Comparing Multiple Indicators in a Visual Strategy Backtest
Summary
The document describes a workaround for a strategy tester that can display only one indicator at a time. Instead of using the indicator-specific tester, it proposes loading indicators through an expert advisor and running that in visual mode. This setup lets a trader view several indicators together while observing how a strategy behaves.
Four built-in indicators are supplied as default inputs, with their paths recognized automatically. The system can also load custom indicators through user-specified paths. The document offers no test results, performance measures, or detail on how indicator signals are combined, so it explains a testing workflow rather than a trading method. Visual comparisons may help with inspection, but they do not by themselves establish that an indicator or strategy will perform well out of sample.
Key ideas
- The indicator-specific tester is limited to showing one indicator at a time.
- An expert advisor can load indicators for testing in visual mode.
- The described setup supports viewing up to four indicators together.
- Built-in indicators use default paths, while custom indicators can use specified paths.
- The document describes a testing workflow but provides no performance evidence.
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