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- dcraig replied Dec 30, 2006
Novices? — I just came back to this forum to see what was new, and to look up various strategies that I have been following on other forums. I have to say that only here do I find people putting down the correlation hedging methods, FR-like ...
- dcraig replied Sep 18, 2006
Finished! — Well, after uninstalling and reinstalling the FXDD MT4 platform several times with no success, adjusting the "bars in history" with no success, and downloading the alpari dataset into the platform with no success, I went with ...
- dcraig replied Sep 18, 2006
Backtesting solved — Well, after uninstalling and reinstalling the FXDD MT4 platform several times with no success, adjusting the "bars in history" with no success, and downloading the alpari dataset into the platform with no success, I went ...
- dcraig replied Sep 16, 2006
Hi RoBiK, I made an error as you mentioned when I made the images attached earlier. I have the same problem when I use "every tick" method. Still, as can be seen from the trading summary, there is a discrepency between the dates I picked, and those ...
- dcraig replied Sep 14, 2006
Hi RoBiK, Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try again to see what I could be doing wrong with setting the dates for the backtest, however it is pretty simple ... only two settings (start and finish). I've attached screenshots of my SETTINGS for a ...
- dcraig replied Sep 12, 2006
Max Bars — Richx7, Thanks for replying, but unfortunately I've looked into this, and it's not the problem. I followed the advice of this forum on another thread, and set max bars to 9999999. This returns the maximum number of bars possible. As ...
- dcraig replied Sep 12, 2006
Some Experts ... — I find it absolutely incredible that NOBODY in this massive site has EVER had the same problem I'm having. I'm freaking incredulous. I've downloaded the alpari dataset - nothing, no help. I've uninstalled my MT4 and ...
- dcraig replied Sep 12, 2006
Message during backtesting — By the way, in addition to getting ZERO ticks used in my useless backtesting, I also get the following messages in my journal. Note, I even used the basic MACD generic model. 2006.09.12 20:59:35 MACD Sample: no ...
- dcraig replied Sep 12, 2006
Nothing?? No Clue?? — I find it absolutely incredible that NOBODY in this massive site has EVER had the same problem I'm having. I'm freaking incredulous. I've downloaded the alpari dataset - nothing, no help. I've uninstalled my MT4 and ...
- dcraig replied Sep 10, 2006
Still out of service!! — andersonws, Any news on your backtesting problem? Oddly enough, mine gets better for a few days, then is bad again for a while ... no rhyme or reason on this. The other thing that I have noticed recently (in one of the ...
- dcraig replied Sep 8, 2006
Gee .. thanks — It seems that there are a lot of experts here, except when there is a real problem. I realize this is my own problem here, but I fail to believe that I am the only one who has evey encountered this problem. Please step up and ...
- dcraig replied Sep 8, 2006
EA idea — Hi cthauber, I like the idea on how to limit your losses. Perhaps this concept could be improved by combining with something like the stochastic indicator. That way you would open trades at "supposedly" the beginning of trends. I ...
- dcraig replied Sep 8, 2006
Bug — dieline, What type of bug did you hear the current version had? I've had a devil of a time with the strategy tester (see my thread in this section). Maybe you solved my problem too My version seems to have a bug that interferes with ...
- dcraig replied Sep 7, 2006
Now with the files — I know this looks bad, but I forgot to save as zip file format. Here is the file. Doug
- Major problems with Strategy Tester
I've got a bizarre problem occuring with Strategy Tester. I've been having problems with this ...
- dcraig replied Aug 30, 2006
Backtesting — Benna, THANKS for responding to my frantic email. I'm anxious to try your suggestion - where is the "home" button? I'm a little embarrased, but I can't find it ... Thanks again for responding. Doug
- dcraig replied Aug 29, 2006
trituetrade — It looks like you have successfully implemented the EA, as I can see a trade has already been made (unless you did this manually). Do you see the smiley face in the top right corner of the trend window? Doug
- dcraig replied Aug 29, 2006
trituetrade — trituetrade, Once you drag the EA to the chart, there are two things (minimum) you need to do. First, right click on the mouse, choose 'expert advisors', properties, common tab, and check off the button to allow for live trading. ...
- dcraig replied Aug 29, 2006
I was recently backtesting the FB EA in Strategy Tester, and settings that worked well the previous night weren't working AT ALL. I checked and re-checked all inputs and settings, timeframes, dates, etc., and everything was the same as my previous ...
- dcraig replied Aug 29, 2006
Backtesting dilemma — Hi Piccolo, Thanks for the reply. The EA I was testing was the Firebird 1.0a model. It has worked well in the backtesting up until last night, but now can't seem to go back more than a day ... even if I put the settings ...