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How to adjust EA based on day time to time changes over the year?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to make my EA perform a certain action at a certain time everyday. That action is bound to US-markets but my broker's servers are not in the US and, due to the time changes 2 times per year the time difference is not consistent. How can I adjust my code for this situation

Complex Criterion Formula

Hello everyone, Where can I find the formula of the mt5 strategy tester 's complex criterion? Is it even available or is it a proprietary formula

Best practices for EA backtest and optimization

Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to algotrading and I'm trying to figure it out what are the best practices when backtesting and optimizing an EA. Therefore, I was wondering if some of you have some good well structured resources about the topic. For example, the very first thing I understood is the

100% drawdown at the end of backtesting

Hello everyone, I'm new to the EA world and I'm still learning how to backtest . At the end of every backtest I have a 100% drawdown and I've got no clue why, how can I solve this problem? It makes the report unreadable. Sorry for the (probably) stupid question