newbie EA, asking for advice

[Martir001]

Hello everyone,, wish a good day for you all.
I'm newly in develop EA for MT4. Just finished a good one (maybe I think so).
Could anyone help me or advising, what should I do after backtesting.. is any important issues after a backtest?
I've done a backtest from january 2021 - Febuary 2025. below the result.

[Ryan L Johnson]

Martir001:
Hello everyone,, wish a good day for you all.
I'm newly in develop EA for MT4. Just finished a good one (maybe I think so).
Could anyone help me or advising, what should I do after backtesting.. is any important issues after a backtest?
I've done a backtest from january 2021 - Febuary 2025. below the result.

Assuming that no undisclosed info is bad, I'd say it looks tradeable. And about 4 or 5 trades per day is certainly active enough.

I always demo test to confirm though.

[Martir001]

Ryan L Johnson #:

Assuming that no undisclosed info is bad, I'd say it looks tradeable. And about 4 or 5 trades per day is certainly active enough.

Thank you for your repply..
4 years backtest are good enough for a backtest or need more few years back?

[Ryan L Johnson]

Martir001 #:

Thank you for your repply..
4 years backtest are good enough for a backtest or need more few years back?

I prefer a minimum of 10 years of historic data in a backtest. The more, the merrier. Having said that, my bots don't trade that actively. I mean if I'm trading 3 times per week, I need a bigger sample.

In your case, I believe that you could do with less due to your bot's trading frequency.

On a side note, I'm more suspect of anything that I've optimized a lot due to overfitting. In my experience, a bot that backtests profitably right out of MetaEditor is more reliable.

[Martir001]

Ryan L Johnson #:

I prefer a minimum of 10 years of historic data in a backtest. The more, the merrier. Having said that, my bots don't trade that actively. I mean if I'm trading 3 times per week, I need a bigger sample.

In your case, I believe that you could do with less due to your bot's trading frequency.

On a side note, I'm more suspect of anything that I've optimized a lot due to overfitting. In my experience, a bot that backtests profitably right out of MetaEditor is more reliable.

thanks a lot for the insight.
I'll do looking more data in a backtest. also a demo test.

[Fernando Carreiro]

Your topic has been moved to the section: MQL4 and MetaTrader 4
Please consider which section is most appropriate — https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/172166/page6#comment_49114893

[Martir001]

Fernando Carreiro #:
Your topic has been moved to the section: MQL4 and MetaTrader 4
Please consider which section is most appropriate — https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/172166/page6#comment_49114893

thanks Mr. Moderator