Settings are exported to JSON text files:Īll symbols are displayed in a separate Custom group. It is also possible to export and import entire groups of symbols: Parameters of a specific custom symbol can be exported or imported from its settings editing window shown above. You can easily share custom symbols or transfer symbols between your platforms. Be careful and properly configure all the symbol parameters before importing history. When the above parameters are changed from MQL5 programs, price data is also deleted. The minute and tick history of the custom financial instrument is automatically deleted when the following parameters in the symbol specifications are changed: the formula (for synthetic symbols), the tick size and value, the charting mode, the point value and accuracy.
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The symbol name may only contain Latin letters without punctuation, spaces or special characters (may only contain ".", "_", "&" and "#"). If you connect to the server, on which a symbol with the same name exists, the custom symbol will be deleted. The name of the custom symbol must not match the names of symbols provided by the brokers. Select an existing symbol in the "Copy from" field. You can quickly configure your custom symbol by copying parameters of any similar instrument and modifying them. Each trading session must be within a quoting session. If you need to configure the time of quoting and trading sessions separately, enable the option "Enable separate trading sessions". Trading sessions are not specified by default, and coincide with quoting sessions. Expert Advisors will not be able to trade in the Strategy Tester in non-session hours. Sessions are configured separately for each day. In addition to the above parameters, you can configure trading and quoting sessions for the symbol. Time limits use - by setting "Yes", you can specify the first and the last day of the symbol trading period (circulation period). The largest one of the calculated values is used as the final margin value. Symbol margin can be calculated using the margin of a short side (all sell positions and pending orders) and of a long side (all buy positions and sending orders). Calculate hedged margin using larger leg - this mode is only used on hedging accounts, where opposite positions of the same symbol can exist simultaneously. Background - the background color for the symbol in the Market Watch window. Chart mode - the price used for creating the symbol chart, Bid or Last. It will be displayed as a link when viewing symbol properties in the Market Watch window. Page - the web page containing symbol information. For example, gold is the underlying asset for futures contracts. Basis - the name of the underlying asset for the custom symbol. Open the symbol management window using the context menu of the "Market Watch" window and click on "Create Custom Symbol":įor a custom symbol, you can configure some parameters from the specification of trading instruments, as well as some additional parameters: LIGHTWRITE DONT IMPORT A SYMBOL HOW TO
How to Create and Configure a Custom Symbol If your broker does not provide the instrument, on which you want to test your strategy, or the provided history depth and the quality of price history is not enough, you can create a custom symbol and upload required data to it. You can view charts of such symbols and perform technical analysis, as well as use them for testing trading robots and indicators in the Strategy Tester. The trading platform allows creating custom financial symbols. Request a presentation of MetaTrader 5 for Hedge Funds.
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