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PIP stands for “Price Interest Point” and is the last decimal place of a quote. It is mostly used in Forex trading and since Forex pairs usually have 4 decimal numbers, generally 1 pip is the change of 1 point at the 4th value of the currency pair; we could also define 1 pip as 1/100 of a cent.

Con il corso base di MQL4 di BacktestMarket potrai apprendere le chiavi di programmazione di un Expert Advisor, automatizzando la tua strategia di trading in modo tale che faccia operazioni sul mercato in totale autonomia

So what’s the fuss about the forex market? Just like any market, forex exchange market is the place currencies are traded. I mean, currencies are very important to a larger majority of people around the world, notwithstanding whether they understand it or not

Traders have got two ways to build a portfolio of automated trading algorithms which can help in trading activities: Learning how to code an automated trading strategy or using Automated Trading Software to generate strategies without the need of improving coding skills.

Algotraders need to learn from scratches. Here we show how to import an MT4 EA in Metatrader 4, a necessary skill to start with algorithmic trading

Thanks to 4 easy steps we will show you how to load data in MT5 and import data in Metatrader 5. Data is necessary for high quality backtesting and robust trading strategies

A quick comparison of the two most popular trading platforms, MT4 vs MT5. Find out which platform is best for you, what are the advantages that they offer, and what new features are included in MT5.

What is day trading and what are the most commonly used day trading strategies? Here we will take a look at the rules of day trading and describe some of the most popular day trading strategies.

Explaining the importance of having a well developed trade management plan and the advantages that automation has over manually managing trades.

Testing a trading system or Expert Advisor (EA) could be time consuming, but thanks to the Strategy Tester tool on MetaTrader, you can test a trading system using historical price data from several years ago without having to test it real time. It is called “backtesting”