DislikedHi PeeJay
In back-testing the EA has gone through bank holidays, so why not do the same in forward testing?
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DislikedHi PeeJay
In back-testing the EA has gone through bank holidays, so why not do the same in forward testing?
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DislikedSince I started goofing around with your EA it collected +184 pips with 8 wins. You did an awesome job, geoff. Thanks, mate.Ignored
Dislikedso you target 22 pips and risk 140?isn't that too risky?what happens if you lose two trades back to back?do you know how many trades u will have to take to get those back?i'm not so confident to keep my account that exposed on a daily basis.do you have other styles other than this?Ignored
DislikedWow, another 2 winners on Alpari UK live last night with +22 and +13.7!
Thats +112 since staring this live 3 days ago - well done Geoff!Ignored
TP1 22
TP2 200
SL 140
Trailing 22
RiskPercent 2
FastEma 10
GMTOffset 2
Start Time 23
DislikedI thought it would be about time to give something back. Here's the best backtrace I achived with 96.1% of success for v5.
With these settings on Alpari UK:TP1 22
Cheers, Geoff.
TP2 200
SL 140
Trailing 22
RiskPercent 2
FastEma 10
GMTOffset 2
Start Time 23Ignored
Disliked[size=2]Hi gunlebada
"so you target 22 pips and risk 140?isn't that too risky?what happens if you lose two trades back to back?do you know how many trades u will have to take to get those back?i'm not so confident to keep my account that exposed on a daily basis.do you have other styles other than this?"
Risky – yes. No guarantees in this game. But if you take the stats of roughly 1 losing day per month, say 1 out of 20 or 5%, two losing days in a row would calculate out to odds of 1 in 400 (5% X 5%). If you are...Ignored
DislikedLive account took one trade last night whilst my demo took two. All closed in profit. What a great week. ThanksIgnored
DislikedThat looks very good!
I have been having some thoughts about reducing the SL and I am thinking in terms of closing the second order much earlier if the trade goes against us and perhaps replacing it with a hedge trade.
Have you any thoughts on this?Ignored
DislikedAll the while, hedging looks ugly to me. It just keeps you in deeper trouble. However, if you do hedging the Jacko (he calls it anti-hedge) way, it makes more sense to me.
Just my thoughts.
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DislikedThat looks very good!
I have been having some thoughts about reducing the SL and I am thinking in terms of closing the second order much earlier if the trade goes against us and perhaps replacing it with a hedge trade.
Have you any thoughts on this?Ignored