The MT4 strategy tester: what's your honest experience?

MetaTrader's tester backtests EAs on historical data with a model of spreads — quick to run, easy to misread. The gap between tester results and live accounts is where the lessons live.

What did you learn?

• the strategy you tested and the result
• how live results differed from the tester
• the settings that make the tester more honest

The expectancy guide explains how to read the tester's output.