Disliked{quote} Backtest always provide very good results. Do you have forward test results? Myfxbook?Ignored
Most of EAs run optimization process on the same fixed period as they do backtesting. So when they run backtest for 5-10 years in a row on the same dataset, they look very smooth. Also, it looks smooth because authors usually set low spreads as 0 or 10 and usually hide that information from the screenshots, or it looks smooth due to the long period of testing and you don't see most of the problems which they're struggling with as they're managing the account with a large unreal sum, secondly tiny change such as a starting date could change the results dramatically, so it doesn't really take into the account what-if you would start at the specific point of time. Therefore I've tests run for 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 separately each using the same parameters. I'm not claiming it works perfectly, but I've tried my best.
I don't have any 3rd party providers as everything takes time and money to maintain. I had once VPSs where Windows was constantly restarting, or MT4 was disconnecting or updating for unknown reasons, or some other MT4 common anomalies, so I was working on the reliable environment where I can run EA in the isolated environment on Linux for stability reasons, but I didn't have time to finish it.