Buying EA technical services: what counts as delivery?

Turn a brief into named files, versions, test conditions and acceptance records. Separate installation, agreed functionality and trading outcomes.

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01 Define what completion means

Name the object, platform, deliverables, checks and exclusions before work. Preparing an installation guide and evidence index is not automatically a strategy rewrite, optimization exercise or return guarantee.

02 Connect each claim to a record

A useful handover names the files, versions, inputs, environment, check date, result and limits. Identify replacements clearly. Installation, a generated backtest and demo observation are distinct outcomes; missing evidence remains missing.

03 Keep test conditions with the report

The MT5 tester provides date-range, modeling, capital and forward-testing settings. A report needs its conditions, not just a final return. Evidence preparation checks correspondence and omissions; it does not perform or invent terminal tests.

04 Review first, then scope additions

Mark each agreed item as accepted, returned or awaiting material. Explain what is missing. Additional features need a separate change in scope, price and timing. Submit the materials you have and the questions you want checked for a scoped quote.

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