DislikedThe alpari databank is no longer available correct? If so do you have a new link for it (the official alpari site says no longer available).
Or are you referring to downloading it thru the mt4 history center (which I am not positive actually comes from alpari, might come from metatrader).
The history center is where I get it if I need that much back data. So whether it's actually alpari data or not, doesn't really matter to me, although I would like it if it was actually downloaded from themIgnored
http://www.fxdd.com/en/mt1m-data.html
http://forextester.com/datasources.html
Again, I backtested few other pairs including the CHFJPY, GBPUSD and AUDJPY with the same result. Account gets blown within 2-3 months. It seems to me that just like the THV EA thread, people want to rely on forward testing and post 4-10 successful trades screenshots to feel good. But in the long run, unless we all realize (myself included) that if you are not able to generate a profitable backtest for an EA, your forward results will be no different, despite the excuses made.
Of course this concept has never been intended to be made into an EA and it may just be that it will always stay as a manual trading system. It's the same thing with Point & Figure charts.. great for manual trading and profitable but all EAs that are based on it lose big.
Good luck to all
If it backtests good run it live!