Good point. I have a H4 strategy that i have backtested and optimised over the last 6 months (approximately 100 trades on average) on various pairs. The results are good once i have optimised the 2 indicator inputs and the maximum SL size. When i ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

I have though of that, but i presently use MT4 which has either H4 or H24 and nothing in between like H6,H8,H12 at present. I could switch back to TS8.3 when ther profits start rolling in. NT6 is another option, but i don't really like it as a ...

Trading 24 hours per day, 5 days per week

Thanks. Its my favourite - a Golden Eagle - one majestic bird of prey - especially when seen circling high in the sky in the wild, such as in the Scottish Highlands. They also have a wonderful call.

Trading 24 hours per day, 5 days per week

Hi WTB i get the impression that you didn't read my post properly B4 replying. This seems to happen a lot on forexfactory.

Trading 24 hours per day, 5 days per week

He did taker longer than expected to do the job, but he did get the job done to my meticulous satisfaction at the end of the day. I'd rather be paying someone the inexpensive rate of 10 euros per hour/a fixed rate in this case, and have them get the ...

Has anyone used this MQL4 EA programmer?

I actually had used this programmer to make an EA. I was just checking to see if anyone had experienced similar. Basically he said it would take him 2-3 days to do my fairly simple EA. But it took him longer to complete the fairly simple EA so that ...

Has anyone used this MQL4 EA programmer?

Have you run an MT4 EA on a custom timeframe — Any ideas guys? Thanks.

Running an MT4 EA on a custom timeframe

Thanks jlpl this is exactly what happens, and as you say, IT IS MT4 taking account of the spread. I do wish FF members would check their facts before they reply to a question/query, as in this case i was right. Tdion was wrong and was making out ...

MT4 EA - strategy tester - backtest results inaccuracies

Thanks TD so if the buy @ eg. 7 pips (the number of pips specific to the currency pair in question) above the candle open, as i described, is not alpari's MT4 taking account of the spread within the backtest, and is just a coincidence (seems like a ...

MT4 EA - strategy tester - backtest results inaccuracies

Thanks. i said - What i meant is that lets say with GBPCHF alpari's spread is 7 pips. If i get a long signal on the open of the new bar, at 2.4460, the backtest trade marker on the chart is showing that i got filled at 2.4467. It is consistently ...

MT4 EA - strategy tester - backtest results inaccuracies

Thanks chaps! actually i've done some backtesting on GBPUSD this morning and the results in the tester do seem accurate, so it must have been an issue with the GBPCHF - $ conversion.

MT4 EA - strategy tester - backtest results inaccuracies

It is a difficult one, and maybe the only way of knowing for sure is to have made the switch to a much higher timeframe for yourself. I suspect that to get close to achieving the same level of overall $ profits that is possible trading only one ...

Timeframe - bottom line $ profit/loss

If trading from 60m charts, you can tally up $ profit/loss at the end of the day or week. If trading from daily charts, you need to tally up $ profit/loss over maybe a month or more. If trading from weekly charts, you need to tally up $ profit/loss ...

Timeframe - bottom line $ profit/loss

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