Four Simple Steps to Backtest and Optimize Your EA on MetaTrader 5

James Hinton
6 min readJun 19, 2024

You’ve got an algorithm. You think it’s going to be great. Now you’re thinking to yourself, “Let’s test it out!”

I couldn’t agree more!

One the best features about MetaTrader 5 is it’s built in backtester — and it’s super simple to use!

In this article, I’ll show you how.

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James Hinton

Passionate algorithmic trader and Cyber Security expert. Love developing helpful content.