error messages — Hi Steve - On the first pass, there were no combinations to give a statistically reasonble results = do not trade this pair/filter combination this week. The second message could indicate a data problem... Gary

Thanks — Thank you Steve.......appreciate the thoughts! Gary

good idea! — Great idea! The spread sheet looks very nice and puts all the info in once place for quick reference. My two cents are as follows......beside the parameter settings, the info I find most useful are: the percentage of winning ...

back soon — Our fearless leader will be back very soon and whip us all back into shape I'm sure! My wife continues to improve with each day and as she improves so do I!! Gary

clever indeed — Clever indeed Paulus! Given I want to stay in the game, I don't dare guess on a single clue. I'll just add your tidbit to my growing list of 'things that keep me awake at night' and, like the good detective (or a Perry Mason), ...

come on in! — Hi sng! We've all been down the road of messing with a computer that works perfectly only to regret it big time when we 'do one more thing'--- I share your pain. Jump on back in......the waters just fine. We look forward to you ...

back and running — Hi All - Just wanted to report back in for duty . As some of you know, my wife became very ill a few weeks back and ended up having to have surgery on Wednesday. It went much better than we could have hoped for and she is ...

Thank you! — Paulus - Thank you for your journal entries and insight into trading......you continue your positive contributions and generosity even when you can't share all the details you would like. A good teacher always finds a way to ...

Optimised GBPUSD H1 SLF — Optimization Period: 3/02/09 - 3/21/09 GbpUsd M30 SLF Filter Slope = 9 Stop Loss = 35 Trailing Stop = 0 Break Even = 9 Take Profit = 0 Profit = 14.18 DD = 0.26% Gary

GBPUSD H1 SLF — Good Morning Richard - I just finished checking the GBPUSD H1 SLF and did get it provide some optimised data which I'll post next.......run these numbers and see if you come up with a small profit. Gary

stealth — Good Morning! Working on a version with a stealth mode now.....hopefully will be out soon. Gary

thanks — Thanks Steve As soon as we get a few more volunteers, we will be off and running.....thanks again. Gary

ma — Hi Richard - Thanks for the feedback Its not that the ma filter was working, its the slope filters are working much better. When we get to them you'll also notice the periods used to calculate the slope is much smaller than the ma and ...

expertID — Hi All - In the lastest version I've added back the expertID.........for the 2nd set of values change the expertID....necessary because we are trading the same pair in the same TF.......so.....we need a unique magic number for the ...

where to go from here — Hi All - Damon will be following a little later with a post on the same subject as this one. Over the last several weeks we did a lot of testing to get an ea that would be technically correct in trading Damon's modified ...

thanks — Thanks tonirai - I've used the tester a lot and don't care for it much......all your suggestions are good, I use it along similar lines but get the 90%.......i use it on weekends to get into the ballpark but really almost entirely on ...

today's results 3/13 — Hi All I've attached charts from todays trading with the ma and slope(hma) filters. Overall a losing day, but not unexpected in the whipsaw market of today. Ma was 4/7 (-48) and slope 1/3(-28). Ready to work on ...

getting there! — Hi sng - We're getting there.......looking forward to the testing this weekend so we can try some new ma pairs next week. Gary

testing — Thanks for the results Steve - The defaults were picked without any evidence that they were correct for the ma or slope(hma) filters......it was a starting point to test the technical aspects of the ea........now that the ea is ...

great feedback — Hi skybiz - Great feedback! When a time is 17 like for this Friday close, it means the window closes at 17:59:59.......hope that helps a bit. As far as the comment in the upper left, I haven't change it yet.....the slope ...