Optimizing An EA's Performance (Hull MA)

I just coded an EA using the Hull MA.

Was quite happy about the fact that it made 8% return for this year's backtest.

This is my third EA.

I would like to ask anyone with more experience on what else to include to improve the peformance of my EA ?

So far, i included money management. Which is limiting margin per open position to 1% of balance and limiting max loss to 0.5% of account.

This simple money management rule worked wonders. It made my EA survive the whole year and end up profitable. All my previous EA's that didn't include MM were totaled. Haha....

This EA is an "always in" EA and has a 31% win ratio.
Maximum losses are $57 and average losses is $44.
Maximum win is $593 while average win is $105.

How it works: Open long if (previous MA reading < current MA reading).

Now, can anyone share some ideas on how to make this EA better ?

(I need to specifically decrease the number or losses) Any ideas ? (Example keywords: time filter, B/E, etc)

I think the Hull indicator is a great one to base an EA on for an "always on" strategy. One thing you may want to explore is having your EA only trade during hours that you have found to be the most advantageous. It can still be "always on" while running but simply limit the "always on" to certain hours.

I have played around with Hull MA and Heiken Ashi and always found that they would lose too much in choppy markets especially for lower time frames than 1H. You didn't mention the time frame you tested with.


I think I can safely predict your 8% profit will be gone in live trading even in Demo.

so what about if he programs his EA to take a look at how volatile (choppy) the market is at the time to determine whether it is safe to trade or not?

And how exactly do you do that?