Markets dropped down by more that 30% within one month. It seems to be the best time for testing grid- and martingale-based Expert Advisors. This article is an unplanned continuation of the series "Creating a Cross-Platform Grid EA". The current market provides an opportunity to arrange a stress rest for the grid EA. So, let's use this opportunity and test our Expert Advisor.
The results were very good. But how would the EA behave during the recent market drop?
This part concerns the main topic of our article. The next testing period is from 2016.01.01 to 2020.04.01.
Multi-currency EA testing results with the same settings, trading the fixed lot:
At first glance, the drop is almost imperceptible. Let us now take a look at testing results:
Recovery Factor
Profit factor
Net profit
Max drawdown
Trades
13.91
2.54
1 971
141.69
1 400
Now you see the difference. The recovery factor decreased by 7. The maximum drawdown increased by 1.5 times. Profit remained practically unchanged. We actually lost what we had earned from January till the end of February. This is more than a 30% drop.
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New article Developing a cross-platform grid EA: testing a multi-currency EA has been published:
Markets dropped down by more that 30% within one month. It seems to be the best time for testing grid- and martingale-based Expert Advisors. This article is an unplanned continuation of the series "Creating a Cross-Platform Grid EA". The current market provides an opportunity to arrange a stress rest for the grid EA. So, let's use this opportunity and test our Expert Advisor.
The results were very good. But how would the EA behave during the recent market drop?
This part concerns the main topic of our article. The next testing period is from 2016.01.01 to 2020.04.01.
Multi-currency EA testing results with the same settings, trading the fixed lot:
At first glance, the drop is almost imperceptible. Let us now take a look at testing results:
Now you see the difference. The recovery factor decreased by 7. The maximum drawdown increased by 1.5 times. Profit remained practically unchanged. We actually lost what we had earned from January till the end of February. This is more than a 30% drop.
Author: Roman Klymenko