BackTester Pro

BackTester Pro

BackTester Pro is a manual trading simulator for historical data in the MetaTrader 4 Strategy Tester.
It allows you to simulate market conditions, manually open and close trades, and analyze strategies without risking your deposit.

Main Features

• Manual trading emulation in MT4 visual strategy tester
• Compatible with any symbols and timeframes
• Fast order execution (open/close)
• Customizable lot size, Stop Loss, and Take Profit
• Integrated logging and trade statistics in MT4 tester
• Perfect tool for strategy learning and testing

Advanced Functionality

• Select time zone: TerminalTime, GMT0, or NewYork
• Display time of the latest candle in selected zone
• Draw daily open level and previous day’s High/Low
• Show trading sessions (Asia, London, New York)
• Manually set session start and end times
• Remove outdated levels at the end of the day
• Auto-pause when price reaches key levels
• Control tester speed and pause with hotkeys
• Scroll through history with time skipping
• Manage orders via on-chart control panel

How to Set Up the MT4 Strategy Tester

• Install BackTester Pro from the Market in MetaTrader 4
• Open the Strategy Tester: Ctrl + R
• Select: Expert Advisor
• Choose: Market/BackTesterPro.ex4
• Symbol: EURUSD or any other
• Timeframe: M1 or other
• Model: ControlPoints or OpenPricesOnly
• Spread: 20
• Enable “Use Date” and set the start and end dates
• Enable “Visual Mode” and move the speed slider to the right

BackTesterPro.ex4 Settings

Click Expert Properties to open the settings window

— Time and Visual Settings —

• Time-zone: TerminalTime, GMT, NewYork
• Show session 1/2/3: toggle session visibility
• Start/End hour session 1/2/3: set session hours based on selected time zone
• Show Time-zone time: display current trading time in selected zone
• Show day open level: display daily open level
• Show last day high/low: display previous day’s High/Low
• Delete objects old days: remove objects older than a specified number of days

— Orders —

• Order lot: lot size
• Slippage: slippage (in points)
• Magic: unique EA identifier
• Order comment: comment for the order

— GMT Time Offset Quotes for MT4 Tester —

• Winter hourly offset GMT: winter time offset (default: 2)
• Daylight saving time: DST mode (default: DLS_EUROPE)

• DLS_NONE: no daylight saving time
• DLS_EUROPE: European DST style (+1 hour)
• DLS_USA: US DST style (+1 hour)

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