the trick to every ea

[alexaider]

hi guys, my question: what is the trick to ea's to make them last, is it indicators or something else. 

tnx

[Sergey Golubev]

As to me so I did not understand sorry ...

[Waseem Raza]

alexaider:

hi guys, my question: what is the trick to ea's to make them last, is it indicators or something else. 

tnx

Best trick use low leverage, use low risk 

[Chris Mukengeshayi]

alexaider:

hi guys, my question: what is the trick to ea's to make them last, is it indicators or something else. 

tnx

Waseem Raza:

Best trick use low leverage, use low risk 

Waseem Raza is right, I do agree with him.

Plus also you need to know:

• when to switch on and off.
• When does it perform best (News hour or Non news hour, 30 minute after new or what ever minutes or hours after news)
• Which trading session does it perform best? (New York, London, Asian)
• Which time frame does it perform best?
• Which pair does it perform best?
• What spread does it tolerate?
• After how many weeks or months does it need to be re-optimized for a new and best setting?
• What starting capital do you need in order for your EA to resist the draw down of a trade/market that has gone against the logic of your EA
• Know when its enough for the EA to take a lost trade (remember there is always an other day to trade, never let greediness over take control. The use of stop loss is very important).
• and many more ...

other people can contribute too

[Anthony Garot]

what is the trick to ea's to make them last

Look up "trade strategy robustness" in Google.

There are a number of articles that describe ways to test the robustness of your trade strategy.

[Rafael Grecco]

One of the most important aspects is what Chris Mukengeshayi said:

• when to switch on and off.

The above statement includes what time it performs better, does it require a trending or ranging market, is the spread too big, etc, etc.

Making an EA is actually easy. What is hard is to make an EA that works 24h a day without human intervention.