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DislikedFound great free video and textual instructions on how to make EAs backtesting properly - see here. Main idea: 1) Take 10 years history 2) Make optimization for the first 6-7 years 3) Run found parameters for the next 1-2 years - it is called "validation". If see bad results - adjust EA parameters and reoptimize again 6-7 years till "validation" phase is ok 4) Then run a final test on final 1-2 years - if OK - then you have stable EA parameters to run on live So first optimize...Ignored
DislikedHere's a couple of threads to read about reversing a losing strategy. I'm not saying they apply in this case. I'm not familiar with how the 'bad trader' EA or 'smart' EA trades. It's just a few things to keep in mind. https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...43#post8832643 https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...03#post8839403 The main point is that the losing strategy needs to be non-randomly losing otherwise reversing it will also produce a random result. Is this reversing EA also in the page1 JShifter combined...Ignored