I've been dabbling in forex now for more than 10 years. Although I am a programmer by trade, I have only recently begun developing EAs. Right now I'm running a lot of tests on demo accounts but I have yet to put any of my actual money behind them.
I would really like to hear from others here who have used them for live fully-automated trading. Please don't respond with tales about your magical demo account that has multiplied 10-fold in the last 10 days. And please don't lecture me with Zen principles about money management and market wisdom. I really want to hear from people who have tried (successfully or otherwise) to let an EA manage your trades.
Have you ever found one that actually worked on a live account over the long run???
With all the time/effort that is spent posting in places like this and swapping programming ideas, I would like to think that someone out there has actually managed to do this profitably over a significant period of time. But I'm also skeptical.
I understand that, if there are successful fully-automated EAs out there, that they won't be posted for free in forums like this. I also understand that anyone owning such a program would not want to talk much about it.
Please know that I am NOT asking you to show me how it's done. I don't want you to send me your EA or give me a tutorial. I'm a big boy and I can find my own way. I'm just curious, before I embark headlong on this path, has anyone else actually pulled this off?
I would really like to hear from others here who have used them for live fully-automated trading. Please don't respond with tales about your magical demo account that has multiplied 10-fold in the last 10 days. And please don't lecture me with Zen principles about money management and market wisdom. I really want to hear from people who have tried (successfully or otherwise) to let an EA manage your trades.
Have you ever found one that actually worked on a live account over the long run???
With all the time/effort that is spent posting in places like this and swapping programming ideas, I would like to think that someone out there has actually managed to do this profitably over a significant period of time. But I'm also skeptical.
I understand that, if there are successful fully-automated EAs out there, that they won't be posted for free in forums like this. I also understand that anyone owning such a program would not want to talk much about it.
Please know that I am NOT asking you to show me how it's done. I don't want you to send me your EA or give me a tutorial. I'm a big boy and I can find my own way. I'm just curious, before I embark headlong on this path, has anyone else actually pulled this off?