Find the market with the right breakout structure, build a strategy without code, and compile it in MetaTrader 5 (MT5) as an MQL5 Expert Advisor. Every EA's tested in BreakoutOS before it reaches your chart.
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The research happens in BreakoutOS. The finished strategy lands in MetaTrader 5 as an Expert Advisor you can compile, run in the Strategy Tester and attach to a chart.
Breakout Radar scores each session of a market for breakout direction and how long breakouts typically last, so you start where the structure's there.
Hypothetical backtestBreakout Trading PRO builds and tests breakout strategies for that market, point-and-click, using the Mr Breakouts Formula. Pick the one you want to take further.
The export writes the strategy as an MQL5 Expert Advisor. The header lists the session times it was tested on, which matters on MetaTrader since server time varies from broker to broker.
Paste it into a new Expert Advisor in MetaEditor and compile. It's ready for the Strategy Tester or a chart, like any EA you'd written yourself.
One strategy, backtested in BreakoutOS, then exported and backtested again in MetaTrader 5's Strategy Tester. The MQL5 export reproduces the BreakoutOS results closely, so the EA on your chart is the strategy you researched.
Hypothetical backtest
Hypothetical backtest| Measure | BreakoutOS | MetaTrader 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Trades | 409 | 409 |
| Win rate | 57.5% | 58.2% |
| Average trade | +$287 | +$291 |
| Net profit | +$117,585 | +$119,155 |
403 of the 409 trades match exactly. Five of the other six fall on holiday early closes, which this test's MetaTrader 5 session schedule didn't include, so those exits waited for the next open. The sixth is a stop order that filled at a reopen. Hypothetical backtest results on both sides, not live trading. See the Hypothetical Performance Disclosure at the foot of this page.
The entry, the exit and the filters you tested in BreakoutOS, written out as an MQL5 Expert Advisor.
The code header spells out the session times the strategy uses, so you can line them up with your broker's server time.
Small gaps can still come from your broker's price data, its server time or the tester's modelling mode. There's a guide inside BreakoutOS for tracking them down.
EAs you've coded yourself, bought in or picked up from a forum? A nice-looking backtest doesn't prove much, so import them into BreakoutOS Scale and put them through four tools.
Scores your strategy against a thousand strategies with the same DNA, across nine checks.
Finds out which indicators work best for your strategy.
Combines several strategies into one portfolio, so you see how they work together.
Gives each strategy a traffic light, so you know when to keep going and when to pause.
BreakoutOS does the research and the testing. MetaTrader 5 runs the Expert Advisor on your broker's account. Here's how the two fit together, from picking a market to monitoring a portfolio.
Score each market and session for breakout potential.
BuildGenerate tested strategy candidates, without code.
BuildCompile the EA in MetaEditor and attach it to a chart.
MetaTrader 5Nine checks against a thousand look-alike strategies.
ScaleFind the indicators that work best for it.
ScaleSeveral strategies, one portfolio.
ScaleA traffic light for every strategy.
ScaleWorks across most major markets
BreakoutOS builds and tests breakout strategies on all of them. Which ones you trade in MetaTrader 5 depends on what your broker offers.
BreakoutOS Build has the four tools you need to go from a market to a strategy, with MQL5 export on every strategy you build.
BreakoutOS Scale has the tools to audit, improve, combine and monitor the strategies you've already got, plus every Build tool.
MetaTrader and MQL5 are trademarks of MetaQuotes Ltd. BreakoutOS isn't affiliated with or endorsed by MetaQuotes Ltd.
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