Guides

Guides for your MT5 optimizations

Short, practical answers to the questions that come up when you optimize an EA in MetaTrader 5.

• How to export your MT5 optimization results to XML The four steps, and the three mistakes that ruin the analysis. Read the guide →
• MT5 overfitting: what it is and how to spot it The signs in your optimization results that the best pass is mostly luck, and what to do about it. Read the guide →
• Forward testing in MT5: what it is and how to set it up How to turn it on, how much of the period to keep aside and how to read it without fooling yourself. Read the guide →
• How to read the MT5 Strategy Tester report The figures that matter, what reasonable values look like and the traps when reading them. Read the guide →
• Genetic or complete optimization in MT5: which one to use What changes besides speed, and how to use the genetic search without fooling yourself. Read the guide →
• Which optimization criterion to choose in MT5 What each criterion rewards, what it hides and why none of them prevents overfitting. Read the guide →