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Optimization Results

Unlike testing, optimization is supposed to perform many passes for mechanical trading organisation (MTS) with different inputs.

This is done to decide the proficient parameters with which its profitability is the highest. To optimize, 1 has to flag the "Optimization" field in the tab of tester setup and printing the "Starting time" button. After that, ii new tabs will appear in the window: "Optimization Results" and "Optimization Graph".

The "Optimization Results" tab, unlike Tester Study, publishes not the entire list of trades, only final reports of each pass. All data are represented in the table with the post-obit fields:

• Pass – the laissez passer number;
• Profit – net profit (gross profit minus gross loss);
• Total trades – the total amount of open trade positions;
• Turn a profit cistron – the ratio between total turn a profit and total loss in per cents. One means that total profit is equal to full loss;
• Expected Payoff – mathematical expectation of win. This statistically calculable effigy shows average profitability/unprofitableness of one merchandise. Information technology is considered to show the estimate profitability/unprofitableness of the next trade;
• Drawdown $ – maximum drawdown relating to the initial deposit in the deposit currency;
• Drawdown % – maximum drawdown relating to the initial deposit in per cents;
• Inputs – dynamic values of inputs at each pass.

Afterward having clicked with the left mouse button on the heading of any column, one can sort all entries of the table in decreasing or increasing order. Data of the selected pass will be entered as bones inputs of the good (expert properties window, the "Inputs" tab) after the "Set Input Parameters" context card control has been executed. At that, the programme switches to the "Settings" tab, and optimization mode volition be stopped. Having pressed the "Offset" button, i can test the expert advisor having the pre-defined input parameters and variables. The same action tin be done past a double click with the left mouse button on the pass line in the tab of optimization results. Using the "Copy" context carte command or accelerating keys of Ctrl+C, ane can copy the selected results to the clipboard for further use in other applications. If no line has been selected, the unabridged tabular array will exist copied to the clipboard. The "Re-create All" command can be used to re-create the entire tabular array to the clipboard, as well. The report of the optimization results can also be stored in HTML format on the hard disk drive. To do so, one has to execute the "Relieve as Study" context menu control. Other context menu commands allow to set up displaying of results:

• Skip Useless Results – show/hibernate the results of loss passes;
• Show Input Parameters – prove/hide the "Inputs" cavalcade;
• Auto Adjust – automatic setting of column sizes when the window size changes.
  The same activity can be washed past pressing of A;
• Grid – show/hide grid to separate columns.
  The same action can exist done past pressing of M.

More than details are given in the sections of "testing Expert Advisors" and "Optimization".

Source: https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/overview/strategy_tester/strategy_tester_opt_results

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