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Thanks for your feedback New Digital, much appreciated.
To further complicate matters, my broker is ODL Securities. I may try to get the systems operating on their data, and forward test in a demo account for a while before deciding if it is tracking similarly for results with your own testing.
Could you please advise me the variable parameter settings used in each of the forward tested systems so that I can duplicate them as a starting point.
Thanks,
MattMAChannel - default settings for H1 timeframe. Other EAs - don't remember now. Check files thread here: it should be EAs with the settings there.
I think you need to optimize the settings for your broker with 90% quality for at least some period of time just to correct the settings. Because as I said above those EAs may perform differently with different brokers. Especially MAChannel and Step 1.45.
How to optimize the settings using your broker's data?
Go to Tools, Options, Charts and place 99999999999999999 in Max bar in history and the same in max bar in chart. Means - any big number. Anyone but it should be very big number.
Open Tools - History Center. Double click on pair you want to test, double click on timeframes to download the data. Never press download button from History Center as you will download some unknown data from somewhere if you press it but you need your broker's data. Then open the charts/timeframes you want to test, right-mouse click and Refresh every chart.
Then make Auto Scroll off (on the top of Metatrader just near Zoom out), open chart M1 chart, press Page UP on your keyboard and hold it (hold Page Up). You will see the chart moving back. It is the data downloading from your broker's server. It take a time. Then do it with every timeframe and every pair.
Then Refresh once again.
And then only you may optimize the setting. Try to backtest first to get the period of backtesting to get 90% quality. After receiving the period (Strategy Tester, use date, from, to) you may optimize the settings for that period of time. Did not try to change the settings completely. Will try to get slightly different settings.
Thanks New Digital
Appreciate your assistance,
I have just looked through the posts to find the correct versions of each system, and have been reviewing how they operate. I have been struggling to find the full trading history of each system for these currency pairs however, and would really appreciate that if it is available.
I am still learning about EAs and optimisation. Thanks for your instructions, I have found other documents with them in also. while I am learning, I am going to try forward testing before optimising my brokers data set (and while I am waiting on their reply to my email asking for their 1 min data).
My biggest issue at the moment is that I don't have a reliable ISP, but will be changing in a month or so.
I have now uploaded the 3 systems to my computer, using the following settings for forward testing as a complete portfolio.
Start value of demo account: $10,000
System 1
MA Channel - Standard settings
USD/CHF only
1 Hour time frame
0.3 lots per trade (the system creates 5 trades at once)
Stop loss at -100
TP at 200
Trailing stop at 50
Max potential loss of 5 failed trades at once is around $1,200 but it never seems to perform that poorly in any week in your forward testing. Here's hoping my data set is similar to yours and performs similarly.
The first trade on this system was entered within a few minutes, short USD/CHF, and I didnt have a chance to change the lot size from 0.1 first, but it will be amended in the future to 0.3.
System 2
StepMA Expert v 1.45 - Standard settings
GBP/USD Only
30 Min time frame
0.5 lots per trade
100 pip stop (max loss per 1.0 lot = 1,000)
Max loss per trade on this system is $500.
System 3
Daytrading 3tf - Slightly changed settings
EUR/USD Only
15 Min time frame
0.5 lots per trade, 5 trades created at once, each with different stop levels
with 20, 30, 40, 50 and 100 pip stops - this is the only changed setting from the one you have tested.
This means the max loss per trade is $100 + $150 + $200+ $250 + $500 = $1,200. I wanted to change the risk management to ensure that while it seems to have a very high chance of success, that the potential gains and losses were evened out a bit. Potential gain if the trade goes the right way = $500. If it still keeps performing with great hit rates, like 80%+ without taking stops out, then it will be a very strong system.
So that is my portfolio. I would be interested to hear any more thoughts/comments on this concept. I'll try to update my progress from time to time.
Cheers,
Matt.
You need 1st post of files thread for the performance/statements:
- old statements are attached to the post;
- new statements are giving as a link (in the end of the post) and updating weekly;
- excel file attached to the post (and updating weekly).
StepMAExpert 1.45 EA with settings https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/173375/page9
Portfolio statements were updated on post #44 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/174701/page3
Statements for all portfolio were updated. Just to inform that I am testing portfolio sets posted on the first post of this thread (EAs, settings, monthly results) https://www.mql5.com/en/forum
Updated statements for all the portfolio sets.
Excel performance was updated here https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/174701/page3
Statements were updated.
Please find updated statements attached.
The statements were updated here https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/173383/page67
I am testing this EA (20PipsExpert_v2.1) since July 2006.
EA with the settings are here https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/176044/page2
All the results you may find on the excel file attached.
I am testing 5 pairs, M15 timeframe.
Best performer is USDCHF.
It is very very slowly going EA based on breakout and using some strange logic to place buy stop/sell stop orders. Trading system and EA are public one and free of course.
It is the public thread https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/174210