Dislikedicehocey, it's a huge effort to backtest years of data on the 5min chart, thanks for sharing the results.
just a few questions so i can put these results in better perspective:
1. are you testing a specific time interval(i.e. 7am-12pm ET) or all 24hrs. of data for everyday? which pair(s)?
2. are you testing both of the setups(trend & counter trend)? 19 trades, and 25 trades in a year seem to be few. how strict are your rules for taking a trade?
3. you mentioned you changed to a straight 20 pip take profit before. do you keep your stop below...Ignored
but....
I backtested over the entire 24 hour period and ignored times of the day so there is no way I'd be able to get all these without sleeping/working/living etc!
I intend to go through a similar process with the other low spread pairs at some point to see what gives...
Strangly my live (demo) testing is not going anywhere near as well as my backtesting is at this stage so I'm looking at improving that at the moment as a priority! LOL!!!
take care all...
Tom