Disliked{quote} Hey Dave, if I understand the video correctly, the optimizations should be rerun monthly using the previous 90 days of data. Is that correct?Ignored

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Disliked{quote} Hey Dave, if I understand the video correctly, the optimizations should be rerun monthly using the previous 90 days of data. Is that correct?Ignored
DislikedI have been running these EAs successfully on demo and live accounts after optimisation for what I thought was the full 2016 data set. However, on closer inspection, it appears that the optimisation and back test only went from about July 2016. Even though when back testing with other EAs, the full 2016 data set is utilized. So the tick data set kindly provided by Dave is fine. I can get the EAs to use the full 2016 M5 data set, but just not the H1. I have repeated the whole exercise with a newly opened MT4, but still have the same issue. I am running...Ignored
Disliked{quote} Free Tick Data will always have a minimum of 3 months data. For 2017, the month of January will have Nov Dec 2016, the month of Feb will have Dec 2016 and March onwards will have all of 2017's data. Worth noting is that if you use 2016 data, the file name is exactly the same and that any 2017 data will be overwritten. As I have stated in my last email to you, there is not any problem with 2016 60min data, the issue is your end as I have demonstrated.Ignored
Disliked{quote} Dave, is it okay to run all these EAs together in the same instance of MT4, correct?Ignored
DislikedI have had a few queries relating to the BaseCurrency input. The base currency is only used to determine the correct lot size for percentage of equity in consideration of the currency being used with your broker. You can change that to whatever currency is your own base currency. For example if you were buying EURUSD and your base currency is AUD, the lot size will be determined by the exchange rate between AUD and EUR. That co-relation will be determined automatically even if the reverse order (EURAUD) exists. If there is no relevant rate in your...Ignored
Disliked{quote} Thanks Dave. Yes I realise the issue is mine, so all I was asking is if there is anyone else who has had this issue, and if so have they found out how to fix it on their MT4. As to my second question. So if I have downloaded data for say Nov, Dec, Jan, then when I download new 3 months data at end of Feb (Dec, Jan, Feb), then that will overwrite my previous data set so I will have lost data for Nov. Is that correct? If so, can that be avoided by naming the new download say AUDUSD60_0(2).fxt Then I would effectively have tick data for 4 months...Ignored
Disliked{quote} Dave, should we not change the base currency in your .set files? I did have to change some of the magic numbers as 2-3 were the same, and if I understand correctly, they all need to be unique.Ignored
Disliked{quote} The Base Currency nomination is used to get the lot size technically correct. For instance if your are trading EURUSD and you deal with your broker in AUD then the exchange rate of EURAUD is sourced to get the correct lot size. In this case you need to nominate AUD as your base currency.Ignored
Disliked{quote} By "instance", you mean instance of MT4, right? That would mean all EAs would have the same magic number.Ignored
Disliked{quote} Okay, because I'm in the US and use USD with Oanda, I need to change my base currency to USD then in each EA. Thanks!Ignored
Disliked{quote} Until the end of April, you will only have the most recent 3 months of data. The other alternative is to use 2016 data. I definitely do not recommend any more than the most recent 3 months of data. Why would you choose to backtest on old news? You need to comprehend that the market is driven on fundamentals not technicals.Ignored
Disliked{quote} As you know I am conducting a 12 months experiment where I will compare performance of a once only 12 months optimised SET files vs monthly re-optimised SET files. Should be interesting so I will share results since I am agnostic either way. Yes, markets are driven by the fundamentals in terms of overall direction, but not so much in terms of volatility once the initial impact of the announcement has been made. How that will play out for these EAs is not clear to me. Whatever past period we choose will never guarantee future success because...Ignored