Trading Systems

How do you measure the real impact of economic news on an EA? I've been researching how automated trading systems behave around economic releases, and I've noticed that simply classifying events as Low, Medium or High impact doesn't tell the whole story. Two High-impact events can produce completely

I was testing a daily loss lock in the Strategy Tester (100,000 account, 5% daily limit = 5,000, lock set at 90% of the limit). With "1 minute OHLC" the lock fired late: the day closed at 105% of the limit. With "Every tick based on real ticks" it locked at 90.0% (−4,501), exactly as designed. The

We run a small MT5 stack with a 1 % daily loss cap. It had been in place for months and we trusted it. Replaying our own history, a day where every stop gaps at its instrument’s 99th percentile reaches 13.84 % of equity . Not 1 %. The cause is simple once you see it: the limit counts the stop, not

I've been thinking about market regimes lately and I'm starting to question how we normally build EAs. Most strategies are basically built around the assumption that the market behaviour we see in the backtest will continue to exist in the future. But we all know that isn't always the case. A trend

Over the years, I’ve tested and observed many Expert Advisors, especially on XAUUSD. And there’s something that keeps repeating itself again and again. Most EAs that show amazing backtests on gold rely on some form of martingale or grid logic. At first glance, everything looks perfect: high win

Hello everyone, I wanted to share some lessons learned about parameter optimization, hoping to get your feedback and maybe some ideas to improve. 1. Walk- forward optimization beats simple single-period optimization. A strategy that looks great on one year of history often breaks on the next six

Hello traders, I have been working on algorithmic strategies for XAUUSD (M15 timeframe), and one of the biggest challenges I face is controlling drawdown while maintaining solid profitability. In your experience: - What risk management techniques work best for gold? - Do you prefer fixed lot or

I run an LLM-driven intraday scalper on MT5 (demo). Over 60 closed trades it lost $212, and commission alone was 40% of that loss. Before asking "how do I make it profitable", I spent two weeks trying to establish whether it has any directional edge at all. It does not — and I want a sanity check

What kind of vps do you use? Maybe some cheap and reliable advice for 5-10 terminals

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Test version of MQL5 Copilot in beta 3647 Renat Fatkhullin , 2023.03.23 23:11 In today's beta version 3647, we've included the first version of Copilot, a feature to enhance the editor's ability to write code. The settings

Good day dear forum members. After reading the forum a bit, I came across several threads on arbitrage and pair trading . Judging by the threads, some are interested and some are trying it. I used to dabble in this topic a long time ago, but my knowledge was not enough. Now I am a complete mess in

Hi Here is the code I use for my money management. - Actually it shouldn't be called MM, as it is only calculates how many lots can I buy so that when I hit my stop loss I only loss a certain percentage of my account. I think though that is one of the crucial aspects of forex- trading - as it leads...

HI,Which strategy is best for BTCUSD

I want to say that my nick 'newdigital' is not connected with digital filters. But I started this thread to discuss and explain about trading strategies based on the digital filters only. And to understand how to implement those filters. All about digital filters you may find

I’ve been analyzing automated systems for quite some time now, and there’s something that keeps catching my attention: many EAs show extraordinarily smooth curves, high win rates, and impressive growth using Martingale, Grid, or position recovery strategies. The problem arises when the market

My EA on backtest is running very well, until it comes to the US-IRAN war April 2026 it keeps hovering around the same performance, yes, it is not losing, but also not showing the same performance as before the war Have anyone face the same issue

Here is a suggestion for a possible trading system... System one is MT4-Xard777.rar and System two is XARD-BOX.rar Enjoy... All the best Xard777

Is there a starting EA code to use and how do I connect the EA to my trading central signals which show up in the Meta Trader platform. Any advice is appreciated. Basically, I want the EA to open a position in the indicated direction of Trading Central after a simple MA crossover, or after a

I would like to start a technical discussion about Expert Advisors for algorithmic trading. I believe that identifying the market trend is certainly important, regardless of the approach used (price action, technical indicators, neural networks, etc.). However, I have the impression that the real

meta trader has been on the market for years , even longer than C trader platform, tradingview platform and several platforms currently on the market, and meta trader still finds it difficult to provide a second chart trading chart. i'm tired of going to tradingview and c trader to check what the 5