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2 or 3 years are way too much in my opinion to optimize stops and targets. I would use a shorter term volatility indicator.

What do you mean exactly by optimization? For example, if you have looked after the perfect set of MA's cross, your system will certainly fail. For example, if what you have optimized is the stop or profit level of a basically sound system, your system could still perform in the future.

Took me 5 years not to break even but to begin make money. I never really lost money during my first years. But to break even during a few years is also very difficult mentally. You develop a 1st system, make a bit of money, then the market changes and you lose what you have won. You...