EA Testing Instructions

By Ross Todd

Open C Drive

Open Program Files Folder

Create a New Folder

Name it Accordingly

Install Platform into New Folder.Rename the new Platform shortcut

that appears on the desktop accordingly.

OR

• You can simply copy another Platform’s Folder and paste it into the Program Folder. If you do it this way create a shortcut for the new Platform > name it accordingly > move it to the desktop.

After you start the EA check allow live trading then go to inputs tab after you set up the desired perimeters > save

settings

Name the set

Open the new platform’s folder and find the experts folder

Open the presets folder

Right click the .set file

Open with excel and save as an excel file. Here you can see the settings for

this EA

Next we save the History.Select the Account History Tab.

Select All History

Save as Detailed History

Save to Desktop

I Keep this file on my desktop and just replace it every time I make a

new history file.

Right click icon

Open with Excel

Find Graph and “Cut” it

Scroll to bottom of SS select 1 empty cell at the bottom.

Select Paste Special and save as a GIF

Select All

Copy

Insert a New Worksheet into the first SS you created from the .set

file and paste this into it.

Select Column Headers

Select AutoFilter

You can then sort columns by pair if the EA is running on different

pairs – you can see which pair that EA works best on…

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