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Reasons To Consider MetaTrader Expert Advisors

November 16th, 2009 No comments

eaThe off-exchange retail foreign currency (or forex) trading uses currency markets from a variety of countries to create a trading market where large volumes are traded and exchanged daily. We believe if you aim to profit from Forex trading, then you would need to own every single pip that you can get. But this is easier said than done, specially if you are new to the Forex market. It occurs because traders-beginners, keen by passion, rush to trade without having a Forex trading strategy. Even if they have a Forex trading strategy there is still a human factor. That is why it is necessary to use MetaTrader Expert Advisors.

MetaTrader Expert Advisors or MetaTrader EAs are mechanical trading systems which completely automate the trading process on the Forex market by using unique Forex trading strategies. These trading robots trade under the control of the MetaTrader 4 trading platform.

During Technological crisis, orders may not be filled as placed. Trading on a particular electronic trading system may differ from trading on other electronic trading systems, or other market systems. If you undertake transactions on an electronic trading system, you will be exposed to risk associated with the system, including the failure of hardware and software. The result of any system failure may be that your order is either not executed according to your instructions or is not executed at all.

MetaTrader EAs are very easy to acquire and use. As soon as you purchase one, all you need to do is download it, install it into MetaTrader 4, set your preferences and run the program. The important thing to note is that you will need to have an account with a forex broker that supports MetaTrader 4. The MetaTrader 4 platform has the built-in MetaTrader Expert Advisorsbased on the technical analysis, such as MetaTrader indicator. There are hundreds of forex brokers who use MetaTrader around the globe, and a couple of them should fit your trading requirements perfectly.

MetaTrader Tips – Expert Advisor Optimization

November 12th, 2009 No comments

Let’s look at how to optimize an expert advisor. In the example below we will look to optimize the size of stop loss and take profit.

Expert Optimization Steps

1. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R.

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2. In the Strategy Tester window, select Expert Properties

3. Select the Optimized parameters ( in our example stop-loss and stop-profit)

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4. Enter the initial values of the optimized parameters, step and stop

5. Close the window

6. Select Optimization

7. Choose a model for optimization ( a model “ Open prices only (fastest method to analyze the bar just completed)” corresponds to the most advisors, although for greater accuracy it is possible to test on Every tick (based on all available least timeframes) but then time of optimization substantially will be increased.

8. Press start

9. After completion of optimization, open Optimization result and choose parameters considering a highest income and minimum drawdown. (obviously income should be high and drawdown should be less)

Source: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/612/metatrader-tips-expert-advisor-optimization/

Tips for choosing a MetaTrader Expert Advisor

October 28th, 2009 No comments

It is important to choose a forex trading platform that meets your requirements. There are different types of platforms that provide different facilities. The platform that you choose depends on your approach. Some platforms provide high level of details. They provide highly complex charts and indicators and complete information about the markets. If you are an expert in the FX market, this is what you would expect and this is what will help you to make trading better decisions. On the other hand, if you are new to this market, complex indicators and charts can only confuse you and make you edgy. So, you might require a forex platform that provides a simplified data and gives away tips that are understandable to even a layman.

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MT4 VPS Hosting

October 23rd, 2009 No comments

Forex traders can choose to use expert advisors or forex robots with MetaTrader. For using these MetaTraders trading robots your computer should always be connected to the internet otherwise the robots will not work correctly. There are many traders who are not able to leave there computers on constantly and others who have slow internet connection. The solution to all these problems is MetaTrader VPS hosting. This means that you are hosting your MetaTrader setup on an external server. Dedicated servers are always connected to the internet. It means that the personal computer of the trader does not have to be connected to the internet 24 hours a day. All you have to do is to upload your trading robot on the dedicated server. After uploading the robot you can manage your trading without any interruptions.

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