Hello I'm having a problem Metatrader's optimizer and I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem or has any idea why its happening.
Basically I run my genetic optimizer and after about 10 minutes, it finds an a good set of variables. This set of variables typically gives me a profit of $150 dollars and 10% max drawdown.
So then I double-click on this top entry to backtest it. Double-clicking loads those variables into the backtester and I have verified this. However, when I do the backtest, I get completely different results. Usually I get a losing scenario, instead of profit around $150 and 10% max drawdown.
I'm optimizing and backtesting over Open Prices Only and I have all the data over the period that I'm testing over.
I've been making EAs with metatrader for the last 4 years and the backtester never acted this way till just a few weeks ago.
Does anyone have any clue what could cause this?
Basically I run my genetic optimizer and after about 10 minutes, it finds an a good set of variables. This set of variables typically gives me a profit of $150 dollars and 10% max drawdown.
So then I double-click on this top entry to backtest it. Double-clicking loads those variables into the backtester and I have verified this. However, when I do the backtest, I get completely different results. Usually I get a losing scenario, instead of profit around $150 and 10% max drawdown.
I'm optimizing and backtesting over Open Prices Only and I have all the data over the period that I'm testing over.
I've been making EAs with metatrader for the last 4 years and the backtester never acted this way till just a few weeks ago.
Does anyone have any clue what could cause this?
