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Backtesting moving averages

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buddyfox
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buddyfox 2008.12.12 18:05

Hello,


how can i backtest different moving averages to see which give me best results ?


there is an easy example of EA that does something like this ?


thank you very much.

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[Deleted] 2008.12.16 12:12 #1

B

See the Sample EAs that come with MetaTrader

Change the Period value of the iMA(....) to an extern and backtest on that

Good Luck

-BB-

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