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Performing Optimization

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Once a strategy has been [[<span style="color: red;">'''LINK'''</span>0280_Backtesting/22-8002_Signals.html name="1"; |applied]] to a chart, strategy optimization can be performed.
 
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== Running Exhaustive Search ==
 
Optimization is performed from the '''Format Objects''' window:
 
To perform Exhaustive Search optimization:
 
# Open the '''Format Objects''' window.<br><span>{{FormatObjectIS}}</span>
# Select the '''Signals''' tab.
# Click the '''Optimize''' button.
# In the '''Select Optimization Method''' dialog box that appears, select '''Exhaustive Search'''.
# In the '''Exhaustive Search Properties''' window that opens, select the '''Optimizable Inputs''' tab.
# In the '''Start Value''' column, enter the desired starting values for each of the inputs.
# In the '''End Value''' column, enter the desired ending values for each of the inputs.
# In the '''Step''' column, enter the desired step size, for each of the inputs.
# Select the '''Optimization Criteria''' tab.
# Select the '''Use Limitation''' checkbox to limit the output to a defined number of the best results; unselect the checkbox to list all the results in the optimization report.
# Enter the desired number of best results in the '''Show <i>N</i> best results''' box.
# Select the best results criteria in the '''best results for''' list box.
# Select criteria:
## Select '''Standard Criteria'''
## Select the criteria from the drop-down list
<span>More about Standard Criteria text text text</P></span>
 
[[Category:Optimization]]