Can a constant be used in MT4 optimization?

[Bogdaiki]

Hi all,

I'm trying to reduce optimization time and avoid unnecessarily runs. The goal is to have same values for Buys and Sells, so instead of numbers I created constants and used the same in both Buy and Sell. Can this constant be used in the MT4 optimizer?

For example: I want to optimize the trade volume and the number of trades in a grid. If I start at 1, end at 10 with step 1, I'll have 10x10=100 runs per buy and 100 for sell and a total of 100x100=10.000. But I won't need the various permutations between Buys and Sells (I won't want to use say Volume 3 for Buy, 5 for Sell, 7 trades in the Buys grid and 6 trades in the Sells grid - I only want to test same volume 3 for Buys and Sells combined with same number 5 of grid orders for both Buys and Sells, in total 100 combinations, so 100 times faster).

I hope it makes sense, thank you!

[l'andorrà]

Yes, you can select a constant in your optimization process.