MT5 Robot Tester

Overview

Select the best MetaTrader 5 robots (Expert Advisors) from a candidates folder by driving the Strategy Tester from the command line through a 3-round pipeline, moving each bot between folders as it advances, and learning across runs to improve selection each loop. The whole run is checkpointed and resumable.

• Round 1, screening (all pairs): backtest the EA on each symbol in the configured common.symbols list (one Optimization=0 backtest per symbol, MT5 build 6061 leaves the Optimization=3 XML empty, so per-symbol backtests are used). Gate: ≥5 symbols profitable AND best symbol ≥3× deposit.
• Round 2, best-pair backtest: single backtest on the best symbol; analyze net profit %, worst drawdown %, % positive months, all-years-positive, LR Correlation, months-to-new-high.
• Round 3, sequential parameter optimization: optimize the 5, 6 inputs after MagicNumber, one at a time, range ±50% step 5%; then a final backtest.
• Finalist: optimized result improves on Round 2 and profit ≥4× deposit and worst drawdown ≤12%.

Tested bots move to in-testing; finalists are also copied to finalists with their optimized .set.

When to Use

• "Prueba robots / bots / EAs en MetaTrader 5."
• Screen a folder of MT5 Expert Advisors and pick the best across all pairs.
• Optimize EA parameters and decide finalists by profit/drawdown/consistency.
• Resume an interrupted testing run.

Prerequisites