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Getting empty optimization results from EA backtest

  • #1
  • First Post: Aug 26, 2014 11:05am Aug 26, 2014 11:05am
So... i have an EA that works properly... I wanted to try and optimize it with MT4 optimization option and i looked it up in Google how to do that thing.
After i downloaded the needed price data for a period of 10 years and did everything necessary for the optimization i hit start.

I wasn't surprised it said 38 hours until finished (the EA has several input options and i used a small step for all of them).

So i went to work and the day passed (9 hours). I came back and i saw it had finished... One of the things the tutorial i read said to look on Optimization results and sort them by profit or something.. I went there and it was empty. From what i read it shouldn't be empty (i think... the settings weren't perfect, heck they weren't even good).

What could cause this thing to fail and show me an empty optimization results page?

The tutorial i followed: http://www.easyexpertforex.com/backt...imization.html

Help... Please...?
  • #2
  • Aug 26, 2014 1:17pm Aug 26, 2014 1:17pm
Try this:
Right click in the optimization results window and deselect the 'skip useless results' menu.
  • #3
  • Aug 27, 2014 10:43am Aug 27, 2014 10:43am
I guess sometimes it just bugs out...

Is there a way to backtest with mini lots ? - 0.1 0.2 and so on?

Because when i try doing that the ea doesn't take any trades...
  • #4
  • Aug 27, 2014 5:18pm Aug 27, 2014 5:18pm
Quoting phdmonster
So... i have an EA that works properly... I wanted to try and optimize it with MT4 optimization option and i looked it up in Google how to do that thing. After i downloaded the needed price data for a period of 10 years and did everything necessary for the optimization i hit start. I wasn't surprised it said 38 hours until finished (the EA has several input options and i used a small step for all of them). So i went to work and the day passed (9 hours). I came back and i saw it had finished... One of the things the tutorial i read said to look on...

If you are backtesting in MT4 the max file size you can test is 4GB. This equates to about 4.5 years (if you are using Tickstory or similar to download historical tick data at 99%). This will affect both the strategy tester and the optimizer.

So try downloading a smaller history and run it again. The optimizer will display results as it completes each pass, so you should know pretty early on if its working.
What's it all about? It's all about money.
  • #5
  • Last Post: Edited Aug 29, 2014 2:19am Aug 28, 2014 3:10am | Edited Aug 29, 2014 2:19am
Quoting Innate
{quote} If you are backtesting in MT4 the max file size you can test is 4GB. This equates to about 4.5 years (if you are using Tickstory or similar to download historical tick data at 99%). This will affect both the strategy tester and the optimizer. So try downloading a smaller history and run it again. The optimizer will display results as it completes each pass, so you should know pretty early on if its working.
Yes i started a new optimization only for the last year and it is working fine :-)

I still want to test with mini lots though... As i am not trading with a 10 000 USD account (mine is 250$ with a 150% bonus = 400$).

I need a way to test with custom account size and with mini lots.... Is there such a way?
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