Recent content by alexboyd

Thanks BigFunky. That sounds really appealing, but do you think it's helpful to backtest on Dukascopy's data, but then trade on another broker's price feed? I feel like if I'm going to open an account with a particular broker, I should test an EA on their price feed. Does that logic seem...

Ah, well I'll look into coding it myself then =) If you don't use MT4, what DO you use? Almost all of my practice has been done on MT4, using various brokers. However, I've heard some experienced traders say that MT4 inherently disadvantages the trader and favors the dealer, among other...

Thanks NiN. Using more reasonable lot sizes, the EA is showing ~16% DD with 1.8 profit factor. 260% profit in 2010. My original test was a bit risk-heavy ;) I'd still like to reduce that DD to sub-ten percent... I agree that the PSAR doesn't do much, it's just a basic filter...

I'm in the same boat with the coding. I learn bits and pieces picked up from others' EAs, and I use that Expert Advisor Builder tool online, but I'm kind of clueless about mql4 other than that :( It's interesting, I tried that SVOS EURJPY D1 EA for a while, using the copy from...

So in your case ES, testing an EA that trades only once or twice a day would be very difficult, because it would take a long time to get a body of results? Personally, I forward test everything that shows a reasonably good backtest... but in these situations it can be pretty hard with a low...

ES, Thanks for your reply. I've seen your name all over pretty much every forex forum I've come across. Anyway, I know how to download historical data in MetaTrader, but I've heard that the data provided with the software isn't reliable. Would you agree? Or do you think it's good...

Thanks for all the replies! That was fast. Time frame is H1. So, the reason the modeling quality is so low is that I don't know where to get current (recent) historical data for MT4. If I want to backtest on 1990-2009, I do it on a specific version of MT4 that has that quality data on...

First time I've posted on ET, and as such, I tip my hat to you all. I've been trying to power my way through a self-guided forex education for the past half-year or so. Anyway, if anyone wants to take a look at this trading plan and offer any suggestions/improvements, I'd be grateful. I'm not...