Strategy is attached to the MT4 stocks chart it will appear as it is shown below, Then Right-Click on the Automated Stocks Trading EA, choose property setting & then choose 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 is the second last menu item on View Menu, A short-cut is to Press Ctrl+R MT4 buttons on your keyboard.
The MT4 strategy Tester has the following Parameters for setting up before testing an Automated Stocks EA automated stocks system & also for optimizing the profitability of this stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy.

Automated Stocks Expert Advisor: Parameter for selecting which stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy you want to test among those installed on your MT4 stock platform.
Symbol: The stocks chart for which you want to test the stocks Automated Stocks EA on
Model: Whether to execute based on tick technique, open stocks prices or control points
Use Date: Set the date to start the testing & the date to end the testing of the stocks Automated Stocks Trading EA
Visual Mode: Choose To view the illustration of where this stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy opens and closes stocks trade as testing goes on, there is also a slide bar to increase or decrease the speed for this visual mode.
Period: Stocks Trading Chart Timeframe for which to use example 1 Hour Stocks Trading Chart
Optimization: Allow Optimization Setting for your Automated Stocks EA Automated Stocks Robot
For example to test the above stocks Automated Stocks EA on the stocks trading for profitability, the settings can be set up as shown above & MetaTrader trading platform strategies tester is then run, by clicking "Begin Button".
Following trade results are generated & an automated stocks trader can choose to optimize the stocks Automated Grid Strategy further by changing the Automated Stocks EAs stocks settings.

Once the optimization of the stocks Automated Stocks EA is complete the status bar will show progress, the above status bar shows the progress that the stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy testing is complete.
To view the result click on options high lighted above (Optimization Result, Optimization Graph, Journal)
Before running this Grid Stocks Strategy - Intraday Grid Stocks Trading Strategy for Automated Stocks EA testing you must go to the navigator window, double click on this stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy to attach it to the stock chart and set the parameters as displayed below by ticking the options provided below:

After setting the above settings then you can test your automated stocks strategy within the MT4 strategy tester.
Once you Run your Automated Stocks EA the Results will be displayed on the following windows
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Grid Stocks Strategy - Intraday Grid Stocks Trading Strategy Profit and Loss Graph - Automated Grid Trading Stock Strategy - Automated Grid Trading Strategy

The above is just a brief introduction to the MT4 strategies tester - automated trading with Automated Grid Trading Strategy Stocks Trading Bots is a wide topic that a trader will take some time & research to learn about but the main environment to test and optimize the stocks Automated Stocks EA automated stocks bot will be the Grid Stocks Strategy - Intraday Grid Stocks Trading Strategy.
Note: You can only implement an Automated Stocks EA using data which has been downloaded and saved on your MT4 stock platform, 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 stocks Automated Grid Trading Strategy would trade.


