Forex Tester 5 offers the opportunity to install custom indicators.
This allows you trade journaling, analysis, and the same indicators as you would use in live MetaTrader trading.
This greatly speeds up the process of backtesting.
MetaTrader is a manual backtesting program that can be used by itself. It works well, but it is cumbersome.
There are however some restrictions when you import indicators into Forex Tester.
This tutorial will show you how to add custom indicators to Forex Tester 5 and why it may not be as useful.
The text version of the tutorial is available below.
How to add a new indicator in Forex Tester 5
Forex Tester 5 will allow you to add an indicator. Make sure that your browser is open. Home Click on the tab in the upper-left corner of your screen. Liste of IndicatorsIf so, Install a new indicator.
You will see a window that allows you to place the indicator.
Click the button with three dots to choose the file to be installed.
You can add 2 types of indicator files to FT5.
- .dll
- .mq4
Forex Tester indicator files are saved as a.dll.
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