Well i have it on ticks at the moment and I'm testing GBPJPY 5M 2015-2016. The test has completed 3 months so far:

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You are correct, it is a very simple breakout system - no TS though. As for backtesting and optimisation - it didn't really need much optimisation, as i had already whittled the strategy down manually while i was still practicing, the only ...

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What do you think makes a good EA? Yeah i look forward to three months time, worth a gamble .

Critique my backtesting results of this EA

15M time frame. As i said above, i have been testing this for 3 weeks "forward test" im not sure what this means?

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What time period did you test over? And did you use tick or control point? I only ask because i want to test a period you've not tested yet so we can build a bigger picture since it takes so long to test.

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Sorry, i have recently added another symbol that the strategy works on. Additionally, this test includes the last couple weeks of data. here are the results with just 4 symbols

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Here is fixed lot size of 0.1

Critique my backtesting results of this EA

I will do this as soon as i get back it looks much smoother using fixed lot sizes, i think i had it risking 10% each trade for this test... I just use current spread, as the TP and SL for this are 20-70pips the spread doesn't seems to effect it ...

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Control points are fine on 1m if you have large tp and sl. Since the tester is feeding in open high low close, it is unlikely your stops will be hit.

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Here are the results after changing the code to use 4H by default and using 1M control point data

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Ive just tested the theory and it looks like as you go down it resolution it appears to get more random as you reduce...

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In fact, if we can change the code to use the 4hour period we can set the time on the tester to 1min and use control points, this would increase resolution but not be as slow as ticks.

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haha it is so slow!! see you in 300 years We should each test a year and then compare. I too added this cheeky line: LOT_SIZE = (MathRound((AccountFreeMargin())/100)/100);

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Try using ticks

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Mine doesn't seem to want to play....

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Nothing can beat the brain, you are right. However, I enjoy the coding more than trading

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I've tried to write an EA based on the rules in post #1. However, this seemed to give random results. 50% win rate. There must be some more subtleties I can add to improve this. Any ideas? I will post the EA when I get home from work, and you guys ...

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Did you use Winebottler or PlayOnMac? They're all stored in ~Library/

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Click on Finder, go to the top of the page, click Go, Go to folder and type: ~Library/Application Support Mine comes up as something like "com.yourcompany.yourapp_34667542256" these are the apps you have created using Wine, navigate through until ...

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