EA generates results in Strategy Tester yet no live trades
Hi everybody,
I would like to ask for help here, please. I have an EA that generates good results in Strategy Tester yet does not take any live trades. Any recommendations what to check / what could be the reason behind no real trades taken ?
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Alex.
Is the margin enough on the live account vs the tester ?
Please consider which section is most appropriate — https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/172166/page6#comment_49114893
Which modelling method are you using?
Unless your EA only opens and closes positions on the open of a bar, then you should be using "Every tick based on real ticks".
If however, your EA is not too tick sensitive, then you can get away with "Every tick" (which is simulated virtual ticks), but in this case, simulate different spreads (changing it in the contract specifications) to see how robust your EA is to those changes.
If using "Every tick based on real ticks ...
Did you check how far back your broker's does the tick data go?
If your EA is sensitive to tick data, then you should only be testing within that date range.
Did you look at the Journal log to see if any of the broker's tick data has many missing gaps or mismatches the OHLC bar data?
If yes, then if your EA is sensitive to tick data, then the test results will be flawed.
Hi everybody,
I would like to ask for help here, please. I have an EA that generates good results in Strategy Tester yet does not take any live trades. Any recommendations what to check / what could be the reason behind no real trades taken ?
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Alex.
Which modelling method are you using?
Unless your EA only opens and closes positions on the open of a bar, then you should be using "Every tick based on real ticks".
If however, your EA is not too tick sensitive, then you can get away with "Every tick" (which is simulated virtual ticks), but in this case, simulate different spreads (changing it in the contract specifications) to see how robust your EA is to those changes.
If using "Every tick based on real ticks ...
Did you check how far back your broker's does the tick data go?
If your EA is sensitive to tick data, then you should only be testing within that date range.
Did you look at the Journal log to see if any of the broker's tick data has many missing gaps or mismatches the OHLC bar data?
If yes, then if your EA is sensitive to tick data, then the test results will be flawed.
do you mind to test this EA on your any demo account to check if the problem could be solved? have experiencing the same issue as the guy above, havent opening any trades as it should be on the backtest. But mine was only opening two orders in period of time about 3 hours instead multiple order based on the backtest in the image. ANY RESPONSES WOULD HELP ME SO MUCH :')
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do you mind to test this EA on your any demo account to check if the problem could be solved? have experiencing the same issue as the guy above, havent opening any trades as it should be on the backtest. But mine was only opening two orders in period of time about 3 hours instead multiple order based on the backtest in the image. ANY RESPONSES WOULD HELP ME SO MUCH :')
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dont HIJACK other peoples threads. It is rude.
Your ex4 file was deleted because it is a rule of this forum that ex4 files are not allowed to be posted. See the rules of the forum.
Hi everybody,
I would like to ask for help here, please. I have an EA that generates good results in Strategy Tester yet does not take any live trades. Any recommendations what to check / what could be the reason behind no real trades taken ?
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Alex.
This is a technical forum so you need to provide as much details as possible. And on this forum, the typical first msg on a thread usually includes the source code that you need to have fixed. It does NOT have to be the full code, but it does need to be part of the code that you think that the issue may lie in.
There are many possible reasons that an ea does not open trades on live accounts but it does on tester; the main reason being the code of the ea. Without the source code, we can only make wild guesses.
dont HIJACK other peoples threads. It is rude.
Your ex4 file was deleted because it is a rule of this forum that ex4 files are not allowed to be posted. See the rules of the forum.
This is a technical forum so you need to provide as much details as possible. And on this forum, the typical first msg on a thread usually includes the source code that you need to have fixed. It does NOT have to be the full code, but it does need to be part of the code that you think that the issue may lie in.
There are many possible reasons that an ea does not open trades on live accounts but it does on tester; the main reason being the code of the ea. Without the source code, we can only make wild guesses.
sorry i dont know about the rules, unfortunately the creator itself didnt allow the user to preview the code, i have contact the creator directly and he's being a dick, he ask for another 400 bucks to provide the technical support. Didnt mean to hijack other people's thread tho, i saw him kinda experiencing the same issue as i did, i thought we could share something to solve our problem.
dont HIJACK other peoples threads. It is rude.
Your ex4 file was deleted because it is a rule of this forum that ex4 files are not allowed to be posted. See the rules of the forum.
This is a technical forum so you need to provide as much details as possible. And on this forum, the typical first msg on a thread usually includes the source code that you need to have fixed. It does NOT have to be the full code, but it does need to be part of the code that you think that the issue may lie in.
There are many possible reasons that an ea does not open trades on live accounts but it does on tester; the main reason being the code of the ea. Without the source code, we can only make wild guesses.
i kinda desperate tho, do you want to help or what?
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Hi everybody,
I would like to ask for help here, please. I have an EA that generates good results in Strategy Tester yet does not take any live trades. Any recommendations what to check / what could be the reason behind no real trades taken ?
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Alex.