The data comes from Dukascopy through the JForex platform but you can use Tickstory or TickDataDownloader as well. The data from the last 2 mentioned comes through as tick data which is converted to 1 minute data as it is exported to CSV. The ...

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Let's clear this up for everybody. Traders Gift EA including source code is FREE and always will be. Strategy Optimizer Standard version is FREE and always will be for Forex Factory subscribers. Forex 1 Minute Data updated monthly is FREE and always ...

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At 100:1 gearing, the Margin Requirement would be 20% of your Equity. It would depend on how many other EA's were trading on the same account and what % of Equity, each other trade required.

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Todays Discussion: Risk Percentage The default value is set at 2%. It is generally accepted that 2% of Equity represents sound money management practice. With the Lot Size left at 0, you need to have a percentage number in this input. Decimal values ...

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You need to change the start and end dates of your input. They default to dates in this year.

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Todays Discussion: Trade Closure Mode There are 3 possible settings 0 - Use Stop Loss 1 - Use Signal Reversal 2 - Use Traders Dynamic Index The default and recommended option is Use Stop Loss. The Stop Loss can optionally trail your profits and ...

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Today's Discussion: Risk Basis There are 2 possible settings - 0 - the value of your wager will be based on your Equity 1 - the value of your wager will be based on your Stop Loss Two schools of thought here. If you want to limit your loss to ...

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Shawn. That is on topic. Your personal thoughts without resolving to technical issues encourages other readers who choose not to post. I hope others are encouraged by your candour.

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I am still concerned by the comments of a new poster a couple of days ago where he basically made demands and questioned my methodology and I wanted to highlight the importance of homework and really understanding what works and what doesn't. Here ...

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Traders Gift EA updated at Post #1. Fix for trailing Stop Loss not updating on some pairs.

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Each Day for the next month or so, I am going to cover one aspect of the inputs for Traders Gift EA and Strategy Optimizer and then I am going to cover Optimizations in depth, Money Management and finally a Battle Plan. At the end of the inputs, I ...

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By PM or email is much better.

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Best performance is very subjective! If you look at the CSV file (column 2 expanded), you will see drawdown percentage. By default, I have selected best profit return. As an example, just say you had $10,000 profit on a strategy with 45% drawdown ...

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Quite differently because the equity available would not be dragged down by the underperforming EA's therefore lot sizes would be quite different. I don't think at this stage you really have a grasp on money managment.

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John you are going about this in a incorrect manner and, as bbmgavo alluded, you will surely blow your account. 52 EA's at 2% risk on 1 account is over the top. Firstly, run a maximum of 1 strategy on 1 demo account at 2% risk (assuming 14 currency ...

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Jarod, The error describes an input with a decimal point which was not expected. If you can take a screen shot of your inputs, it would help. Maybe it is in your data file that you are using if it is not one of the downloads. Relating to the ...

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Forex Factory is a great example of the invaluable resources available. Have you looked at some of the great dashboards that are currently being presented? Some of them are absolute works of art. What about all the trading ideas. Have a look at this ...

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It is not quite that simple. The wager size is determined by the exchange rate and the 5% is dependant on that. I have reproduced the formula below. CurrProfitTarget = OrderProfit() + (Wager / Close[0] * .005 / PointValue);

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On a monthly basis I run optimizations based on the most recent 3 months. If starting up from scratch, use the last 3 months data from time of start.

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Here are another 14 sets optimized over the last 3 months. For those of you who have Strategy Optimizer Auto, I have enclosed the PSAR template also.

My EA Gift to Traders