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- sydap2003 replied Mar 12, 2016
After many months of trying, I have finally succeeded in creating a strategy which survives, and profits, during a full 8 years of back testing on GBPUSD and using a spread of 5 pips to be conservative. And to date it has been profitable on my live ...
- sydap2003 replied Mar 6, 2016
This has worked out to be a very useful thread on back testing. I have some data related to some of the issues/questions raised. By way of background I prepared 9 SET files using FX Autotrader Elite with 2015 tick data. Each has over 200% return for ...
- sydap2003 replied Feb 29, 2016
Yes I would love to have a definitive answer from someone in the know.
- sydap2003 replied Feb 28, 2016
Very interesting. Could you explain why we should use the Open rather than the Close of the bar?
- sydap2003 replied Feb 28, 2016
How naughty of you to suggest that a broker might do something like this! :-) But really, is it such a big deal if someone copies what you have made; unless of course you intend to sell it as a commercial product. As already answered, your EA can be ...
- sydap2003 replied Feb 28, 2016
Thanks. I appreciate your insights and sharing of your knowledge. And yes, you can take a rain check; hopefully the rain has set in for a long time, so no rants, just plain informative and lucid contributions as always! :-)
- sydap2003 replied Feb 28, 2016
Not sure how one does 10 year back tests since good tick data is only available since 2007 as far as i can tell. But there is no need to rant. :-) We are all just sharing. I restrict my back testing and optimisation to 5 years since that shows me ...
- sydap2003 replied Feb 27, 2016
Good luck to you too. Did not intend to be critical. Was just trying to keep adding to the suggestions because I think that this is a good thread.
- sydap2003 replied Feb 27, 2016
Yes, forward testing is the ultimate test but how long are you going to persevere with forward testing? And so if market conditions change all the time, what will you do? Keep adjusting your strategy and keep testing? In that case what is the point ...
- sydap2003 replied Feb 27, 2016
Happy to accept that the results may well be different. I only ever regard back test results as indicative, for all the reasons set out in this thread. The TS on my EA has a step function which I think helps to smooth the differences between demo ...
- sydap2003 replied Feb 26, 2016
This is a great thread. Very useful commentary. Frank asked whether an EA version of a strategy would be helpful and i would reply with a resounding "yes", even if it is just for your testing phase. Because with a customisable EA as I have, coded by ...
- sydap2003 commented Jul 4, 2015
My hope is that if the Greeks vote "no", then the Government will take Greece out of the eurozone and rebuild the country using the advantages of a cheap drachma. The tourists will flock to Greece on a cheap drachma and if used wisely, the Greeks ...
- sydap2003 commented Jun 28, 2015
Well Tsipras could have called a referendum weeks ago because he knew the deadline was 30 June, so he should have given the Greek people a chance weeks ago. Instead he played the brinksmanship card - and lost. That is his fault, not the fault of ECB ...
- sydap2003 commented Jun 27, 2015
I don't understand. No one forced Greece to borrow money. They ran out of cash and took on loans to help them through. So why does Greece now claim they are being blackmailed? They asked for money, they were given the money under terms they agreed ...
- sydap2003 commented Jul 29, 2014
I am with you. Super all in cash. Read all about the impending doom at Elliot Wave International, and take a look at the ending diagonal and bearish divergence on the DJ30 daily
- sydap2003 replied Jan 3, 2014
On Menu tab choose "Common" and select Short only or long only. Works for any EA.
- sydap2003 replied Nov 14, 2013
... and isn't the History Centre data artificial anyway? It does not necesarily match the brokers data/spread that they apply. One EA vendor suggest that to overcome this you should collect data by pressing the LH arrow key and scrolling back for ...
- sydap2003 replied Nov 14, 2013
Spot on Darwin. I have done many backtets and optimised my EA on the backtester, only to find all those great results are meaningless. I understand the concept of walk forward and have done that using backtester but you are proposing a somewhat ...
- sydap2003 replied Nov 5, 2013
Hi xux99 Would love to try your uranus EA but the link you have provided does not work - Problem Loading page. Could you pls resend? Thx. Am also playing with your opto 123 - great stuff.
- sydap2003 replied Oct 7, 2013
Almost any system can be automated but most such systems will fail. But that is one way of learning. Just don't bet the house on it and make sure to use a good programmer like Ferru who understands your struggles.