====== Introduction ======

**Forex Strategy Builder** (**FSB**) is a visual back tester, generator and optimizer of forex trading strategies. The program is totally free to use and distribute.

===== Goals =====

  * To offer a fast and easy back test for trading strategies without requiring thorough knowledge of Forex;
  * To guarantee maximum reliability of the trading results;
  * To analyze and further improve the forex trading strategies.

===== Main Features =====

  * **Forex Strategy Builder** needs to be installed on your computer in order to function;
  * the program uses real historical forex rates to test any trade strategy;
  * Forex rates are stored on your hard drive. This enables you to use the program off-line;
  * all the forex strategies are built using a combination of different technical indicators and additional conditions;
  * the graphic interface allows quick and easy access to all indicators, conditions and parameters. Therefore, the user does not need to enter any mathematical formulas or scripts in the process of building a strategy;
  * the back test results are calculated in real time and all the indicators' charts, the virtual account balance, the statistics and the trade journal are instantaneously drawn.

===== Unique Features =====

  * automatically generates forex trading strategies - [[:manual:generator|Strategy Generator]];
  * optimizes the indicators' parameters  - [[:manual:optimizer|Strategy Optimizer]];
  * automatically summarizes any strategy's logic - [[:manual:overview|Strategy Overview]];
  * compares and uses various methods for interpolation of data - [[:manual:comparator|Methods Comparator]];
  * employs an intrabar scanner that uses all the available data - [[:manual:scanner|Intrabar Scanner]];
  * shows the price route within each bar - [[:manual:explorer|Bar Explorer]].

===== How It Works =====

{{:manual:testing_diagram.png|Working Cycle}}

  - Load the historical forex rates;
  - Create your trading strategy by combining technical indicators, adjusting their parameters and using different logics;
  - **Forex Strategy Builder** automatically:
    * calculates the indicator values and draws their charts;
    * back tests the strategy using the input historical rates;
    * shows your virtual account balance;
    * keeps a journal of your trading operations, orders and positions;
    * generates a summary of your strategy
  - Additional features:
    * optimization of the strategy;
    * intrabar data scan using additional forex rates;
    * comparison of the different interpolation methods;
    * possibility to publish your strategy in the users' forum and get further analysis, as well as  other users' comments;
    * data export function, indicator values and statistics.