ATT Strategy Journal: user guide — practical summary

# Journal is

The panel only reads account data. It does not place, modify or close orders and does not use DLLs. Two side effects are: symbols for positions may be added to Market Watch so the terminal loads price history, and the chart hosting the panel temporarily changes visual settings and keyboard focus while attached.

# Installing and running

• The product is distributed through the MQL5 Market and installs via the terminal. Files are not copied manually. You need a signed-in MQL5.community account to buy, rent or download the demo (Tools → Options → Community). After purchase the terminal downloads and installs the EA and lists it under Navigator → Expert Advisors → Market.
• Drag the EA onto a separate chart of any symbol and timeframe. Algorithmic trading permission is not required because the panel does not trade.
• The demo runs in the Strategy Tester visual mode and shows a SAMPLE DATA account. Note: figures that depend on price bars (worst/best points, equity drawdown, part of score tied to Exits) are not computed in the tester.

# Quick start essentials

# Inspection tools and everyday workflows

• Score-first triage: Sorting by SCORE surfaces the most reliable records. Clicking a row shows the verdict, reason for the grade and the main risk in plain figures.

• Interaction between EAs: Overlap shows whether multiple EAs win or lose on the same days—useful to spot twins (behave like a larger single position) or hedge pairs.
• Cost and execution monitoring: Costs tab reports commission, swap and slippage by symbol and month, and flags worsening fills.
• Prop-firm tracking: With Track prop-firm limits enabled, the panel displays room left before daily loss and max-drawdown limits and issues alerts at 50% and 80%, plus when limits are reached.
• Backtest comparison: Strategy Tester reports can be opened on the same board and read with the same grades and marks for side-by-side comparison.

# Sharing and outputs

A Share card saves a compact representation of a result for external review or record-keeping. The tool is intended for inspection, analysis and decision support rather than automated execution.