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Installer · 108.7 MB
Version 0.4.53. Keeps itself up to date each time you open it.

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The Quantvex New Test screen: choose pairs, timeframe and data pool, set evolution and risk, with the run ticket and Launch test button on the right.
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Windows 10 and 1164-bitKeeps itself updatedVersion 0.4.53

Before you install

Windows might double-check once. Here's what to click.

Windows

SmartScreen

If a blue box says Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway. It shows up because the installer is new to Windows, not because anything is wrong.

1More info›2Run anyway

Your browser

Download check

Some browsers pause new downloads they haven't seen much. Open your downloads list, click the file's menu and choose Keep, then Keep anyway.

1Downloads›2Keep›3Keep anyway

First run

Your first ten minutes

You'll need MetaTrader 4 or 5 and an account with any broker. A VPS can come later.

  1. 01Open MetaTrader 5.Log in to any account. Demo is perfect for a first go.
  2. 02Start a test.Go to New Test, choose a pair and press Launch test.
  3. 03Check the grades.Once it's done, open a survivor and see how it graded.
  4. 04Send it to MT5.Press Deploy and it appears in your Expert Advisors folder.
MetaTrader 5 Navigator with the Astra folder of Expert Advisors open.
Astra's New Test screen with the run ticket and Launch test button on the right.
Results10 survivorsHoldout checked
Results table: each system's grade, checks, score, market and tier.
Results10 survivorsHoldout checked
Ready: Unbothered Tapir·41 on XAUUSD to MT5, with the Deploy to MT5 button.
Real screenshots from Astra.

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  • The same search engine and tests, one pair per run.
  • One real deploy to MT5, for one system, once.
  • One source code export, once.
  • A preview of Sentinel with sample data.
Sentinel preview: five systems live and inside their bands, with one basket's trajectory, drawdown and trade pace checks, and live versus closed equity charts.
The Sentinel preview included with the free plan. Sample data, not a live account.View full size

The holdout test

Every grade is checked on price data the engine never saw while it was searching.

See how each grade held up ›

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Open Astra, go to Settings, then Licence, and paste in your key. Your plan switches on straight away.

1Settings›2Licence›3Paste your key

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Release notes

What's in 0.4.53

Updates itself when you open it

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