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  • First Post: Mar 28, 2006 1:55pm Mar 28, 2006 1:55pm
  •  zalakinc
  • | Joined Dec 2005 | Status: Member | 192 Posts
Hello fellow warriors,

can anyone tell me what is the best platform to use for strategy testing that is reasonably complex. Let me give you an example....lets say I wanted to test a strategy that says to buy 4 pips above the high of 1:30-2 pm, or low below the lowest point for that half an hour. Now I want to test 2 entry points, 4 pips and 6 pips. then stop loss: I want to test 2 different stop loss points, 20 pips, or 4 pips bellow the lowest point from 1:30 to 2(if long, for short it would be 4 pips above the highest point). now if i enter long, the short limit entry would be cancelled. for profit taking exits, I want to test 3 different exits: either 10 pips, 15 pips profit or 50% at 15 pips profit, rest with 5 pips trailing stop loss. I want the software to use these different combinations and give me the accuracy, lwest drawdown, returns etc for all combinations. I understand everyone is busy so I am not looking for the whole code from someone(although if you would, I will marry you ). which platform do you think is best for this type of testing? I am willing to spend upto $2000 for the platform. I currently use metatrader, but does it allow me to do this type of testing? I just want to make sure before i spend a lot of time learning the coding langugage.

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Zalak
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  • Mar 28, 2006 5:24pm Mar 28, 2006 5:24pm
  •  Zazzy
  • | Joined Nov 2005 | Status: Member | 97 Posts
Quoting zalakinc
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I currently use metatrader, but does it allow me to do this type of testing?
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sure it does! the 4 version has a very bad feature however. you cannot test your strategy with different spreads since for every pair they have a predefined value. the cool thing is you can run optimalization loops - I find this really cool and useful
time is money! Z
 
 
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  • Mar 29, 2006 2:11pm Mar 29, 2006 2:11pm
  •  zalakinc
  • | Joined Dec 2005 | Status: Member | 192 Posts
Thanks for your reply. do you recommend any sources/ebooks for learning the metatrader language?

Thanks.
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  • Mar 30, 2006 4:05am Mar 30, 2006 4:05am
  •  Zazzy
  • | Joined Nov 2005 | Status: Member | 97 Posts
Quoting zalakinc
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Thanks for your reply. do you recommend any sources/ebooks for learning the metatrader language?
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well, I am a programmer and I didnt need to read any books to be able to program in mt3 or mt4. But I am sure there is PLENTY of info - ask google
time is money! Z
 
 
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  • Mar 30, 2006 7:19am Mar 30, 2006 7:19am
  •  4xCoder
  • | Joined Dec 2005 | Status: Will Code for Pips | 137 Posts
Quoting zalakinc
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Thanks for your reply. do you recommend any sources/ebooks for learning the metatrader language?
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Start here: http://www.forex-tsd.com/metatrader-...opment-course/
 
 
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  •  alhadi_w
  • | Joined Sep 2008 | Status: Member | 44 Posts

I'm looking for Metatrader software with demo account, so that when it expired I can make another demo account without requesting to make a new installation for the software so I will not lose the settings and indicators that I set.
I'm looking for advice or help plz
Thx a lot..

 
 
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