How to run backtest of a set file

1. Go to toolbox wherein u can see the trades opened. On that screen, u can see the tab "Strategy tester" at the right hand bottom.

2. Click the "Strategy tester" and u will go the below screen and choose "Single"

3. Choose ur Expert Advisor, currency pair, ur duration of back test.

Delays as per ur broker.

Modeling as "every tick based on real ticks"

Deposit with which u want to execute the backtest.

4. U shud choose optimization as "disabled" and untick "visual mode" in case if u dont to visualize the test. If u enable this, this will take lot of time to complete the backtest.

5. Now go to "Inputs" tab to load the set file u want to run the backtest. Right click on any of the parameters and set to "defaults" before loading any set file for backtest.

6. After setting to "defaults" , now click on "Load" and to choose ur set file loading to "tester".

7. After loading the set file, u shud click "start" to start the backtesting.

8. Once the backtesting is completed, u can see the graph and backtest report tab.