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I see it just as a set of tests with various input parameters which isn't that complex. "Designed to induce" doesn't mean that we need to code sub-optimal actions. We just need to perform some experiments, recording and analyzing their outcomes. The black box.

Those who compare human vs AI often forget about human+AI combination :) Imagine Big Blue against Kasparov+Bigger Blue :)

Went through this resurrected ever-green thread from the very beginning, here is a quick summary in order of advice frequency, if you are in a hurry: - let profits run, add to winning positions; - cut losses; - never trade on margin; - risk management first, always fear about losing everything...

I'm happy that something actually works for you, I just have no idea why it may work :) You pointed to something called "volume" which is actually just a number of ticks, read "price changes". It has no relation to actual trading volume, unlike in the stock market, for example. Yes, some...

PS: I feel that you will soon get a "Hello my friend" from some Indian guy who will do it for free, just be patient :) You can't imagine how often I get such requests.

Are we talking about the same thing? How a synthetic count of ticks, generated by a market maker, can possibly do anything of the above?

Thank you, but sitting on 2 chairs at once didn't work for me in the past :) I feel that I must focus on one thing at the moment. It's a great idea, I'm sure that you can make something good out of it. I just feel that 2 projects at a time is more than I can actually handle, especially in terms...

I'm a developer of Forex simulation software, you can imagine how deep I went into the data to make it work. Volume in Forex is just a number of ticks. And what are "ticks"? Bid/ask changes. Even if a market maker decides to emulate volume in some way, you will see looong horizontal lines on...

Yes, I agree that timing is the most important part here. Sometimes it's easy to predict that the price will go into a given direction, but it's hard to execute the trade because of the need to find a stop loss level. You may be right at the end, but actually take a loss long before that. I...

I feel that the reason is that it's much faster to calculate a value than to get a row from a database, no matter how fast the database may be. As for programming simplicity, database layer will just add a second level of complexity: you will need not only to calculate values but also to put...

Thank you all for you votes! I feel that I'm ready to make the final decision. It's not that easy, I've already spent 2+ days weighting all possible outcomes. I may disappoint somebody, sorry in advance. While the results are slightly in favor of automated backtesting, I would prefer to go for...

My congratulations on finally becoming profitable! What do you like in these tools? Should I invent the bicycle or should I better integrate my tool with these solutions in some convenient way? Yes, I came to the same conclusion. While there are plenty of indicators and various systems, it...

You are welcome :) Demo requires no registration, by the way - just download and install it.

It may be interesting to find the source of this problem. I feel that it comes from a low barrier to entry. Countries that banned undercapitalized/unprofessional trading immediately jumped on the list of percentage of profitable Forex traders. If somebody eventually lower this barrier for...

Just my 2c on removing emotions using automated trading: After I went through a lot of podcast and read a lot of threads on the subject, I became sure that it actually doesn't solve the problem. You still need to decide whether something "does work" or "doesn't work". You still need to adjust...

Please correct if I'm wrong, but here is what I learned so far about the problem. It feels like experienced/profitable traders don't need anything brand new. They either have their own in-house solutions or just stick to a tool of their choice. There is no way for me to develop anything unique...

You can find the link in my profile, but I'm more looking for answers at the moment. When I started this poll, I expected to get a clear answer, like I got when I asked what charts do people actually use? It enabled me to save several hours of my time on 2 rare charts nobody needs. This time...

Thank you again for the detailed response :) I'm not looking for anything specific, by the way. Just a clue of what I should look at before developing my solution. Ninja Trader and the link above may be a good start, I feel. As for the idea of becoming a trader: imagine a guy sitting alone...

What is your favorite automated backtesting tool, by the way? What do you like about it? What do you miss?

Thank you for the reply. Can you please take a look at my tool and tell if it's enough user-friendly?