Quoting GirlFlyerDislikedHi Toothman,
I'm noticing some differences between your trades and mine...
First I noticed was your USD/JPY trade on 10/4 at 14:30... mine made the exact same trade... but, took profit on 10/5 at 15:28 for a small 8 pips.
My system never took the short USD/CHF trade on 10/4 at 19:00... don't know why yet... I'm working on that one. It picked up a buy shortly thereafter which was a winning trade.
USD/CAD... Bad week on the CAD... I'm down two or 3 positions in a row on that one, too. Performance on the CAD is not that good with this EA on the 30M chart... I actually found a bit better performance by backtesting using TimePeriod = 15.
AUD/USD - All winning trades until NFP hit and it whipsawed up and down so much that the S/L triggered... but was in it the right direction if the S/L had been a few points higher.
EUR/JPY - This cross may prove to be difficult for this EA. I've had some winning trades this week, but 2 S/L's took those profits away.
EUR/USD - 1 win, 2 losses.... - Had the same trade as you listed at a loss.
GBP/USD - You didn't show anything there, so I'm assuming you didn't trade it. However, this was the best performer this week. It made 2 awesome trades with over +50 pips each...
Same with USD/CHF in my case. Still holding on to one buy position of USD/CHF with a current 110 pip gain.
USD/JPY has been profitable also. 1 loss and 2 wins
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Final Comments... the Euro this week has been a really up and down ranging currency with a lot of quick fluctuations. Consequently, pairs tied to the EUR seemed to perform poorly. I think that may have to do with the ECB announcements and NFP, etc. I knew going into this EA that it would perform poorly in a ranging market, but would catch major gains on trends. GBP/USD and USD/CHF proved that this week for me. The gains on those 2 pairs alone covered the losses on most of the other situations.
Perhaps this upcoming week will see us get out ranges and start some trends and thus allowing the EA to show its strong potential.
GirlFlyer
P.S. - I'm trying to figure out if there is a difference running live with the EA in any chart setting. There have been quite a few instances where the trades have taken place exactly on the 30 minute mark of the hour if the EA is run on the 30M chart which is where I run it most of the time so I can view the trading signals it makes. Though, it is not supposed to make a difference. However, it may require running it on the M1 setting live as it does in the backtesting for the precise entry ... hmmm... test required this week. Will update you on it.Ignored