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DislikedSo basically at the current time anyone who has their broker server time to GMT +3 which is most brokers that use NY close as EOD then they should set it at 7-19 with a +3 offset correct?Ignored
Disliked{quote} Ignore your personal GMT offset, it's just your broker's server offset we're interested in. In your case, you should leave the start and end hours as 07 and 19, and set the broker offset to 3. That should make the EA trade the correct times. The only thing you may want to adjust is when Daylight Saving Time is updated: During winter, your broker offset would normally be +2, and this is what you should normally enter in the parameters. In the spring, when your broker moves to DST, you add 1 to the offset (so, now it will be +3). When the...Ignored
Disliked{quote} I use SET settings for cdsaa 7-21 I just need to adjust the offset, can I? {image}Ignored
DislikedFriday's buy order hit the SL, and yesterday's sell order hit the SL. First time I've seen such quick consecutive losses. I use standard 70 pip SL but with 48 T-stop and 2 T-step (those numbers seem to be the most profitable for this year so far). It's true using the standard values of 23 and 2 would have prevented these losses, but those numbers also seem to really restrict a lot of moves. Many close at break even, or just 10-15 pips in the plus because of a pull-back. These two losses don't change my opinion of the EA at all and I still believe...Ignored
DislikedBack Tested using Tick Data, year 2018 and 2019 are awesome, but when we going test older data results getting bit odd Section_0="===== Order Entry Parameters ====="; MaxTrades=5; Slippage=2; StopLossPips=69; TakeProfitPips=118; Section_1="===== Lot Size ====="; LotSizeCalc=1; FixedLotSize=0.1; UseProgressive=false; ProgressivePercentages="100,300,200,600"; Section_2="===== Money Management ====="; FixedPercentageRisk=10; PercentageRiskBasis=0; Section_3="===== Trade Management ====="; TrailingStop=40; TrailingStopStep=14; RetraceExit=false; Section_5="=====...Ignored
Disliked{quote} maybe setting the Maxtrades to 1 will help, anything higher than 2 maxtrades seem to bring in >50% DDIgnored
DislikedBack Tested using Tick Data, year 2018 and 2019 are awesome, but when we going test older data results getting bit odd Section_0="===== Order Entry Parameters ====="; MaxTrades=5; Slippage=2; StopLossPips=69; TakeProfitPips=118; Section_1="===== Lot Size ====="; LotSizeCalc=1; FixedLotSize=0.1; UseProgressive=false; ProgressivePercentages="100,300,200,600"; Section_2="===== Money Management ====="; FixedPercentageRisk=10; PercentageRiskBasis=0; Section_3="===== Trade Management ====="; TrailingStop=40; TrailingStopStep=14; RetraceExit=false; Section_5="=====...Ignored
DislikedBack Tested using Tick Data, year 2018 and 2019 are awesome, but when we going test older data results getting bit odd Section_0="===== Order Entry Parameters ====="; MaxTrades=5; Slippage=2; StopLossPips=69; TakeProfitPips=118; Section_1="===== Lot Size ====="; LotSizeCalc=1; FixedLotSize=0.1; UseProgressive=false; ProgressivePercentages="100,300,200,600"; Section_2="===== Money Management ====="; FixedPercentageRisk=10; PercentageRiskBasis=0; Section_3="===== Trade Management ====="; TrailingStop=40; TrailingStopStep=14; RetraceExit=false; Section_5="=====...Ignored